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    Kasia Pietrzko performs during the Jazz Forum Showcase in Szczecin, Poland, which ran Oct. 1–3.

    Live, News

    Oct 7, 2019 5:41 PM

    Polish Musicians Merge Art and Business in Szczecin

    The inaugural edition of Jazz Forum Showcase Powered by Szczecin Jazz, which ran from Oct. 1–3 in Szczecin, a…

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    Co-artistic Director Derrick Hodge performed multiple sets with various ensembles during the 62nd Monterey Jazz Festival, which ran Sept. 27-29 in Monterey, California.

    Live, News, Allison Miller, Derrick Hodge, Mary Lou Williams, Christian McBride, Christian McBride Big Band, Roy Hargrove, Patrice Rushen, Jenny Scheinman, Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller’s Parlour Game, Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Carmen Staaf, Johnaye Kendrick, Jean Baylor, Steven Bernstein, Bria Skonberg, Natalie Cressman

    Oct 2, 2019 11:42 AM

    Monterey Festival Celebrates Risk-Taking Artists

    On the Jimmy Lyons Stage at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which ran Sept. 27-29 in Monterey, California,…

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    The Vail Jazz Party House Band—Wycliffe Gordon (left), Terell Stafford, Lewis Nash, Dick Oates, John Clayton, Bill Cunliffe—performs Aug. 31 during the Vail Jazz Party’s 25th anniversary edition.

    Live, News, Wycliffe Gordon

    Sep 5, 2019 10:40 AM

    Vail Jazz Party Marks its 25th Anniversary During Labor Day Weekend

    For the Vail Jazz Party’s 25th anniversary edition during the Labor Day weekend, eight women of advancing years made…

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    Joel Ross and Good Vibes celebrate the vinyl release of Kingmaker on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Ross—who also played with Makaya McCraven and with the collective In Common—performed three sets in two days during the festival.

    Live, News, Review, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joel Ross, Makaya McCraven, Ghost Note, Christian McBride, Thundercat, Billy Hart, Kandace Springs, Camila Meza, Camila Meza & The Nectar Orchestra

    Aug 7, 2019 4:02 PM

    First-Time Leaders Preserve and Evolve Newport Legacy

    By the time Paul Gonsalves shook up Fort Adams with 27 blistering choruses in 1956, the Newport Jazz Festival already…

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    Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (left) and saxophonist Joshua Redman join Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity during a performance at the Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway.

    Live, News, Gard Nilssen, Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan, Ambrose Akinmusire, Joshua Redman, Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity

    Jul 25, 2019 11:21 AM

    Molde Festival Spotlights the Vibrancy of Drummer Gard Nilssen

    Gard Nilssen’s Supersonic Orchestra—a juggernaut of an ensemble incorporating three rhythm sections of bass and…

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    Terence Blanchard performs with his E-Collective ensemble during the Umbria Jazz Festival, which ran July 11–21 in Perugia, Italy.

    Live, News, Terence Blanchard, Enrico Rava, Chick Corea, Diana Krall, Joe Lovano, Marc Ribot, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Allan Harris, Nat “King” Cole, Charles Lloyd

    Jul 24, 2019 5:26 PM

    Umbria Showcases Italy’s Top Talent, Eminent American Players

    During the 43rd Umbria Jazz Festival, which ran July 11–21 in Perugia, Italy, crowds gathered in the streets for free…

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    Vocalist Gregory Porter performs at the Funchal Jazz Festival, which ran July 11-13, in Madeira, an archipelago southwest of Portugal.

    Live, News, Ben Wendel, Gilad Hekselman, Kendrick Scott, Aaron Parks, Matt Brewer, Terence Blanchard, Dianne Reeves, Melissa Aldana, Gregory Porter

    Jul 22, 2019 9:53 AM

    Experimentation and a Mastery of Music at Funchal Jazz Festival

    Madeira is a volcanically formed, mountainous archipelago of sweeping hillsides and winding streets chockablock with…

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    North Sea Jazz Festival’s Frank Bolder and Smithsonian Folkways’ Huib Schippers admire The Blue Mosque ceiling during a tour that was part of the 2019 Vitrin Contemporary Turkish Music Showcase in Istanbul.

    Live, News

    Jul 15, 2019 5:02 PM

    In Istanbul, Vitrin Showcase Part of a Growing Trend in Programming

    Bring the world’s arts presenters to your country for live music, and they’ll take your country’s music to the…

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    Marilyn Mazur performs at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which ran July 5–14 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Live, News, Makaya McCraven, Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Marilyn Mazur, Benjamin Koppel, Gilberto Gil, Marcus Miller

    Jul 15, 2019 1:51 PM

    From Concert Halls to the Streets at 40th Annual Copenhagen Jazz Fest

    Music spilled out of regal concert halls and onto the streets to mark the Copenhagen Jazz Festival’s 40th…

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    Steve Gadd performs June 27, the opening night of International Festival de Jazz de Montreal.

    Live, News, Thana Alexa, Steve Gadd, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer & Craig Taborn, Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau Trio, Ben Monder, Antonio Sánchez, Antonio Sánchez & Migration, Craig Taborn

    Jul 8, 2019 9:00 AM

    A Chapter Closes at Montreal Festival as Ménard Departs

    In 1979, Montreal’s warmer months weren’t exactly vibrant.

    “Summer was very quiet here,” recalled jazz…

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