Jun 13, 2019 2:44 PM
Moers Festival Provides Forum for Experimentation
The Moers Festival started in 1971, and its roots reach deep into the vortex of free improvisation. That’s still the…
Tom Zé was part of a Brazilian contingent at the Moers Festival—which ran June 7-10 in Moers, Germany—that also included Clube Da Encruza, Sambanzo and Absimu Curtu.
Jun 13, 2019 2:44 PM
The Moers Festival started in 1971, and its roots reach deep into the vortex of free improvisation. That’s still the…
Vocalist Anna-Maria Hefele of Supersonus performs at the 25th edition of the INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria.
Jun 11, 2019 10:05 AM
As many of its longtime attendees say, the INNtöne Jazz Festival, now in its 25th year, takes place in the middle of…
Ruthie Foster performs on June 9 at the Chicago Blues Festival.
Jun 10, 2019 9:07 PM
Chicago Blues Festival Director Carlos Tortolero offered a succinct response when asked about the overarching theme…
Dr. Lonnie Smith and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw recently wrapped up a run of late-May shows at New York’s Birdland.
May 31, 2019 12:39 PM
In its stateside debut, the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw joined forces with Hammond B-3 organ wizard Dr. Lonnie…
Joel Ross performs May 25 at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.
May 31, 2019 11:37 AM
In the sticky, oppressive heat of a spring Atlanta day, Stefon Harris pounds out a chordal interval on his marimba in…
The Lisa Wulff Quartett performs May 17 at the Opernhaus during JazzFest Bonn.
May 28, 2019 2:28 PM
The Rhine cuts a crooked line through Northwest Germany, arching westward gradually, making it easy to compare the…
Branford (left), Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis perform during a New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival set honoring their father, Ellis, who played piano with the ensemble.
May 9, 2019 9:00 AM
In 1970, Mahalia Jackson surprised attendees of the first New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival by jumping in on…
Janning Trumann 6 performs at jazzahead!, a festival and trade fair in Bremen, Germany, which ran April 25-28.
May 6, 2019 9:00 AM
On a train traveling from Hamburg to Bremen, Germany, a Scott Joplin rag tumbles out of a passenger’s mobile phone,…
Vocalist Lizz Wright performs April 30 at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in Australia.
May 2, 2019 9:00 AM
Acknowledgments of Australia’s indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were peppered throughout the…
Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann performs with heavy-psych act Black Bombaim at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, on April 12.
Apr 23, 2019 9:36 AM
If you think a music festival steeped in black-metal, doom and hardcore couldn’t also be a good place to discover…
