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    Saxophonist Luka Zabric and trumpeter Kuba Kurek perform during the 21st edition of Jazztopad.

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    Jordi Pujol has made it happen, little by little, for the past 40 years at Fresh Sound New Talent.

    Apr 11, 2023 11:02 AM

    Fresh Sound at 40

    Fresh Sound New Talent is enjoying a pair of impressive anniversary celebrations. The original Fresh Sound label turns…

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    Siggi Loch (left) and Andreas Brandis.

    Feb 7, 2023 1:40 PM

    ACT Turns 30, Looks Forward

    ACT Records has become one of the most significant European jazz labels during its 30-year existence. As the German…

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    Harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, one of 15 European artists DownBeat critics selected as must-hear music.

    Jul 12, 2022 2:56 PM

    New Sounds from Europe

    Many of us at DownBeat have found ourselves stuck at home lately, wondering what’s happening elsewhere — especially…

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    John Zorn’s Masada performing at Jazz em Agosto in Lisbon.

    Apr 29, 2022 2:53 AM

    A Boisterous Euro Jazz Circuit

    In the summer of 2022, our jazz festivals will be free to run without nearly as many of the social distancing…

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    The Polish electric bassist Kinga Głyk led a funk-jazz fusion band at Szczecin’s Filharmonia on March 18.

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    Pianist Nik Bärtsch performs at Festival Jazzkaar.

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    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.

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    Darcy James Argue’s work at Angrajazz sounded like a descendant of Quincy Jones’ 1964 soundtrack for The Pawnbroker.

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    Damon Smith (left) and Ra-Kalam Bob Moses

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    Dan Weiss performs at the Gent Jazz Festival in Gent, Belgium.

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    Storløkken’s Twilight Saloon performs at the Dokkhuset venue during Norway’s Trondheim Jazzfestival.

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    Dr. Lonnie Smith performs at one of three sets on April 5 at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia.

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    Drummer Roy Haynes celebrated his 93rd birthday with a series of shows at New York’s Blue Note club during March.

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    Keefe Jackson (left) and Dave Rempis perform at the Sons d’hiver festival in Paris on Jan. 29.

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    Drummer Moses Boyd, who gigs as Binker & Moses along with tenor saxophonist Binker Golding, recently played the Brussels Jazz Festival.

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    Erwin Ditzner performs at the 2017 Enjoy Jazz Festival in Mannheim, Germany.

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    Marc Ribot performs at the 2017 Belgrade Jazz Festival.

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    Liudas Mockūnas performs at the Vilnius Jazz Festival, which took place in Lithuania Oct. 12–15.

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    Arve Henriksen (left) and Jan Bang perform at the Punkt Festival in Norway, which ran from Aug. 31–Sept. 2.

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    Jim Black, drummer of Human Feel, performs Aug. 5 during Jazz em Agosto in Portugal.

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    Shabaka Hutchings (left) and Kamasi Washington perform during the Gent Jazz Festival in Belgium.

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    Robert Fripp, of the band King Crimson, performs during the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal in Canada on July 3.

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    The band LoFi, featuring saxophonist Laura Toxvaerd (right), performs during the Copenhagen Jazz Fest.

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    Saxophonists Bill Evans (left) and Tommy Smith perform at Harro East Ballroom in Rochester, New York.

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    American artists Ned Rothenberg (left) and Amir ElSaffar join Polish musicians Michal Bryndal and bassist Ksawery Wójciński for a performance during the Jazztopad festival in New York City.

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    William Parker performs at the Red Hook Jazz Festival in Brooklyn on June 11.

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    Joachim Kuhn performs at Like a Jazz Machine fest in Dudelange, Luxembourg.

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    Han Bennink performs at Jazzkaar, a 10-day jazz festival in Tallinn, Estonia, that began April 21.

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    Aly Keita (left), Jan Galega Brönnimann and Lucas Niggli perform at London’s Vortex Jazz Club on April 17.

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    Jürg Wickihalder (left), Barry Guy and Lucas Niggli perform at Vortex Jazz Club in London April 16 as part of Intakt Festival

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    Mette Henriette performs at the 2016 Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany.

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    Rob Mazurek performs at the 2016 Belgrade Jazz Festival in Belgrade, Serbia.

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    Tigran Hamasyan performs at the Punkt Festival in Kristiansand, Norway, on Sept. 3.

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    The Belgian blues artist Roland performs a tribute to Moondog at the Gent Jazz Festival in Ghent, Belgium, on July 10.

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    Joey Alexander (left) and Chick Corea play a duet at the Rochester International Jazz Festival in Rochester, New York, on June 28.

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    Robert Glasper performs at the Blue Note in New York City on June 22 as part of the venue’s month-long jazz festival.

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    Newly annointed NEA Jazz Master Dick Hyman.

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    Makaya McCraven performs as part of the International Anthem Summer Showcase at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York on June 12.

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    Arve Henriksen of Warped Dreamer performs at the 2016 Moers Festival in Moers, Germany.

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    Chris Potter performs at the Jazzkaar Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, on April 27.

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    Yellowjackets—Russell Ferrante (left), Will Kennedy, Dane Alderson and Bob Mintzer—played songs from a new album at Birdland in New York on April 19.

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    Harold Mabern performs at the Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia, on March 31.

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    Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon (center) leads a 19-piece ensemble through his modern score to the 1920 silent film Within Our Gates in Savannah, Georgia, on April 1.

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    Ethan Iverson (seen here in a press photo) performed with trademark power and accuracy at Smalls Jazz Club in New York on March 19

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