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The Show Must Go On: Szczecin Jazz Festival Presents Tribute To Jazz On The Dnipro Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2022

In a unique collaboration between Szczecin Jazz and Jazz on the Dnipro Festival, Ukrainian musicians-turned-soldiers perform a one-off concert in Poland to celebrate the persistence of partnership, peace, and jazz on August 9 at Lagów Landscape Park. Later in August, the event will be broadcasted via JazzCorner.com. Almost six months into the atrocious reality of war in Ukraine, the reality of loss is horrifyingly apparent to the world. In an effort to protect what can be saved, while honoring the ...

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Post-Soviet Jazz: Celebrating 100 Years Of Russian Jazz In 2022

Source: That Jazz Girl
February 11, 2022

One fine day in 1921, Russian dancer, poet and performer Valentin Parnakh was in Paris, France when he first heard jazz music. Immediately beguiled, he decided to bring it back to his native Russia, and started planning the first-ever jazz concert performed by Russian artists. Traveling from Paris to Moscow via Berlin, where he acquired the instruments required for this historic performance, he finally presented his brand new group on October 1, 1922, at the Theatre Institute. Ever since, the ...

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