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The World's Northernmost Jazz Festival: Polarjazz 2008 in Longyearbyen, Norway
by Mark Sabbatini
Polarjazz 2008 Longyearbyen, Norway January 30-February 3, 2008 This is where people will come after Doomsday: a town 600 miles from the North Pole whose idea of fun is hosting the world's northernmost jazz festival in the middle of winter. A glacier-covered land where the sun doesn't shine from ...
Refugees find harmony on Norway's northern edge at Varangerfestivalen 2007
by Mark Sabbatini
(Note: Mark Sabbatini will reporting daily from the world's northernmost jazz festival, PolarJazz, starting Jan. 30 in Longyearbyen, Norway. As preview of the Scandinavian Arctic's jazz scene, this is his feature from last summer's festival in Vadso, on the northern edge of the country's mainland.)When the U.N. needs a place to send refugees fleeing ...
The 2007 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Almost Free For You Today
by Mark Sabbatini
A free trip to a jazz festival near Cancun, complete with luxury trappings. All I'm expected to do in return is write something about it.What could possibly go wrong, aside from a few meddlesome skeptics questioning my objectivity?To them here's my assessment of the 2007 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Greatest. Festival. Ever.
Tragicomic Tones in Turkmenistan
by Mark Sabbatini
Banishment from the country takes effect with the publishing of these words.Assuming otherwise is foolishness in Turkmenistan, the most repressive and two-sided country of the scores I've visited seeking jazz in the most remote and unusual places on Earth.Brilliantly lit marble monuments and unerringly smiling faces camouflage a serpent's nest that strikes ...
2007 North Sea Jazz Cruise Days 9-12: Land-ho! Causing Waves At The Festival
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2-3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-12 (Author's note: While the “gee-whiz" factor ought to be diminishing after a decade of dealing with digital music, I'm in absolute raptures discovering a large number of concerts from the 2007 ...
2007 North Sea Jazz Cruise Day 8: School Daze With McCoy Tyner, Amateurs And A 'Ship Pianist'
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2-3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-12Despite the questions some cruise ship passengers ask ("how high above sea level is this town?"), learning opportunities are prominent for people supposedly on a relaxing vacation.Lectures, multi-day ...
2007 North Sea Jazz Cruise Day 7: Taking Aim At The Audience
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2-3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-12 They traveled 500 miles in one day to come aboard for 90 minutes and play one of the best gigs of the cruise. Their reward? A near-empty lounge with probably the ...
2007 North Sea Jazz Cruise Day 6: History, Hucksters And Hancock On The High Seas
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2-3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-12'Twas a good day to be a captive audience. The first of two days entirely at sea marked Day 6 of the inaugural North Sea Jazz Cruise, an 11-day voyage ...
2007 North Sea Jazz Cruise Day 5: Sounding Off In Oslo
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2-3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-12Some days it's good not to be shocking. Peaceful stability greeted Day 5 of the inaugural North Sea Jazz Cruise, as a ship rolling heavily the previous two nights docked ...
2007 North Sea Jazz Cruise Day 4: Heaven And Hell
by Mark Sabbatini
Day 1 | Day 2-3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-12“We're here to celebrate the power of the Lord, as evidenced by this rocking boat." Healing powers were very much alive, and not just for seasick passengers, as those ...
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