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Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
November 25, 2025

Oscar Hernández & Alma LibreJazz AlleySeattle WANovember 19, 2025 The appearance of legendary Latin jazz pianist Oscar Hernandez at Jazz Alley brought with it a special designation. His performances in Seattle have largely been as part of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, the award-winning ensemble that Hernandez leads. His Alma Libre ...

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Baku Jazz Festival 2025: Part 2

by Ian Patterson
November 22, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 Baku Jazz Festival Various Venues 20th edition, Days 5-8 Baku, Azerbaijan October 24-31, 2025 Driving around Baku the brightly colored dayglow signs advertising Baku Jazz Festival 2025 catch the eye at every turn. So do posters for COP 29, ...

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Jazz and Place: A Symposium and Walking Tour

by Paul Reynolds
November 21, 2025

Jazz and Place: Cities, Soundscapes, Venues The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University Symposium and walking tour New York, NY November 14, 2025 The roots of jazz in New Orleans; nascent big band in Kansas City; bebop in the clubs of New York and, later, freer sounds from downtown ...

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Kamasi Washington At Golden Gate Theatre

by Steven Roby
November 20, 2025

Kamasi Washington Band Golden Gate Theatre San Francisco, CA October 14, 2025 It was part big-band spiritual jazz and part family affair. Visionary saxophonist Kamasi Washington's sold-out two-hour concert at the Golden Gate Theatre offered an evening of transcendent fusion, mixing funk, hip-hop, and masterful improvisation with surprise guest appearances.

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Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2025

by Martin Longley
August 12, 2025

Viljandi Folk Music Festival 2025 Viljandi Castle Hills Viljandi, Estonia July 24-27 2025 When your scribe first visited the Viljandi Folk Music Festival in 2021, it was still straggling along within the lockdown period, held with a reduced crowd capacity. The long weekend seemed perfectly well-attended, even under those circumstances, given ...

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J.A.M. String Collective at Hot Numbers, Cambridge

by Andrew Hunter
November 19, 2025

J.A.M. String Collective Hot Numbers Cambridge Jazz Festival Cambridge, England November 14 2025 It was a wet, dark night to follow a day so wet it felt like the sun never really came up at all. There was a food van in the street working hard to keep up with ...

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Bologna Jazz Festival 2025

by Libero Farnè
November 19, 2025

Bologna Jazz Festival 2025 Varie sedi Bologna e Ferrara 9 ottobre--16 novembre 2025 C'è da domandarsi se si possa definire festival una manifestazione musicale che si protrae per una quarantina di giorni. A Bologna una ragione giustificativa la si può trovare nel volersi ricollegare idealmente al memorabile festival storico, nato alla fine ...

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Vilnius Jazz Festival 2025

by Ieva Pakalniškytė
November 18, 2025

Vilnius Jazz Festival 2025 Old Theatre of Vilnius Vilnius, Lithuania October 13-21, 2025 This report covers five days from October 15-19. The thirty-eighth edition of the Vilnius Jazz Festival opened with the assurance of an event that has spent decades refining both its aesthetic and its purpose. As one ...

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Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
November 18, 2025

Juan de Marcos & The Afro-Cuban All Stars Miner Auditorium Buena Vista Social Club Revisited San Francisco, CA November 13, 2025 Minutes after returning to Miner Auditorium's stage, Juan De Marcos shared a revelation that would have discouraged many bandleaders. “I am very happy to play tonight for you," ...

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Natalie Douglas at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
November 15, 2025

Natalie Douglas Birdland New York, NY October 27, 2025 Songstress Natalie Douglas, bedecked in a shimmering gold outfit, presented her popular tribute to the seventies on a lovely autumn night at Birdland in the heart of the Broadway theater district. Her favorite decade--the years between 1971 and 1980--offered up a rich ...