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First Weekend of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
by Mark Robbins
The Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleans is transformed for two weekends a year into the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Once inside the gates the walk to the far end of the fair grounds to the Jazz Tent is filled the sounds of music from the Kid's Tent, zydeco, soul and funk, rock, pop, bluegrass, gospel, blues and the succulent aromas of Cochon de Lait Po-boys, Crawfish Bread, Vietnamese noodle bowls, Ya Ka Mein and ...
Continue ReadingA Musical Odyssey - Wandering The Streets of New Orleans
by Thomas Cole
Locals will tell you there are four seasons in New Orleans: football season celebrating the New Orleans Saints (affectionately dubbed the “Ain'ts" in reference to their perennial losing ways), Mardi Gras season when the town turns upside down and business grinds to a halt no matter how urgent, the dreaded hurricane season and, finally, festival season beginning with free concerts of local music for three days every spring at French Quarter Fest, culminating with the heralded Jazz & Heritage Festival, ...
Continue ReadingOlivia Trummer Songbook featuring Makar Novikov with Strings, Cremona jazz 2026
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Olivia Trummer Songbook featuring Makar Novikov with Strings concert, at Cremona jazz festival 2026, in Cremona on May 20, 2026 featuring Olivia Trummer, Makar Novikov, Eleonora Matsuno, Massimiliano Canneto, Elena Favilla and Chiara Torselli. ...
Continue ReadingLars Danielsson Liberetto at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa
by Marek J. Śmietański
A collection of photos from the Lars Danielsson Liberetto concert at Cavatina Hall in Bielsko-Biała on March 21, 2026 featuring Lars Danielsson, Magnus Ostrom, Grégory Privat and John Paricelli. The quartet's performance marked the concert premiere of their album Echomyr, released on April 17, 2026. Other photo reports from the same festival: Francesca Tandoi Trio at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Dave Holland & Lionel Loueke at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Aaron Parks Trio & Kurt Rosenwinkel at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Steve Coleman and ...
Continue ReadingWayne's Sessions for Miles and Lee at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa
by Marek J. Śmietański
Once upon a time, Miles Davis asked Wayne Shorter to compose music for an orchestral album. Yet neither those legendary sessions with Miles nor the similarly planned recordings with Lee Morgan ever came to life. The extraordinary scores remained hidden for decades--a silent treasure stacked in Wayne's home-- until they were rediscovered by Phillip Golub, assistant musical director of Shorter's opera Iphigenia, with a libretto by Esperanza Spalding. When conductor Clark Rundell first laid eyes on the manuscripts written for two of ...
Continue ReadingTorino Jazz Festival 2026
by Antonio Baiano
A collection of photos from theTorino Jazz Festival 2026 edition in Torino, Italy from April 22, 2026 to May 2, 2026 featuring Jeff Ballard, Lisa Ullen, Franco D'Andrea, Roberto Gatto, Francesca Tandoi, Stefano Senni, Gabriele Evangelista, Stefano Battaglia, Stefano Risso, Sara Dowling, Stefano Lanzoni, Giulio Scianatico and Marco Zanoli. ...
Continue ReadingJamie Cullum at The Great Theatre—Polish National Opera
by Marek J. Śmietański
A collection of photos from the Jamie Cullum concert at The Great Theatre--Polish National Opera in Warsaw on April 20, 2026 featuring Tom Varrall, Loz Garratt, Brad Webb, Rory Simmons, Tom Richards and Aisha Stuart, Marc Henderson. ...
Continue ReadingBilly Mohler's Euro American Quartet at Arcipelago Cremona
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Billy Mohler's Euro-American Quartet concert at Arcipelago in Cremona, on April 19, 2026 featuring Billy Mohler, Hermon Mehari, Francesco Bigoni and Jonathan Pinson. ...
Continue ReadingAmaro Freitas 'Y'Y' at Piacenza Jazz Fest 2026
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Amaro Freitas concert at Piacenza Jazz Club Milestone on April 12, 2026. ...
Continue ReadingBergamo Jazz Festival 2026
by Luciano Rossetti
A collection of photos from the Bergamo Jazz Festival in Bergamo from March 15--22, 2026 featuring Joe Lovano, Bad Plus featuring Craig Taborn and Chris Potter, Steve Coleman Five Elements, Dave Holland and Lionel Loueke Duo, Wayne Horvitz, Franco D'andrea Trio, Melissa Aldana, The Jazz Passengers, Hedvig Mollestad, Leo Genovese, Anais Drago, Norma Winstone, Lakecia Benjamin, Avishai Cohen, George Garzone, Jacob Bro, Joey Baron, Shabaka Hutchings, Drew Gress and many others. ...
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