The most interesting countries or cities for new jazz in 2024

-

 



Whether it be hard bop, soul jazz, spiritual jazz or something more on the edge, where are the brightest spots to find it.  

Comments

  1. fishmanj98June 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM



    On the ground breaking front - it has to be South London
    South London has produced Nubya Garcia, Matthew Halsall and Shabaka Hutchings.

    Israel has an amazing stable of great jazz artists who put out incredible hard bop and post bop and more modern forms - the 2 Avishai Cohens (Trumpet for one, bass for the other), Anat Cohen, Gilad Hekselman, B3 genius Sam Yahel and Shai Maestro

    Poland also seems to be a place for edgy stuff - Pink Freund is one that first comes to mind.

    ReplyDelete
  2. fishmanj98June 16, 2024 at 8:03 AM

    also on the Israeli front, have to add cross cultural world fusion and moderm jazz bassist Omer Avital

    ReplyDelete
  3. pmacJune 17, 2024 at 4:42 AM

    Spain is producing a ton of jazz artists these days. The scene in Barcelona is very vibrant, but even the smaller cities, like Seville (where I live) has live performances 7 nights a week, and often several options per night. Style runs from hard bop to trad, to manouche. Jazz/flamenco fusion is even a thing.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Otis FosterJuly 2, 2024 at 7:08 AM

    Montmartre in Copenhagen - seating a little like Smoke in NYC but a bit more space.

    Jazz Cafe Singer, Republic of Georgia. I was amazed by the number of jazz-crossover venues in Tbilisi. The music was infused with Georgian harmonies. Georgia also has a wonderful vocal tradition, often emanating from a religious setting. You don't have to be a believer to dig it (I'm not).

    Casa de la Trova, Santiago de Cuba. The place for Son and Nueva de Trova. There are a number of female singers, not younger than late 40s, who sing there, in a song mode not dissimilar to Fado. A fabulous city for hearing music. You walk down the street and there is music pouring out of virtually every open window.

    I guess the point is that there's music everywhere if you look for it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Female Jazz Vocalists

-
Image
  I'm not big into jazz vocals - other than Abbey Lincoln or Betty Carter.   Not that I dislike it - but it's never been a focus.  Who's the real deal and offers something new or great - and who's a torch song parody? 
Read more

The most distinctive players in jazz

-
Image
Who are those jazz who have a tone or sound that is immediately recognizable.  To borrow from the cinema term for a legendary director, I'd call these players jazz "auteurs". Like Cinematic icons Bergman, Kurosawa, Scorcese or Hitchcock who had or have a distinctive look, these jazz musicians have a distinctive sound or tone in their playing.  
Read more

A partial essential jazz list for a jazz newbie (who loved the Blue Note Sound)

-
Image
I created the following list for a jazz tyro. It's more hard bop centric - but that's the sound they wanted  Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad’s Blues  Andrew Hill, Black Fire Andrew Hill, Point of Departure Anthony Williams, Spring Art Blakey – A Night in Tunisia Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Complete Blue Note Recordings Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland Volume 1 Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland Volume 2 Art Blakey, Free For All Art Blakey, Mosaic Art Tatum - Capital Music collections Bill Evans, “The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961” (Riverside, 2005). Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin Bobby Hutcherson Happenings Bobby Hutcherson, Components Bobby Hutcherson, Total Eclipse Bud Powell, The Amazing Volume 1 But Powell, The Scene Changes Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Somethin’ Else Cannonball Adderley, Somethin’ Else Cassandra Wilson, New Moon Daughter Cassandra Wilson, Traveling Miles Charlie Mingus - Ahh, Um Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker With Strings Charlie Parker & Dizz...
Read more