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The legacy of the Newport Jazz Festival is uncontested. As the oldest jazz festival in North America (established in 1954), Newport is simply hallowed ground. Louis, Ella, Miles, Coltrane, Sonny, and countless others all left their marks through George Wein’s vision. And some 72 years later, under the stewardship of Jay Sweet and first year Artistic Director Nate Smith, it is as...

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Text and photos by Sharonne Cohen, © 2026 Before the 46th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal even begins, I already know I’m going to miss some extraordinary music. That’s simply the reality of covering the world’s largest jazz festival. With more than 350 performances packed into 10 days, every carefully chosen concert means others must be left out. After...

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Elias Haslanger at Monk’s Club — A power bigger than the city? — Austin, Texas by Thierry De Clemensat When I arrived in Austin after leaving France, I discovered a city unlike any other, a place where music seems to live in every street, every venue and every conversation. Among the first musicians I encountered in this remarkable city was saxophonist Elias Haslanger. Seeing hi...

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JJA member Ron Scott, writer for New York Amsterdam News and a frequent presenter of NYC and Brooklyn Jazz Hero Awards, has himself being honored with the Walter and Lilian Lowenfels Award for Criticism by the Before Columbus Foundation, which cites its goals as being “to provide recognition and a wider audience for the wealth of cultural and ethnic diversity that constitutes Am...

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