Jazz intrigue – the Russian emigré who’s helped an international avant-garde elude totalitarianism

A new Romanian film documents the man behind invaluable, Quixotic Leo Records, and reunited the author with Leo Feigin after 30 years. In 2019 Ioana Grigore, a student at Bucharest’s Theatre and Film University, made her debut with a one-hour film titled Creativ. It was a documentary about the eponymous band, which had established itself as the main landmark of Romania’s jazz avant-garde during the terminal decade of the country’s post-war totalitarian regime. Persevering for five years in the direction initiated by Creativ, Grigore has just premiered her second cinematographic-musical project. Entitled Leo…

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Relaunching “Seeing Jazz” and The Buzz podcast

After brief hiatus, the JJA’s premiere original programs have resumed production. “Seeing Jazz: JJA Photography Salon/Master Class” resumes November 23 at 2 pm ET with Chicago-based master photographer Marc Monaghan hosted by Hrayr Attarian — and the fall season of The Buzz: The JJA Podcast kicks off with newly appointed managing editor Lawrence Peryer speaking to the editorial team behind The Jazz Omnibus: 21st Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association — editor David Adler, copy chief Terri Hinte, editorial advisor Howard Mandel and Cymbal Press…

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