Each new descent into Montenegro brings me emotional fulfillments similar to those generated by great music. That makes the exhausting journey with…
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As author of a volume about F. Scott Fitzgerald – the creator of the Jazz Age “brand” – I cannot resist a…
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Virgil Mihaiu has been a JJA member for some 30 years, supporting and reporting on music and other subjects (he is a…
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Anthony Braxton’s ensemble “systematizing unconventional sounds, grouped on atonal principles” received a standing ovation from a full house; frail but valiant Vladmir…
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Like many well-reputed jazz festivals, the one hosted by Romania’s emblematic Bran Castle is the work of a music lover with a…
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2020’s pandemic notwithstanding, the 24th edition of Romania’s Gărâna Jazz Festival held in early August provided an example of continuity and international…
MoreAlthough Montenegro reemerged on the world’s map only a few years ago, its jazz community has quickly found an adequate organizational structure:…
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