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improvised and jazz-related music

Photos from Festival Les Émouvantes in Marseille; coming soon Riverrun in Toulouse and beyond. See below.

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The Forest

(D)ruminations
Different Track 5025
The Forest's (D)ruminations is percussionist Andrew Drury’s homage to Ed Blackwel, who he studied with from 1983 to 1992. Played by five younger New York-based drummers, the four-part title track is spelled by contributions by veteran reedist J.D. Parran and includes a short track composed by Warren Smith, another drum master, who was an M’Boom founding member. Initially throughout all the parts of “(D)ruminations”, it seems as if the idea is to discover how many… Read More
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Recent Festivals

Les Émouvantes 2024

Les Émouvantes 2024 was both the 13th iteration of the annual concert series and the 30th anniversary of…

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Moers at 53 in 2024

The 2024 edition of Germany’s venerable Moers Festival repeatedly proclaimed its evolution from the Free Jazz festival it…

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