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MĀRIS BRIEŽKALNS, LEADER OF MĀRIS BRIEŽKALNS QUINTET: "JAZZ - IT IS ART OF IMPROVISATION. NO TWO CONCERTS OR TWO PERFORMANCES CAN EVER BE IDENTICAL. ANY JAZZ RECORD TOO PRESENTS A UNIQUE INTERPRETATION OF A GIVEN THEME. MAYBE THAT IS WHY LIVE JAZZ IS SO POWERFUL - IT IS MUSIC THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME, BE IT PERFORMED ON A FAMOUS STAGE, A BAR OR JUST ON THE STREET, IS BEING CREATED AS IF ANEW. THERE IS A FUNNY STORY ABOUT A PROMINENT SAXOPHONIST, WHO SUDDENLY STOPS PLAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS MASTER CLASS, SAYING: „ MAGIC SOMETIMES COMES, AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T." THOUGH, THIS IS VERY TRUE IN FACT. TODAY, JAZZ INCLUDES NOT ONLY TRADITIONAL DIXIELAND OR SWING BUT MANY OTHER RELATED GENRES AND STYLES OF THE WORLD MUSIC - FUNK, AFRO-BEAT, LATIN, CUBAN, AND BRAZILIAN JAZZ AS WELL. THERE ARE SIX GREAT JAZZ FESTIVALS TO BE DISCOVER AND SAVOR, WORTHWHILE VISITING - PERHAPS YOU COULD START WITH ONE OF THEM."
Jazz has become a universal language, understandable for millions of people around the globe and the entire world map is...NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL
The Netherlands Jazz Festival can justly be called the largest one in Europe. Such music diversity as offered during this three-day festival can hardly be found anyplace...JAZZ FESTIVAL RĪGAS RITMI
Richard Bona, Patti Austin, Freddy Cole, Yellowjackets are just few of the names, featured as performers at...MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
During the Montreal Jazz Festival, taking place at the end of June, beginning of July, several blocks of the city are...OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL
All the most prominent concerts in Ottawa take place in Confederation Park. Several various size stages...
The Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, a Montreux...PORI JAZZ FESTIVAL
For the 44th time already, a small Finnish city of Pori will host its annual jazz festival next year. More than 100 concerts at different venues were attended by over 160 thousand...
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