Category Jazz Winnipeg
Just when I think the local jazz festival can’t get any worse, any farther from their mandate or be any less competent, they lower the bar. Last year it was the famous ‘pay musicians in exposure’ debacle that the Musicians… Continue Reading →
The Headliner It is not too often that a ECM recording artist come to the ‘Peg let alone starts off their tour but this night had Jakob Bro in a trio format. The show was okay. He’s a ‘tones’ guy… Continue Reading →
Just in case you don’t want to read the whole article: Still has hardly any Jazz. Still has hardly any International or out of town Jazz. Still loses money while claiming pop acts pay for the jazz. Still has a… Continue Reading →
So the jazz studies head at UofM went on leave in 2016 and retired in 2017. Prior to that, his “DIG!” magazine went under. After the retirement, the summer jazz camp was cancelled and all references to him where stripped from… Continue Reading →
Usually I post a ‘rant’ about our terrible jazz free festival before it opens and then, sometimes, post an afterward. This year I was so sick coming up on the 11 days of almost no jazz, that I couldn’t really… Continue Reading →
So usually before this time each year it would be my annual tirade against the NoJazz Winnipeg Festival. Admittedly at first glance I may have thought (and posted ) that it was another crappy, self serving, jazz hating joke. The… Continue Reading →
So the 11 day, 80+ event called an international jazz festival is over. Last year they had 100 the year before 90 so quite the drop in acts. Gee I wonder why? Maybe it has to do with the colour… Continue Reading →
Usually at this time of year I write about our horrible excuse for a jazz festival. I have written about it before and it is basically the same thing. Jazz doesn’t sell so let’s have pandering commercial music to aid… Continue Reading →
Long past due for my yearly diatribe on the local excuse for a festival that is supposed to be about furthering an appreciation of jazz music through presentation, promotion and outreach. I won’t go whole hog this year because, quite bluntly,… Continue Reading →
Well the Fest is over with a whimper. The best and (to my knowledge) the only sold out/non local JAZZ show was Vijay Iyer. At least the early set was sold out I don’t know if the second set was… Continue Reading →