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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 →
I play a lot of solo guitar gigs. In my city (a small one at that) I am basically the king of solo guitar. Some can do it better on selected (transcribed) pieces but no one beats me for repertoire,… Continue Reading →
So little ole Winnipeg was very lucky to have Chick Corea come to town with his new band of wonderkins entitled The Vigil. Chris Smith, local jazz ‘columnist’ (and festival stiff) incorrectly called the new album ‘Vigil’ Dear Chris…please pay… Continue Reading →
I never write a 3rd blog about our no jazz festival but I am making an exception. One week to the day after my ‘After Math’ post, the Free Press jazz columnist / festival apologist did a thinly veiled ‘interview’… 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 →
I won’t repeat everything I wrote last year about the jazz festival we have this year (so much of it still applies). You can read about it in an earlier post about the jazz fest. Bluntly I just don’t have the… Continue Reading →
Last Word on our “Jazz” festival (till next year) Well the Jazz fest is over and the organizers are declaring a victory. It “was a huge success with 25 sold out shows” Well it’s very hard to figure out that math… Continue Reading →