The music featured nightly at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Chestnut Street as part of XRIJF’s “Nordic Jazz Now” series is perfect for the contemplative listener. The Scandinavian artists who perform there tend to have a more cerebral approach to the art form of jazz-less demonstrative or overtly showy and more nuanced and […]
Daniel J. Kushner
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Jazz Fest 2015, Day 1: Daniel reviews goodbyemotel and The Hillbenders
Paradoxically, my first night at the 2015 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival was about anything other than jazz. From anthemic alternative rock to dance-inducing bluegrass, Friday was a prime example of Producer and Artistic Director John Nugent’s willingness to program music belonging to any genre, so long as it’s engaging. And though, goodbyemotel — a […]
