{"id":132,"date":"2008-10-21T08:25:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T12:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2008\/10\/jazz_masters_in_the_azores\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:34:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:34:23","slug":"jazz_masters_in_the_azores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2008\/10\/jazz_masters_in_the_azores.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz masters in the Azores"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>My focus shifts to the mid-Atlantic: for the next week I&#8217;ll be hearing newly honored NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz, pianist Joachim Kuhn, the Hot Club of Portugal Septet, reedist Marty Ehrlich&#8217;s Rites Quartet and a band led by NYC multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter at the 10th annual<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teatromicaelense.pt\/view.php?id=433\"> Festival de Jazz de Ponta Delagada<\/a> &#8212; where I&#8217;m also delivering a talk on &#8220;Jazz Now &#8212; and It&#8217;s Future&#8221; (during which I will <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">tell all<\/span>). Ponta Delgada is the largest city in the Azores, islands 700 miles west of Lisbon with a lengthy history as a port between Europe and the Americas. Reports from there to follow &#8212; and if you happen to be in the vicinity, please say hello.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teatromicaelense.pt\/images\/agenda\/ag_xfestjazzpdl2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email or  RSS<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My focus shifts to the mid-Atlantic: for the next week I&#8217;ll be hearing newly honored NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz, pianist Joachim Kuhn, the Hot Club of Portugal Septet, reedist Marty Ehrlich&#8217;s Rites Quartet and a band led by NYC multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter at the 10th annual Festival de Jazz de Ponta Delagada &#8212; where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-28","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2008\/10\/connected_in_the_azores.html","url_meta":{"origin":132,"position":0},"title":"Globalism in the Azores","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"October 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Globalism held its head high at the tenth annual Ponta Delgada Jazz Festival last week. 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