{"id":931,"date":"2012-06-07T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/?p=931"},"modified":"2019-09-12T18:56:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T22:56:57","slug":"jazz-andor-free-new-york-city-summer-music-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2012\/06\/jazz-andor-free-new-york-city-summer-music-festivals.html","title":{"rendered":"Jazz and\/or free New York City summer music festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the conjunction of “free,” “jazz,” “festivals,” “summer” and “New York City” \u00c2\u00a0— though not all free fests are jazz, and not all jazz fests are free (in either of two senses of the word).<\/p>\n

For instance, the 17th Vision Festival<\/a>, which I write up in my CityArts-New York column<\/a>, has some free shows, and can be aesthetically linked to “free jazz,” but the concerts (for the first time at Roulette<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0in Brooklyn) do have admission charges. Then there’s the Blue Note Jazz Festival 2012<\/a>, June 10 – 30, performances at the Blue Note, Highline Ballroom, B.B. King’s, the Henry Street Settlement and the Apollo Theater all requiring tickets, and most of the music quite structured — but including one bona fide visitation of a 1960s “Free Jazz” era classic<\/a>, John Coltrane’s suite “Africa\/Brass<\/a>,” brought to life by original pianist McCoy Tyner and the Charles Tolliver Big Band.<\/p>\n

I myself will pontificate freely (and for free) on a Vision Fest panel Thurs., June 14, titled, “Free Music: Why Then\/Why Now,” in the estimable company of pianist Dave Burrell, baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, multi-instrumentalist\/composer Elliott Sharp, all moderated by Scott Currie. The Blue Note Fest does have one no-fee event on its sched:\u00c2\u00a0Groove Theory\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0with Soulive, Riq and Rah (with strings) and dj Q?estlove at Central Park Summerstage<\/a>, June 17.<\/p>\n

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Hendrix @ Summerstage Finale: Karl Denson, John Scofield, Bebel Gilberto (to Sco’s right) & Living Colour, et al (photo by Adam Macchia; click to see large)<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course Summerstage, a division of the City Parks Foundation program which kicked off its summer season with a benefit Tribute to the Music of Jimi Hendrix blow out on June 5,<\/p>\n

is all\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>free –as are the\u00c2\u00a0Celebrate Brooklyn! concerts<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0at the Prospect Park Bandshell, which began June 5 with a visit from reggae popularizer Jimmy Cliff, and also the\u00c2\u00a0River to River Festival events<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(at least most of them), June 17 through July 15, around Manhattan’s lower tip and on Governor’s Island.<\/p>\n

None of those series are predominantly jazz, though all of them have their jazz, pre-jazz, post-jazz or just jazzy highlights. I’ll name three: pianist Geri Allen<\/strong> with visual artist Carrie Mae Weem<\/strong>s’ “Slow Fade To Black” (with Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lizz Wright and Patrice Rushen, among others, 8 pm,\u00c2\u00a0Friday June 15, (Celebrate Brooklyn!); \u00c2\u00a0Eddie Palmieri<\/strong> with his AfroCaribbean Jazz Octet <\/a>at Rockefeller Park (River to River), 7 pm, June 21; \u00c2\u00a0Orchestre Poly-Rhytmo<\/a><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0(jazzy, in the Afro-pop manner) from Benin at Summerstage, 3 pm, June 22 .<\/p>\n

There are more — check the schedules. All music is in some<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0sense “free.”<\/p>\n

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