In July, a wonderful example of the power of limitation could be heard at the Rotterdam North Sea Jazz Festival. After the announcement that drummer Payton Crossley of Ron Carter’s Foursight Quartet would be absent due to Covid, an audible wave of disappointment buzzed through the packed Madeira hall. Bassist Ron Carter (1937) did receive […]
Jack DeJohnette
North Sea Jazz Festival 2018
This weekend Ahoy Rotterdam hosted the 43rd edition of North Sea Jazz, the largest indoor jazz festival in the world. Cameron Graves and his trio opened the festival in the Congo tent. Graves blends his classical piano style with exciting jazz and heavy nu-metal and he and his fellow musicians create their own unique genre. […]