{"id":7444,"date":"2024-01-08T22:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T04:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=7444"},"modified":"2024-01-09T10:35:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:35:36","slug":"brice-rosenbloom-wjf-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/brice-rosenbloom-wjf-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon of Discovery: A Conversation with Winter Jazzfest Founder\/Producer Brice Rosenbloom on the Festival at Twenty Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For over a century, New York City has been the epicenter of jazz music. While many artists develop their craft elsewhere, it is in the City that Never Sleeps that they often reach their creative zenith. The artistic power of New York comes partly from the powerful culture of creativity birthed there. This same environment has made Winter Jazzfest into one of the world’s top music events. Now in its twentieth edition, the festival shares some of the city’s finest talent – and that of many other artists from across the globe – with open-minded listeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the Winter Jazzfest schedules so many artists each year, it is difficult to provide an overview of the 2024 Festival. The bookings are so voluminous that the highlight of each year is often two marathons of music run by the event, one in Manhattan and another in Brooklyn. But even a cursory overview of planned shows provides a glimpse into the diversity of its bookings. On the first night, Wednesday, January 10, Tyshawn Sorey will reimagine Max Roach’s ‘Members Don’t Git Weary.’ The closer is Mononeon and Friends on Thursday, January 18th. In between those bookends are two nights of special performances with artist-in-residence Shabaka Hutchings, a star-studded one-off tribute to the art center the East, and an evening focused on Sun Ra’s poetry. There will also be a special tribute to pioneering composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, which we will explore more in a future post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sat down with Winter Jazzfest founder and producer Brice Rosenbloom to discuss the festival at its twentieth offering and what makes the event special.<\/p>\n\n\n

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