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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

From Montreal to Montreux: the world’s 10 best jazz festivals

We're heading into jazz festival season, but with hundreds of fests around the globe, and only so many weeks in summer, where to start?


From New Orleans to Copenhagen to Cape Town, there are 10 jazz fests that you should put high on your travel wish list — and some of them are close to home.


They've drawn the biggest names in the business, including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Nina Simone, Wayne Shorter, Zakir Hussain, Buena Vista Social Club and even Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Prince, Kraftwerk, Maroon 5 and the Black Keys, and continue to break new musical ground.


So which fests made the top 10 cut? Click "open gallery" above to find out.







by Jennifer Van Evra via Electronic RSS

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