2017 Winter JazzFest - New York City Article

This long running annual event is often described as a marathon, but it’s more like a long-distance smorgasbord, a mega-buffet of all the various styles and subdivisions included under the general umbrella of the term jazz. As it has been for the last 12 years, the Winter Jazz Fest is centered in multiple venues mostly in the West Village and is timed to coincide with the annual Association of Performing Arts Presenters convention (which is mostly at the New York Hilton and other midtown environs). Dozens if not hundreds of bands and artists are all performing within a short walk from each other, and it’s all available for one reasonable price. This year, there’s a strong political motivation to a lot of the performances (don’t tell me you didn’t see that coming!) but overall it’s a highly equal-opportunity representation of the general state of the music at the start of 2017. As always, I plan to spend most of my time at the Hot Jazz Festival Stage in the Django (at the Roxy Hotel in Tribeca) but there’s something for everyone on Friday and Saturday nights.

For further info and tickets, please visit www.winterjazzfest.com