Where to go for a jazz lover

A jazz lover will not be bored in any country in the world, almost everywhere there are concerts of jazz performers, and the schedule of festivals in this direction of music is the tightest. He rather has to choose where to go now: to hurry to Warsaw or still choose Marseille? But there are events and places they simply must visit.

Of course, in the age of the Internet, when you can watch even the most iconic events on record. Wherever you live, access to the World Wide Web is practically a must. You can get acquainted with all the musical richness of the world, not just jazz, without leaving your room. However, festivals and performances of bands and soloists are not just about fresh albums and compositions, it’s also about unique atmosphere, improvisation and jam-session. This is why jazz fans fly to different countries to enjoy all this.

The Mecca of jazz is, no doubt, New Orleans. Not the largest American city, where actually the triumphal march of this musical trend began. It not only holds a variety of festivals on a regular basis, but also hosts concerts of international stars. You can just walk into a small bar and listen to the real folk performers, making sure that it is just folk music and not an academic exercise for gourmets. Even tourists who are far from jazz disappear for a few hours, having plunged into this musical world, and what to say about those who are truly in love with it.

A very interesting jazz festival takes place in the summer in Odessa – Master-Jam Fest. Despite the huge variety of different events in the world, there is no similar to it yet. Its main feature is that improvisation comes first. The participants of this contest form ensembles by lot, which reveal the received theme in some jazz direction. Every day the ensembles change and you can really feel the power of improvisation. Another feature of it is that what’s happening can be seen live on the Internet.