Episode 275: Jazz Festival Performers for 2024

Discovering Jazz

I like to 'prepare' to go to Jazz Festival concerts (even if I don't actually go to many of them) as an excuse to 'discover' new jazz artists. And there are some great ones playing at this year's Edmonton Jazz Fest going on this week (June 25-30). And many of them are also on tour playing elsewhere in Western and Eastern Canada and the U.S., as well as Europe.

I don't know how many concerts my time and budget will allow me to see and hear. Probably Norbert Kael and his Jazzical Trio and Moneka Arabic Jazz. Then there's Ulysses Owens Jr and Generation Y, Veronia Swift, Lakecia Benjamin, Cory Henry, Lorraine Klaasen, and Pasquale Grasso. I also play some great tracks in this episode from local artists: Joe Semple and the Licorice Sticks (a clarinet group), Sahil Chugh, and guitarist Jim Head.