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Late saxophonist Shorter dominated the festival’s final weekend, but on show too was jazz’s bright future
There are more than 300 concerts in the festival, which starts on November 10
Sold-out Barbican show saw the 83-year-old drawing on the energy of his refreshed ensemble and riffing on piano, vocoder and keytar
Touring band the E-Collective and the Turtle Island String Quartet offered striking support
The label’s musicians salute the jazz composer with tightly delivered and swinging rhythms
Formative influences ranging from Beethoven to Ravel and the blues are signposted as scene-setting statements
The band delivers a strong sense of the collective
Label’s next wave delivers a swaggering double CD set brimming with creative confidence and vigour
Highlights from an event that had jazz in all its forms — orchestral to hip-hop to modernist
The singer’s show was very much a band performance rather than a solo gig
More than once, the orchestra watched spellbound as the saxophonist played
Previously unissued tracks including compositions that sound daring were compiled to represent the band’s artistry
The quintet, co-led by Jo Lovano and Dave Douglas, explores each theme’s byways with a sound that is entirely their own
This year’s festival festival peppered its stages with musicians scarcely out of their teens
A terrific, intense performance from the US trumpeter and his collaborators
The jazz virtuosos proved themselves to be more than Wayne Shorter’s rhythm section
A free-flowing set from Shorter’s acoustic quartet was the climax to this day-long event
The final night of the band’s residency was a swaggering performance
A cross-section of the saxophonist’s early work that shows his rhythmic wit
Herbie Hancock, Rubén Blades and Dianne Reeves were among the 40 stars at this Unesco event
The saxophonist celebrates his 80th birthday year with a dynamic collection of live-recorded musical adventures
Each set sinuously changes pace as old faves are conjoined to new and previously unheard territory
The drummer and his band drew on the simple structures of popular song to generate music of complexity and technical excellence
The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a ten-day marathon embracing more than 1,000 gigs
This gig from the former husband and wife duo revealed the common root of jazz and soul
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