Gărâna Jazz Festival (Gărâna, Romania. 5-9 July 2023 Festival Round-Up by Oliver Weindling) The Side Effects. L-R: Stian Carstensen, Marius Neset and Thomas Stronen. Photo credit Michal Sykora The Garana festival has now reached its 27th edition. In the Romanian Carpathian mountains, south of Timisoara, which itself had a major festival just the previous week…
Building on a long track record of scholarship and interpretive artistry focused on the great Mary Lou Williams, vibraphonist and composer Cecilia Smith is proud to announce the release of Volume 1: Small Ensemble Repertoire, the new album from her NEA American Masterpiece Award-winning Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project.