29 April, 2021 â By Michael White
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CLOSE encounters in the crowded intimacy of a jazz club are such distant prospects right now that 2021âs International Jazz Day wonât be quite itself when it arrives on April 30.
But if youâre up for digital alternatives, the streaming service Medici TV â better known as a sort of Netflix for classical music â is marking the event with the launch of a new jazz collection, featuring over 200 on-demand videos that scan performances from festivals around the world as well as documenting the greats of the past.
From Jacques Loussier and Thelonius Monk through to Kris Davis and Jason Moran, thereâs material for all tastes, especially if you like what was happening in Paris in the 1950s/60s. And if you take a subscription, you get access to the classical videos too: details at