I have to confess that one reason Bill and I started this blog was prompted by our previous dissatisfaction with the lack of daily festival reviews from the Vancouver Sun. I wrote to them last year and complained, and was assured that the Sun would publish a big wrap-up piece at the end of the festival. Big whoop, I responded - paraphrasing here - what good is that for jazz freaks like us who want immediate satisfaction about the show we saw the night before? So, anticipating the same editorial plan for 2009, we launched Jazzcouverites.
This year, Marke Andrews is pumping out reviews like, er, a jazz freak.
It started on Monday with a whirlwind of reviews from the opening weekend: Drummer propels Monterey Quartet to new heights
Then, Jazz Festival delivers surprises, delights and a slight disappointment on Tuesday.
Today, it’s Jazz royalty knows how to wow a crowd, While Werner and Hersh deliver ethereal, flawless show, Sonny Rollins, 78, dazzles
Now, it is we who are feeling lacking from being three days behind.
Nice going Marke! Dig that crazy beat!
Speaking of reportage, has anyone got a take on the Al Di Meola show that we skipped for Sonny Rollins? Comment here, please.
-Mari
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