Jazzfest Berlin 2023 Reviewed

Source: London Jazz News.

One of the strengths of JazzFest Berlin – this year presenting its 60th edition – is that it provides a insight into many of the key developments in contemporary jazz, and a confident selection of some of the most creative groups playing today.

Many of the groups at the festival were in post-free jazz mode in which certain structures and notated passages were integrated into the free improvisation. It was also apparent that many groups, including those playing a totally improvised set, were adopting a minimalist approach with repetition as a way of building up tension and of leading up to a climax.