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Loading ...Citation from Martin Johnson’s article “A Microcosm of Cutting-Edge Music”:
“At a time when most longstanding jazz festivals are struggling, a relative newcomer, the New Languages Festival, is thriving.
New Languages was founded by two saxophonists, Jackson Moore, 32 years old, and Aaron Ali Shaikh, 27. “We began with the intention of shining light on jazz musicians who were of the generation that grew up with the avant-garde as a past occurrence,” Mr. Shaikh said in an interview last week. For these musicians, he said, the avant-garde of the ’60s and ’70s “is a norm that informs their style and composing just as much as so-called traditional jazz.” Mr. Moore said that the festival’s name “seemed to sum up the potential of the creative jazz musician.”
About the festival: New Languages Festival.
