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A s Britain’s largest festi- val dedicated to jazz, the EFG London Jazz Festi- val represents a serious cultural platform that ex- amines the evolution of the genre. Its strength lies in its massive scale: over the course of ten days, the festival stages hundreds of performances at more than 80 venues across the city. This logistical feat enables audiences to choose between grandiose symphonic performances at venues like the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall, and raw club sets at iconic venues like Ronnie Scott’s or The Vortex Jazz Club on the same night. Rather than relying exclusively on old legends, this festival provides space to leading new British and American jazz artists – including top instrumentalists like Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutchings, who redefine the rules of the game and erase the elitist tone of- ten unfairly associated with this genre. Organisers have this year created a pro- gramme in which high-budget perfor- mances by world stars are counterbal- anced by events in public spaces. With 19 completely free concerts and a large number of tickets at subsidised prices, this festival serves to prove that top art doesn‘t have to be exclusive. For trav- ellers seeking serious cultural content, London offers a November sound map that demands careful listening and in- tellectual engagement. LONDON Jazz Festival
London N ajveći britanski festival posvećen džezu, „EFG London Jazz Festival“, predstavlja ozbiljnu kul- turnu platformu koja is- Jazz Festival
vodnicima novog britanskog i američkog džeza – vrhunskim instrumentalistima poput Kamasija Vošingtona i Šabake Ha- čingsa, koji redefinišu pravila igre i bri- šu elitistički prizvuk koji se žanru često nepravedno pripisuje. Organizatori su ove godine kreirali program u kojem su visokobudžetni nastupi svetskih zvez- da izbalansirani sa dešavanjima u jav- nim prostorima. Sa 19 potpuno besplat- nih pratećih programa i velikim brojem ulaznica po subvencionisanim cenama, Festival dokazuje da vrhunska umetnost ne mora biti ekskluzivna. Za putnike koji traže ozbiljan kulturni sadržaj, london- ski novembar nudi zvučnu mapu koja zahteva pažljivo slušanje i intelektual- ni angažman.
pituje evoluciju žanra. Njegova snaga le- ži u razmeri: tokom deset dana Festival organizuje više stotina nastupa rasutih na preko 80 lokacija širom grada. Ovaj logistički podvig omogućava publici da iste večeri bira između grandioznih sim- fonijskih izvođenja u dvoranama poput „Barbikana“ i „Rojal Festival Hola“, i si- rovih, klupskih svirki u kultnim prosto- rima kao što su „Ronnie Scott's“ ili „The Vortex“. Umesto oslanjanja isključivo na sta- re legende, Festival daje prostor pred-
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