Listen "Nordic Jazz Now"
Episode Synopsis
Show #3 from the Rochester International Jazz Festival. This show focuses on Nordic Jazz Now — bands from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark who are performing all this week at the festival. RIJF Artistic Director John Nugent also produces the Stockholm Jazz Festival. In this episode: Vidar Brathen from the Norwegian Jazz Forum, Bengt Strokirk from Concerts Sweden, an interview with the members of the Norwegian band Zanussi Five, and excerpts from various Nordic albums. Look for more from Nordic Jazz Now later in the week.
Be sure to visit the following sites for more RIJF coverage:
Fretful Porpentine
Jazz@Rochester
Cup O’ Books
Will Yurman’s multimedia slideshows
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