More Videos From Winter Jazzfest

Winter Jazzfest is a couple weeks gone at this point, but we thought we'd share some really great photos and video that Brooklyn Vegan posted. Check out the video of a Marcus Gilmore solo during the much praised Vijay Iyer Trio set at LPR during Jazzfest.



You can click here to see some great photos of the weekend from all of the venues.

Here is a great video of the incomparable Dr. Lonnie Smith from Sullivan Hall that night. He also played LPR's benefit for victims of the earthquake in Haiti on this past Tuesday. If you missed that, or any of the many other benefit concerts the last two weeks you can go to HaitiReliefLive.com to see video from the benefit at LPR and other benefit concerts around the country. In hopes of keeping the spirit of these events alive the website is presenting video of the concerts and asking viewers to give a donation to any of the great groups listed on the site.

2010 Winter Jazzfest Recap

The 2010 Winter Jazzfest was big success this year, and was bigger than it's ever been before. We've got a little press round-up below, but if you didn't go maybe you just shouldn't read these, because it's not going to make you feel like you were there. It's just going to make you terribly sad for the rest of the day.



Time Out listed the "top five reasons...Jazzfest was a smashing success." Number one was:

1. Impeccable booking. This year’s WJF schedule read like a true “everybody who’s anybody” roll call, featuring today’s rising stars (Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Vijay Iyer, Gretchen Parlato) alongside their more seasoned counterparts (Dr. Lonnie Smith, William Parker, Nicholas Payton).

The New York Times called Jazzfest the "jazz equivalent of South by Southwest."

You can see video of Whoopie Pie here.

The Mantle also had a great review of the weekend.

UPDATE:
Another review from writer Matthew Young. (Thanks Shaun Randol for the head's up.)