FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Female Drummer Kicks Off Festival with Post-Bop and Shades of Ornette Coleman

une is jazz month in New York. Still. The recent collapse of the JVC Jazz Festival may have created a different impression among casual observers — and make no mistake, its absence is being felt. But there’s a reassuring abundance in the clubs right about now. And there are a handful of artist-run grassroots events, the newest of which is the Bloom Festival, a monthlong series that started at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn last week...

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