doek festival review
Here’s Ken Waxman’s Doek ABC Festival review, which appeared in the New York City Jazz Record and can also be found on Ken’s Jazz Word website.
With many parts of the Netherlands reclaimed from the sea over the centuries, the Dutch have long been adroit at recycling, reusing and repurposing. So it’s no surprise that except for the soft-seated Bimhuis, with its magnificent waterfront view, most venues for this year’s Doek ABC Improvisation Festival in Amsterdam, April 29 to May 4, had initially been built as schools, warehouses and even a dungeon.…