Festival of jazz standards and blues is back at Israel Museum
Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center. A band performs a tribute to Amit Golan, an Israeli pianist who passed away in 2010, during the Jerusalem Jazz Festival in Jerusalem on September 8, 2020. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) As soon as Jerusalem’s Israel Festival closes on June 19, the 7th Jerusalem Jazz Festival picks up the cultural slack from June 22-24, held on the grounds of the Israel Museum’s outdoor sculpture garden. The festival, produced by the Israel Festival team and directed as usual by trumpeter Avishai Cohen, includes a progra...