New York’s annual Winter Jazzfest has already become an established tradition for the genre’s hardcore fans. During this year’s takeover of multiple downtown venues, from 13-17 January, you can find intrepid swing fans dashing about from club to club, in the freezing cold (and/or slush). Despite the occasional long line outside a high-profile set, it’s generally one of the best times to be had in an ever more corporate, bank- and chain store-strewn Greenwich Village.
