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Lithuanian immigrant Slava Ganelin picked up some handy improv jazz skills during his childhood, which he'll put to good use at the Jazz Globus Festival.

Jazz player Slava Ganelin
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Keeping any cultural pursuit going over the years can be a trying affair, especially if the event is based on music that mostly culls from beyond the mainstream pale. But the Jazz Globus Festival is obviously made of sterner stuff and will take place for the eighth year in succession.

The musicians come from Israel, Russia, Italy and Norway and feature some of the leading lights of the international improvisational scene. These include Norway-based pianist Misha Alperin (November 30); Italian pianist Tony Pancella and compatriot guitarist Maurizio De Fulvio (December 3); and an intriguing wind instrument trio called FreeBrass, led by Russian trumpeter Sergei Pron (December 3 and 5).

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