On the last hot days of August in Mulhouse, France this five-day festival featured 30 concerts in 15 locations from a rock club to an ancient chapel to a reimagined textile factory. Festival review and additional performance photos on http://www.jazzword.com

Top photo: Vocal Classics of the Black Avant-Garde. Shown here, Elaine Michener, Byron Wallen, Alexander Hawkins (left). Gaspard Beck (right).