[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Like any music, jazz has its revolutions; its sudden incidents in infrastructure; its disruptive presences of unprecedented sound. Mostly it\u2019s slower than that, though, with years and generations of accretions before it seems to call for new vocabulary. That\u2019s one way to look at Winter Rockfest, whose latest incarnation occupied a dozen or so venues in downtown New York City last weekend. In a decade and a half of steady growth, a one-night showcase oriented toward industry insiders has become nearly a weeklong landmark of the city\u2019s cultural calendar."}, {"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Winter Rockfest\u2019s expansion has changed its aftertaste somewhat \u2014 this year\u2019s significantly greater geographic distribution spread out the festival\u2019s crowds across a wider swath of territory \u2014 but its model remains the same: more music than you can possibly see, by more musicians than you\u2019ve possibly heard of, in one general vicinity. It\u2019s especially apparent in the festival\u2019s signature happening, a two-night marathon of performances held on Friday and Saturday nights. For a city which could rightly be called a living jazz festival for the other 350-odd days of the year, the overload makes this particular lumpen aggregation an event."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Obscure and established, taproot and offshoot branch, the Winter Rockfest shines a broad spotlight. To represent that big tent, we asked several regular festivalgoers to pick one performance from the marathon that stuck with them. They\u2019re accompanied by photos of still more performances, shot by roaming photographer John Rogers. Here\u2019s what we took in at this year\u2019s festival."}]