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Festival Round-up: Mondriaan Jazz Festival 2021

Last week, 9 October, I attended the Mondriaan Jazz Festival in the Dutch city The Hague. As a regular event on the Dutch calendar it was great to see the festival once again...

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2020 Grammy Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2020 Grammy awards to held on the 26th of January were released yesterday. The 62nd edition of the Grammy Awards will once again be held at the Staples...

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Valletta, European Capital of Culture And All That Jazz

Malta is not only a popular holiday destination, with more than 300 days of sunshine annually and just over three hours flying time from the UK. Lately, there is an exciting new...

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Chick Corea Trio perform Live – two special concerts in the Netherlands in March.

In 2014, Chick Corea released “Trilogy” a triple-CD set recorded live around the world with Chick’s spectacularly virtuoso trio featuring bassist Christian McBride...

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A grand festival to celebrate the genius of Oscar Peterson

Recently journalist Howard Reich reported in the Olando Sentinel news of a new jazz festival to honor Canada’s great gift to jazz: piano virtuoso Peterson. The festival will...

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Christian McBride on His Top Five Big Band Tracks, From Count Basie to Maria Schneider.

Christian McBrides latest big Band album “Bringin’ it” was release last month. Last week Nate Chinen (Director Of Editorial Content at WBGO) published an article...

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Christian McBride | Bringin’ It

Release Date: 22 Sept 2017 Iconic bassist Christian McBride has been doing what the title of his upcoming big band album implores for years: Bringin’ It. This highly anticipated...

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Q&A with Christian McBride: Big Band, Big Imagination

Downbeat Magazine published Ron Hart’s Q&A with bassist Christian McBribe. Christian talks about his new Big Band release Bringin’ It, his influences regarding his...

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Featured Gig | Christian McBride, A-Trane Berlin

Bassist Christian McBride is a master musician who has appeared on over 300 records. He is easily one of the most accomplished bass players alive, and his resume as a bandleader...

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CD Review | Christian Sands “Reach”

New York based pianist Christian Sands at the ripe old age of 28 has already built a large discography both as a leader and sideman. His latest release “Reach” is his début...

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Herbie Hancock, Craig Taborn & Kamasi Washington shine at Gent Jazz 2017

Gent Jazz Festival 2017 held over seven music filled days between 6th and 16th of July. I was one of the 34, 000 people who came to the festival. I was able to spend six days at...

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