The date was 20th of January 2020 and Fay Claassen, together with 30 of the Netherlands top musicians, took to the stage at Rotterdam’s Lantaren Venster to present...
Three veteran jazz virtuosos join forces for the first time as pianist Bill Cunliffe, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta for a high-spirited, vigorously swinging...
Munich based label ECM is set to kick off 2021 with two new releases from Shai Maestro and Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry. Both albums will be released on January 29, 2021....
Although I am very late in writing about this beautiful book, I believe there is never a bad time to shout about something wonderful. Much has been written, discussed, filmed and...
Last week Wynton Marsalis and members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra released a new digital album titled “The Democracy! Suite”. In addition to the digital...
Promising a catalogue of “honest jazz,” newly launched label Le Coq Records rings in the new year with its inaugural release, Le Coq Records Presents The Jazz All Stars, Vol....
Out Now - Jazz In Europe Magazine - Summer 2020 EditionFeaturing: Kurt Elling, Steve Swallow, Ambrose Akinmusire, Christian Sands and more.....
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Jazz In Europe magazine is a full-colour glossy publication. Produced quarterly, the magazine features interviews with European and International jazz musicians as well as interesting articles related to the world of jazz.
Trumpeter, Ambrose Akinmusire is one of the most original and poetic musicians of the current generation. Quoting directly from his biography Ambrose “… aspires to create richly textured emotional landscapes that tell the...
The date was 20th of January 2020 and Fay Claassen, together with 30 of the Netherlands top musicians, took to the stage at Rotterdam’s Lantaren Venster to present Fay’s latest...
Last week Wynton Marsalis and members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra released a new digital album titled “The Democracy! Suite”. In addition to the digital album, a...
‘My Blue’ the video single that is released today (Dec 10, 2020) off the Viktoija Pilatovic’s latest album ‘The Only Light’ is bang centre in my lane! A great...
New York based vocalist Somi was invited in May 2019 by the Frankfurt Radio Big Band as special guest for a radio broadcast from Frankfurt’s Alte Oper. The material presented on this...
Inspired by lockdown; ‘Crazy Times’ is a track and music video composed, performed, produced and directed by husband and wife team Mike and Kim Cypher; Demonstrating the power of music...
Canadian vocalist Micah Barnes released his latest single from his album “Vegas Breeze” last week. With momentum building, today the accompanying video was released. Micah is...
Christian Sands, Be Water Now Available on Mack Avenue Records
Christian Sands’ third recording for Mack Avenue Music Group captures and establishes him as a forceful leader in composition and conceptual vision. With Be Water, the music is akin to the element which has no form of its own, taking on the structure of whatever musical composition and performance in which it finds itself and is a universal necessity. For this recording, Sands has reunited with bassist Yasushi Nakamura and saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and is joined by trumpeter Sean Jones, trombonist Steve Davis, guitarist Marvin Sewell, and drummer Clarence Penn.
To Dutch and German Jazz aficionados Fay Claassen needs no introduction. Born in Nijmegen Fay is without doubt one of the Netherlands best know jazz vocalists and recipient of...
I first saw the wonderful pianist Ignasi Terraza performing with magnificent trumpeter Andrea Motis at the Duc des Lombards in Paris a couple of years ago and I have been...
“Fig free” is the sixth album by the Polish guitarist Przemyslaw Straczek who has already notched up a remarkable touring history crossing the continents of Europe, Asia and...
February 2021 will see Japanese pianist Yoko Miwa release a brand new album titled “Songs Of Joy” on Ubuntu Music. Miwa, currently a resident of Boston, has a long...
After their successful release titled “Jackson-Trip”, Rüdiger Baldauf and his band mates entered the studio for the next round, namely their unique take on The...
Stardust Crystals is the adventurous new large-ensemble album from Swiss-based Polish-Japanese singer-songwriter Yumi Ito. Recorded in cooperation with Swiss Radio SRF Kultur, the...
“This recording is dedicated to the natural wonder and beauty of our living planet, and to the spirit of musical kinship.” Patrick Cornelius Over the course of eighteen years...
High Heart is the 5th album by US saxophonist and composer Ben Wendel. With a surge of interest in his profile over the last few years, Ben returns with an album that is his most...
The Eva Klesse Quartet keeps a biennial release rhythm with its fourth album, creatures & states. It is the follow-up to Miniatures – Ten Songs For Chamber Jazz Quartet,...
HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE - BAD BOYS OF JAZZ New Album Now Available
2020 sees Hypnotic Brass Ensemble celebrating twenty years together not only as a band, but a Band of Brothers and they are marking this anniversary with the launch of their sixth studio album Bad Boys of Jazz , which sees them seamlessly weave funk, dub, hip-hop and soul into their own irrepressible take on jazz.