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Mark Guiliana Tours his new release Jersey

The worldwide tour continues as the Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet completes their sweep of Europe and Scandinavia, and launches the second leg of the U.S. Tour at The Jazz Standard...

Why the Williamsburg Bridge Should Be Renamed After Sonny Rollins

Fred Kaplan has written a very interesting article in Slate magazine . The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename NYC’s Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins’...

How Rudy Van Gelder Shaped the Sound of Jazz as We Know It.

Yesterday marked the birthday of Rudy van Gelder, the recording engineer who shaped the sound of jazz. Regarded as the most important recording engineer of jazz by some observers,...

Mulo Francel | Mocca Swing

Many people who have never heard the name of Mulo Francel will nonetheless be aware of his playing, because the saxophonist is one of the founder members of Germany’s most...

Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius | Good Stuff

Vienna, Rome, Seoul… Iiro Rantala and Ulf Wakenius are musicians who travel the world, always on tour as leaders of their own projects. So it was something of a fluke that...

Gregory Porter – Nat King Cole & Me.

Two-time GRAMMY-winning vocalist Gregory Porter’s 3rd Blue Note album, Nat King Cole & Me, is a heartfelt tribute to his idol, the legendary singer, pianist and Capitol...

Luther Allison | A Legend Never Dies Essential Recordings 1976-1997

Label: Ruf Records Release Date: 27 October 2017 With 7 Cd’s, 4 DVD’s & a Book, the box set from Ruf Records celebrating the 20th anniversary of the passing of...

Dizzy Gillespie | 20th And 30th Anniversary (Live in Berlin)

One of the pioneering figures of bebop, and a major innovator on his instrument, the extraverted trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie stood out as bop’s greatest proselytizer. Dizzy called...

TJP | Peace and Love

It’s the perfect time to bring attention to the subjects of peace and love and that’s exactly what the Philadelphia-based band TJP (formerly known as The Jost Project) does...

Kenny Werner | Animal Crackers

The Kenny Werner Trio opens up a box of tasty musical surprises 18 years together, three consummate storytellers, pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Johannes Weidenmüller and drummer...

Anouar Brahem | Blue Maqams

Recorded in New York’s Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, Blue Maqams brings Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem together with three brilliant improvisers....