Andrew Read – Jazz in Europe

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New Release Friday

Once again it’s Friday and that means the new releases have dropped. Our New Jazz Releases Spotify playlist is updated each Friday with the tracks that have genuinely...

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Kilian Sladek announces new album Colorblind

Munich vocalist and composer Kilian Sladek releases “Gravity”, the next featured-guest single from his forthcoming album Colorblind, this Friday, 26 June. The track...

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CD Review: Slaven Ljujic Super Group, Hope Molecules

Montenegrin drummer Slaven Ljujic announces himself as a bandleader of real substance with this high-energy fusion debut. Recorded in a single April session at DomArt Studio in...

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One Record. A Thousand Stories. William Ellis & The One LP Project in Glasgow

William Ellis’s One LP Project is less an exhibition of photographs than a gallery of LP selves — each one revealed through the record a person cannot live without. The...

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Donny McCaslin to headline Polygon Portal’s immersive London launch

London’s newest listening room is putting jazz at the centre of its debut programme. Polygon Portal, a dedicated 360° spatial audio space in Soho, will host Donny McCaslin and...

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CD Review: Ntjam Rosie, Ntjam Rosie

Nine albums in, Ntjam Rosie knows exactly who she is as an artist — and this record reflects that. Her self-titled album draws directly from her faith, her identity, her...

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JAZZ à SEMUR announce 2026 Line-up

JAZZ à SEMUR returns to the medieval town of Semur-en-Auxois from 2 to 4 July 2026 for its sixth edition — three days of jazz in one of Burgundy’s most quietly beautiful...

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Music Meeting announces final program

The Nijmegen based festival “Music Meeting” has been a quietly radical fixture on the Dutch live music calendar since 1985, and this coming weekend reaches its 40th...

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The Jazz France Balkans Network convenes for its 6th gathering

On 14 and 15 May 2026, the city of Dijon hosts the sixth meeting of the Jazz France Balkans Network — a multilateral project that links French and Western Balkan cities through...

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Craft Recordings marks the centennial of Miles Davis with Miles ’56

There are moments in jazz history that only reveal their full significance in retrospect. The two sessions Miles Davis convened at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey —...

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European Jazz Conference 2026 Comes to Cologne

From 24 to 27 September 2026, Cologne becomes the centre of gravity for European jazz and improvised music, as the Europe Jazz Network convenes its annual conference in Germany...

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