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The Arúan Ortiz Trio | Live in Zurich

When Aruán Ortiz appeared with his new trio at Zurich s unerhort!-festival on 26 November 2016, the sense of anticipation was palpable; how would the music from the well-received...

50 years of jazz history, MPS celebrates a half-century milestone.

Diversity, courage and quality: those are the trademarks with which MPS – Musik Produktion Schwarzwald – and company founder Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer achieved world-wide...

Lost Miles Davis recording to be released on Vinyl.

International Record Store day has become one of the most important events on the calendar for lovers of Vinyl. Conceived as a way to promote independent Record Stores in 2008 the...

Wallace Roney Quintet – European concert dates.

Trumpeter Wallace Roney returns to Europe later this month for a limited series of concerts. Starting on the 15th at Moods Jazz Club in Zurich, Roney and his quintet will also...

Tower Records founder dies drinking whiskey and watching the Oscars.

The Sacramento Bee reported that Russ Solomon, the guiding force behind Tower Records died Sunday night aged 92. Solomon founded Tower Records in 1960 opening his first store on...

Chano Dominguez & Hadar Noiberg launch Duo project in Austria, Switzerland & Germany.

Spanish pianist, Chano Dominguez teams up with Israeli Flutist Hadar Noibeg for a number of concerts in Europe later this month. Performing at Porgy and Bess (Vienna), Moods...

Zhenya Strigalev releases new album Blues For Maggie

Alto saxophonist and composer Zhenya Strigalev’s fourth album for Whirlwind Recordings “Blues For Maggie” brings together drummer Eric Harland , Mauritian...

Nominees for the 2018 JazzFM awards announced.

Yesterday, the nominees for the 2018 JazzFM awards were announced. Jazz FM launched the Jazz FM Awards in 2013 with the aim of celebrating the work of jazz, blues and soul...

This Week on Qwest TV.

Recently launched Jazz video streaming platform Qwest TV has a great set of on-demand programs available this week for you to enjoy. These recordings are from the Archives of RTF...

Who Killed Jaco Pastorius?

Back in April 1988, Pat Jordan published an article in GQ Magazine titled “Who Killed Jaco Pastorius?”. What’s interesting about this article is that it was...

Featured Gig | John Etheridge at the 606 Club, London.

John Etheridge is an iconic figure on the UK jazz scene. John first came to prominence in the mid 70’s with the classic fusion band “Soft Machine”. During the same time...