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Festival Flashes from Gent Jazz 2015 (part Two)

By: Peter Beije | Photos: Maurits van Hout This year the Gent Jazz Festival attracted a record number of visitors. During the seven day festival a total of 38,000 visitors were...

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Festival Flashes from Gent Jazz 2015 (part one)

By: Peter Beije | Photos: Maurits van Hout The musical highlight of the first part of Gent Jazz was the concert by the Charles Lloyd Quartet. Other memorable performances came...

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CD Review | Toine Thys Trio: “Grizzly”

By: Peter Bieje Toine Thys’s trio plays in a traditional line-up of reeds, percussion and organ however the music on their new cd “Grizzly” is anything but traditional....

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Jazz Middelheim 2015 presents varied program

This years Jazz Middelheim festival will present a varied selection of concerts with tributes to New Orleans, John Coltrane, Ray Charles and Fats Waller. The 34th Edition of the...

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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s headline Gent Jazz Festival.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will be one of the great crowd pullers on a number of prominent European stages this summer. In July, the duo will be performing at five prominent...

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Bert van den Brink: Magician with sound.

By: Peter Beije | Photo courtesy of the artist Dutchman Bert van den Brink (1958) was born blind. When he was five years old he had his first piano lessons. In 1976 Bert started...

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Rein de Graaff: Entrepreneur in swing

By Peter Beije | Featured Photo – Eddy Westveer Pianist Rein de Graaff is an entrepreneur in jazz. During the last 35 years he has invited dozens of American musicians to...

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CD Review | Tineke Postma – Greg Osby | Sonic Halo

It took some effort however the album Sonic Halo by saxophonists Tineke Postma and Greg Osby has eventually been released. Record label Challenge Records has been able to bring...

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Yvonne Walter | Bitter Sweet

Ann Burton, in the Netherlands known as the antipode of Rita Reys, has been for years one of the leading jazz vocalists in Europe. Where Rita Reys with great panache and...

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CD Review | Eric Ineke, Cruisin’

After decades as a sideman drummer Eric Ineke started his own group in 2006: The Eric Ineke JazzXpress. With the JazzXpress, Eric is joined by four top Dutch musicians....

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