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Dinosaur – Chamber Jazz From Another World

When the young British trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Laura Jurd, released her debut album “Landing Ground” in 2012 on the label Chaos Collective, it was as if the Harry...

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Jochen Rueckert Quartet – the “Charm Offensive” Tour

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and Eastern Europe opened up to the West, including the quick merger of East and West Germany, the jazz drummer Jochen Ruecker (born 1975)...

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Jason Lindner’s Now vs. Now

The New York-based keyboardist and pianist Jason Lindner recorded with David Bowie on “Blackstar” (2015), Bowie’s final album, a jazz-infused, melancholic yet soaring swan...

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A French Jazz Shaman is Freed

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a legendary jazz shaman on horns. As a soloist, he was capable of sounding like a full band by blowing hard and free into three alto saxophones at once,...

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SUPERSILENT – a so-called Death Jazz trio

This may come across as sounding anti-American, says Tony Ozuna, but Europe and other regions around the world are now leading the way for new directions in jazz, with Norway, of...

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Keeping Spiritual and Psychedelic Jazz Alive

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, previously known as simply The Pyramids are a spiritual and psychedelic jazz collective, which originated in Ohio, in the early 70s, yet...

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Bugge Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz – 2016 Edition

Bugge (pronounced ‘boogie’) came onto the jazz scene over 20 years as an eager and innovative jazz pianist, keyboardist, producer and composer from Norway. But he...

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Jazz Goes to Town in Hradec Kralove, East Bohemia

Jazz Goes to Town is an international music festival in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, about an hour by bus or train, northeast of Prague. This year will be the 22nd edition of...

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Nils Petter Molvaer—a true jazz explorer from the North

The term “future jazz” went out of fashion over a decade ago, but the evolution of progressive jazz and improvisation and experimentation with electronic technology has...

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Magnus Öström – Has Landed Safely

Magnus Öström and his band will be touring Europe to promote their third release “Parachute” (2016, Diesel Music), since he first embarked on a solo career, as a composer in...

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Mars Williams & Switchback

From Free jazz to New wave, progressive pop & Post-Punk, Funk then back to Free and Beyond – Mars Williams & Switchback tours for their new release. The...

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