Miles Davis replaced contra-bassist Ron Carter with the bassist Dave Holland in 1968; with this shift, and with Chick Corea on electric piano replacing Herbie Hancock, Miles...
Oso Leone is an intriguing group from Mallorca, though now based in Barcelona. Their name translates in English as “Bear Lion” and the sound that they mostly conjure on their...
The Warsaw Village Band performs at the Jazz Meets World Series in Prague, Czech Republic. The Warsaw Village Band has said that the roots for their music came from travelling to...
The history of jazz tends to get condensed into one or two dozen names, but so many more made outstanding contributions yet they are more-or-less unknown to the wider public....
The highlight of the Strings of Autumn Festival 2019 in Prague is the Charles Lloyd Quintet, led by the mystic tenor saxophonist, flutist and composer Lloyd, with Gerald Clayton...
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids newest release “An Angel Fell” (2019) unveils a shift or evolving sound incorporating groove, latin percussion, dub, and the cosmic jazz-pop...
The Swiss-born Frenchman Erik Truffaz is a mild-mannered maestro on trumpet but his sound is huge and expansive to a slow-building sonic seduction. His fans are also more typical...
Arthur Jafa is the winner of the prestigious Golden Lion award at the 58th Venice Art Biennale – Born in Tupelo, Mississippi (in 1960) and now based in Los Angeles, he is an...
Among the most iconic photographs of the 20th century capturing both the essence of the modern era and the rise of jazz in Europe is one of Miles Davis holding his trumpet with an...
First-rate international musicians who can’t be pigeon-holed into music categories congregate for the 3rd annual Dobršská brána International Music Festival 2019, in South...
John Zorn, an ever-evolving saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist and composer, is taking his Bagatelles marathon project to Europe. After all, Beethoven has the most well-known...