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Interview with Massimiliano Rolff

By: Marta Ramon Bass player Massimiliano Rolff is one of the most active jazz musicians in Italy, both in the creative but also in the educational field. Rolff has built a...

CD Review | The Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet: Come To Me

By ROGER FARBEY | Courtsey of All About Jazz Drummer Asaf Sirkis co-leads this international group along with Polish singer Sywia Bialas (who actually resides in Germany) and two...

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...

SNJO swings towards its 20th anniversary

By: Rob Adams When Kurt Elling sings with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra in May, he’ll be celebrating not only the centenary of Frank Sinatra and the twentieth anniversary...

Raul Midón | A Chat with Becca Horne

Interview by: Becca Horne Trying to write something that hasn’t already been written about Raul Midón is challenging. He has been featured frequently in: The New York Times,...

Tom Green | Musician on a mission

By: Rob Adams | Photos: Courtesy of the Artist. Tom Green is a musician on a mission. The twenty-something London-based trombonist and bandleader feels that his chosen instruments...

The New Orleans Jazz Beat

By: Allen Yhorst Kimble, Jr | Photos courtesy of the Author Recently we were contacted by Allen Kimble from New Orleans. Allen asked if we would be interested in publishing a...

Blanco returns to make Celtic connections

Venezuelan piano virtuoso Leo Blanco returns to the UK at the end of January for concerts in Glasgow, London and Edinburgh. He appears with his Blue Lamp Quartet at Glasgow’s...

Duane Eubanks | Things of that Particular Nature

Article by: Becca Horne | Photo’s courtesy of Duane Eubanks Jazz legend Charles Mingus once said, “In my music, I’m trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason...

Chopin Lives On! | Outstanding Polish Jazz Pianists – Part 1

By:  Wojciech Oleksiak | Coutsey of: Culture.pl  What’s the first name that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Polish music’…? Chopin, right? He is the greatest,...

Chopin Lives On! | Outstanding Polish Jazz Pianists – Part 2

By:  Wojciech Oleksiak | Coutsey of: Culture.pl  Read Part 1 of this article here Marcin Wasilewski His career is inextricably linked with the Simple Acoustic Trio (now known...