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Chopin Lives On! | Outstanding Polish Jazz Pianists – Part 3

By:  Wojciech Oleksiak | Coutsey of: Culture.pl  Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this article. Fearless and perfectly-educated youngsters ready to blow this world out and take over...

Fat Suit produce the goods

It began as a tribute band but Fat-Suit has just released its second album of original music, Jugaad, in twelve months and at the end of a year that has seen the Glasgow-based...

Ole Seimetz | My Everything

Ole Seimetz is describing his transformation from a fourteen year old who didn’t particularly listen to music into, at sixteen, a very determined young drummer who wanted to...

Hailey Tuck | Jazz Darling

By Becca Horne | Photo’s Courtesy of Artist There is conceivably, no good reason, an eighteen your old, American born, southern girl from the United States would fly across...

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...

Theo Jackson plays Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room & St James Theater

British songwriter, vocalist and pianist Theo Jackson is rounding off a year which has seen him sign to US label Dot Time Records with two full band shows in London. Having...

Crooner Tony Bennett Brings His Jazz Collections to Casino Rama

There isn’t much-seasoned crooner Tony Bennett hasn’t achieved in his illustrious career. The 88-year-old has played around the world on countless tours and performed in front...

An interview with Yosuke Sato

by Enrique Alonso, photos courtesy of Yosuke Sato Recently I was in the middle of a enthusiastic audience enjoying a concert by the Gregory Porter Quintet at a well recognized...

Jazz Jantar | Robert Glasper, James Carter and Avant-garde

By: Wojtek Oleksiak | Courtesy of Culture.pl From : 4 until 16 November 2014 | Gdansk | Poland No matter what kind of contemporary jazz you like most, Jazz Jantar Festival 2014...

Featured Venue | Fasching Jazz Club – Stockholm

If you’ve ever wondered where Swedes go to listen to the best live jazz the answer is simple : Fasching! This Manhattan-style jazz club is a vibrant music hub where you will...

Bimhuis At 40 | Older, Better, Business As Usual

By JOAN GANNIJ  | courtesy of  ALL ABOUT JAZZ The Bimhuis is turning 40 and is still very much in its prime. Beginning October 1,Amsterdam’s venerable jazz club will...