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Linley Hamilton: Right On The Wavelength

By IAN PATTERSON | courtesy of ALL ABOUT JAZZ Trumpeter Linley Hamilton has been a mainstay of the Northern Irish jazz scene for well over two decades. An in-demand session...

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Sun Ra | One hundred years on.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of Sun Ra’s arrival on earth. While the above statement may seem to be a strange introduction for those unfamiliar with Sun Ra’s...

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Darcy James Argue headlines Ghent Jazz Festival

A long-held dream comes true, says Director Bertrand Flamang of Ghent Jazz Festival. ,, We have managed to get Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society to come over to...

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An Interview with Spanish Guitarist Roc Calvet

Catalan guitarist Roc Calvet has released a new album as a leader, ‘A strange kind of beauty‘ (Whataboutmusic, 2013). With this new work he sets up his character as a composer...

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Jim Mullen receives Lifetime Achievement Award at Scottish Jazz Awards

Singer Alison Affleck, saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and long-serving BBC radio producer Keith Loxam were among the prize winners at the...

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Valencia swings

Our Spanish contributor, Marta Ramon provides us with a round up of this years jazz festivals in Valencia Spain. Five festivals in five Valencian towns have made the Mediterranean...

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The Whirlwind Festival | October 10, 11 & 12 | Kings Place in London

London based label Whirlwind Recordings founded in 2010 by bassist/producer Michael Janisch will commemorate their third anniversary by hosting a three day festival on October...

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Dutch radio program Jazz Meeting reaches listeners worldwide

Every Wednesday evening live from the studio’s of Radio Hengelo Cynthia Thijs presents the Jazz Meeting. The Jazz Meeting is a radio program with the goal of introducing new...

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Clamshell Records | Vector Series

Spanish label Clamshell Records has launched a series of Avant-garde CD productions under the title “The Vector Series. The aim of this series is to publish and promote advanced...

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The Dutch Jazz Day | 28 & 29 June 2013 | Rotterdam

The seventh edition of the Dutch Jazz-day will take place in Rotterdam on the 28th and 29th of June 2013 in and around the LantarenVenster. Since the North Sea Jazz Festival moved...

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“Thirty-year overnight sensation” Durra trades California for Berlin

Louis Durra, the Californian pianist who became an overnight success on American Public Radio in 2012 after working as a professional musician for thirty years, mostly as an...

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