By Peter Beije | Photo’s by Eddy Westveer Dave Brubeck , Thelonious Monk and Johnny Meijer are the musicians to whom Rony Verbiest devoted his last three CD’s. After...
By Marta Ramón @narramona Trumpet player David Pastor has stared in a meteoric walk through the Spanish jazz scene. With a non-stop schedule he has managed to develop an active...
Read Part 1 & Part 2 of the interview here. So, what about the more spiritual side – how does jazz make you feel? I asked. Knoel said, “I feel that jazz is actually the...
Read Part 1 of this interview here. How did you get well known, I asked – when was your ‘break’? Knoel replies, “Jamaica, Queens was a residential middle class community...
October 2015 marks the release of ‘Kansas Smitty’s’, the eponymous debut album from the Kansas Smitty’s House Band. Formed in London, the Kansas Smitty’s House Band are...
Co-Founder of the Manhattan Transfer, Erin Dickins will perform a one-off London date at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on August 2nd. The Show starts at 12:00pm and will also...
Guitar virtuoso Maciek Pysz is pleased to announce a comprehensive 19 date tour of the UK in support of the upcoming release of his second album ‘A Journey’. Joined by his...
On Saturday 5 September the Bimhuis in Amsterdam will host Cuban pianist/composer Hilario Durán. Hilario Durán makes his instrument sound like an orchestra and this virtuoso...
By Rob Adams | 1st published by the Herald Scotland. Everyone has heroes. Even musicians who have been said to have found their own voice as a composer or improviser will have...
Ntjam Rosie is an amazing addition to the soul/jazz music scene in the Netherlands and, without doubt, soon the world. With Cameroon as her birth-place and the Netherlands as her...
Deborah J. Carter’s latest album called ‘Diggin’ the Duke!’ was released in Europe last month. From ‘Petite fleur Africaine’ to ‘It don’t mean a thing (if it...