In the hottest July ever in Italy, in a beautiful Villa in Casalgrande, Reggio Emilia, where each year a three day jazz festival (The Mundus Festival) is hosted, I found my chance...
To say The Blockheads have still got it is a bit of an understatement and tonight, on a rainy, cool July Friday night, the Music Room in the backwaters of Ipswich was the venue at...
By: Peter Beije | Photos: Maurits van Hout This year the Gent Jazz Festival attracted a record number of visitors. During the seven day festival a total of 38,000 visitors were...
‘ Do you know he is one of the best players alive today?’ someone asked me recently about Gilad Atzmon. I did not know how to reply because for me, Gilad is distinctive and...
By: Peter Beije | Photos: Maurits van Hout The musical highlight of the first part of Gent Jazz was the concert by the Charles Lloyd Quartet. Other memorable performances came...
Text and Photos by: Eddy Westveer The 28th edition of the “Summer Jazz Cycle Tour” looks like another successful edition. Hundreds of cyclists found the path through the...
Text Peter Beije | photo’s Eddy Westveer Day Three In the morning at the rehearsal and sound check, it became clear that this would be an exceptional tribute to Toots...
Text Peter Beije | photo’s Eddy Westveer Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp attracted 19,000 visitors during the four days. That number is in line with previous years. The...
By THOMAS CONRAD | Source All About Jazz There are many jazz festivals held in beautiful places. There are many festivals that run for 10 or more days and consistently offer...
By PHILLIP WOOLEVER, | Courtesy of All About Jazz Sometimes a man’s reputation proceeds him. Such was the case tonight, where an overflow crowd of 2,000 fans arrived early,...
By JEAN-PIERRE GOFFIN, | courtesy of ALL ABOUT JAZZ The International Jazz Festival in Liège was created twenty-four years ago. The city was known for decades as the Belgian...