Editor’s note: Christoph Giese attended the opening weekend of Jazz w Ruinach. The festival continues through August 15 in Gliwice and Katowice. The festival’s name...
Having barely survived the “inner city blues” (more on that later) of intense London temperatures during three successive heatwaves it was with some relief to revisit...
The 56th edition of the Siena Jazz International Summer Workshop kicked off last week, and for the two weeks that follow, this small Tuscan city becomes, once again, one of the...
“Apparently, I have a very expensive new shirt that keeps developing new patterns,” laughed drummer Emil Brandqvist, referring to the unique conditions at this...
Young talents and international jazz stars – they all play at this worth to visit festival on the beautiful island of Madeira. For the fifth time now, the Funchal Jazz Festival...
The UK’s only festival dedicated exclusively to Polish jazz returns to London this September, and if the scale of this year’s programme is anything to go by, last...
The concept of ‘hot’ could certainly be viewed from two perspectives at this year’s, fourth edition of fill in – International Jazz Festival Saar in Saarbrücken, in...
The Dobršská brána International Music Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary as an intimate two-day festival with a focus on experimental contemporary jazz, as well as...
Jazz à Liège in Belgium´s charming city of Liège offers a great choice of jazz and beyond in wonderful concert venues. Is what Ibrahim Maalouf is presenting in his new...
Bill Frisell with Eyvind Kang? Magnificent! Kneebody, the wild American quartet? Pretty great! Kennedy Administration (“My Name is Kennedy, I am your president tonight!”)?...
The sixth meeting of the Jazz France Balkans Network, held in Dijon from 12–15 May 2026, was something rather more than a gathering of jazz professionals comparing notes. It...
