Festivals

Interview with Salvador Sobral: New Album & Jazz Thoughts

Interviewer Marta Ramon Feature photo © Sergio Lacedonia Salvador Sobral is not a singer but a voice instrumentalist who loves to explore creativity through porous jazz limits....

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Ghent Jazz Festival: Successful mix of Jazz and Pop

Ghent Jazz Festival 2018 attracted 32,000 visitors, and it continues to grow. This is roughly equivalent to the number of enthusiasts who visited the famous 13th century Abbey...

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Love Supreme 2018 – Sun, décolletage and plenty of music!

This year the Love Supreme Festival was a rather different one on so many levels. First of all, the stunning weather played a part into the success of this Festival which started...

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Interview with North Sea Jazz Festival Director – Jan Willem Luyken.

The North Sea Jazz Festival is one of those Iconic European festivals that has gone along way in defining the genre. Founded in 1976 by entrepreneur Paul Arket the festival is not...

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Grandmaster Brad Mehldau one star attraction at Gent Jazz Festival 2018

The concert of the Brad Mehldau Trio at Gent Jazz Festival (June 29th – July 8th) is the one I most look forward to. The way the pianist constructs his music, can take you into...

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22 Jazz Festival Palau de la Música de València, Spain

If you are planning to visit Valencia this summer, don’t miss out on attending one of the most important Spanish Jazz Festivals. Starting in mid June and continuing throughout...

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Frank Koulen – Founder of the Jazz Club Porgy and Bess

The life of Frank Koulen may well serve as a scenario for a feature film. The founder of the jazz club Porgy and Bess in Terneuzen, The Netherlands. Frank was born in Suriname...

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European Jazz festival’s – 2018 Round Up, part 1

It’s that time of year, summer is on the doorstep and this year is once again shaping up to be a top year for jazz festivals in Europe. The European festival scene is among the...

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Grace Jones at Colours of Ostrava Festival

Featured Image by Andrea Klarin “Jazz” is how Grace Jones gently introduces and concludes the silky kind-of-jazz song “Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician” from her...

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Love Supreme Jazz Festival announces additions to the line-up

Today the management of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival announced the addition of Pharoah Sanders, Level 42, Chris Dave & the Drumhedz, Lalah Hathaway to the bill of the 2018...

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Focus on the Cully Jazz Festival – April 13 to 21, 2018

April 13th to the 21st will see the kick off to the European Festival season with the 36th annual Cully Jazz Festival. Offering 9 days of music, approximately 39 ticketed concerts...

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