Interviews

jazzahead! an American perspective

jazzahead! is the most important international jazz trade show today, including its integrated showcase festival, featuring world-class jazz from Europe, the United States and...

Interview with Knoel Scott – Part 2

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...

Interview with Ntjam Rosie

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...

Interview with Deborah J. Carter

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...

Interview | Eric Ineke: “I want the swing to be alive”

By Marta Ramón | photos by Jan Klupper Eric Ineke is one of the most accomplished drummers in the European jazz scene. Eric Ineke has been working as a professional musician...

Matt Owens | The Magic of The Aviators’ Ball

UK musician Matt Owens’ debut album, The Aviators’ Ball is sheer delight. The album is co-produced by another of Manchester’s renaissanced song birds, Kirsty Almeida and...

Interview with Massimiliano Rolff

By: Marta Ramon Bass player Massimiliano Rolff is one of the most active jazz musicians in Italy, both in the creative but also in the educational field. Rolff has built a...

Sharp Sounds and Dirty Quotes from Tomasz Stańko

Sex, drugs and jazz: here is the life of an eccentrically-clothed desperado and his iconic albums and near-death experiences, split between New York and Europe, flirting with pop...

Bert van den Brink: Magician with sound.

By: Peter Beije | Photo courtesy of the artist Dutchman Bert van den Brink (1958) was born blind. When he was five years old he had his first piano lessons. In 1976 Bert started...

Raul Midón | A Chat with Becca Horne

Interview by: Becca Horne Trying to write something that hasn’t already been written about Raul Midón is challenging. He has been featured frequently in: The New York Times,...

Duane Eubanks | Things of that Particular Nature

Article by: Becca Horne | Photo’s courtesy of Duane Eubanks Jazz legend Charles Mingus once said, “In my music, I’m trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason...