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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
By Becca Horne | Photo’s Courtesy of Artist There is conceivably, no good reason, an eighteen your old, American born, southern girl from the United States would fly across...
By Peter Beije | Featured Photo – Eddy Westveer Pianist Rein de Graaff is an entrepreneur in jazz. During the last 35 years he has invited dozens of American musicians to...
by Enrique Alonso, photos courtesy of Yosuke Sato Recently I was in the middle of a enthusiastic audience enjoying a concert by the Gregory Porter Quintet at a well recognized...
By: Marta Ramon The adjective that better defines this musician is proactive. Fabien Aubry never stops: playing, composing, arranging, orchestrating, producing and teaching. Since...