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New Release Friday

Once again it’s Friday and that means the new releases have dropped. Our New Jazz Releases Spotify playlist is updated each Friday with the tracks that have genuinely...

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The Dobršská brána International Music Festival 2026

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...

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Falling Down the Bill Evans Rabbit Hole

Bill Evans changed the way jazz musicians think about harmony, and more than half a century after his death his language still sounds like it belongs to no one else. As a jazz...

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Kilian Sladek announces new album Colorblind

Munich vocalist and composer Kilian Sladek releases “Gravity”, the next featured-guest single from his forthcoming album Colorblind, this Friday, 26 June. The track...

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CD Review: Gary Bartz; Your Brother’s Keeper, Where Rivers Meet

A musician of Gary Bartz’s stature doesn’t need to chase relevance — it follows him. But what happens when a jazz legend of more than five decades steps into an...

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Swing Master: The Abstract Truth of Sem van Gelder.

A Light Goes Out in Groningen — Remembering Sem van Gelder It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Samuel “Sem” van Gelder, who died...

News • Spring 2020 • Vinyl|

CD Review: Slaven Ljujic Super Group, Hope Molecules

Montenegrin drummer Slaven Ljujic announces himself as a bandleader of real substance with this high-energy fusion debut. Recorded in a single April session at DomArt Studio in...

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CD Review: Tina Carr, Moon Over Mildmay

Moon over Mildmay is the new album (released in March 2026) by British singer Tina Carr in collaboration with Miguel Gorodi (trumpet), Oli Hayhurst (bass), Kieran McLeod...

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Crossing the Bridge: Remembering Sonny Rollins

I have been listening to Sonny Rollins for most of my life, but it is only now, in the wake of his death on May 25, 2026, that the full weight of his presence feels measurable....

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One Record. A Thousand Stories. William Ellis & The One LP Project in Glasgow

William Ellis’s One LP Project is less an exhibition of photographs than a gallery of LP selves — each one revealed through the record a person cannot live without. The...

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Festival Review: Jazz à Liège 2026

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...

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