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New York’s Lincoln Center hosts inaugural Jazz Congress.

In January 2018 the first Jazz Congress will be held at the Lincoln Center in NYC. Organized by Jazz at Lincoln Center and Jazz Times Magazine, Jazz congress is the continuation...

Stella Line-up at 2018 Gateshead International Jazz Festival.

Gateshead International Jazz Festival is back for 2018 and will welcome some of the greatest jazz artists from around the globe at the three-day event. The UK’s biggest jazz...

Christmas wishes from all at Jazz In Europe

It’s that day of the year again and the team at Jazz In Europe want to wish all our readers a peaceful and happy Christmas day, one filled with family, good friends and joy....

Sunday Blues | Joe Bonamassa, Christmas Video + FREE Album

For most musicians, opening for blues legend B.B. King would be the pinnacle moment of their career. But for Joe Bonamassa, who shared the stage with King in 1989 when he was all...

Django Reinhardt – a legend even during his lifetime.

Editors Note: Once again Lynn René Bayley from the Art Music Lounge has provided us with a gem. Her in depth article on Django Reinhardt explores many area’s not often...

Winter Jazz Fest 2018 – Köln Germany

On the 6th of January 2018 the German city of Köln (Cologne) will once again host the mini jazz festival Winterjazz. The Winterjazz festival has been described as a...

Featured Gig | Mediterranean Fragments Quintet

Berlin based drummer Andrea Marcelli will present a special performance at Jazz Club Schlot on 26 December with a one off line-up under the name Mediterranean Fragments Quintet....

Ben Sidran live at Ronnie Scotts – Jazz, poetry and existentialism

This review is a re-write, and this is not because I was lost for words, but because technology failed me (yet again), in fact it has done so a few times this year! ...

Laurent de Wilde, Monk and Beyond

To say French Pianist Laurent de Wilde is a versatile musician is an understatement. Not only is Laurent an award winning jazz pianist, he is also a highly respected composer and...

Submissions now open for the 2018 “12 Points” Festival in Dublin.

Recently the European Jazz Network announced that IMC’s award-winning festival of emerging European jazz 12 Points returns home to Dublin to celebrate its 12th birthday in...

Brubeck’s Play Brubeck | UK Concerts

Dave Brubeck was one of the few jazz musicians in the history of the genre to make it into the mainstream pop charts. While this in itself is quite an achievement what makes this...