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JazzFest Berlin 2017 Reflection part 2

Part Two of Jan Fritz’s report on the 2017 JazzFest Berlin: After the first concert in the main hall I decided to switch over to the nearby jazz club ‘A-Trane’. In this...

Clifford Brown | The Bach of Jazz

This piece was first published by Lynn Rene Bayley on her blog “The Art Music Lounge“ I’m sure this opinion will astound some readers and rile others, but in my...

International solo jazz piano recitals at the Antonín Dvořák Museum in Prague

Antonín Dvořák predicted the advent of jazz in the late 19th century. This significant late 19th century Czech composer, best known for his “New World Symphony,” composed...

Featured Gig | Mark Wade at Rox (Rouvroy) & Sunset Sunside in Paris

Voted one of the top 10 bassists of 2016 by the prestigious Downbeat Magazine Reader’s Poll, Mark Wade has been an active bassist in the NYC area for over 20 years. In 2015...

Radio Free Brooklyn features European Jazz in new show.

Mondo Jazz, a new radio program hosted by Italian-turned-New Yorker Ludovico Granvassu, with a mission of showcasing international jazz that’s not readily available on...

Fred Hersch wins French “Prix in Honorem Jazz” and “Coup de cœur jazz”.

Pianist and composer Fred Hersch has won the Prix in Honorem Jazz as well as the Coup de cœur jazz from l’Académie Charles Cros 2017 (prize in honor of jazz from...

Kapok takes new approach on tour in UK

There’s a restless spirit in Kapok, the trio who tour in England from November 26 to 29 for the Going Dutch celebration of jazz from the Netherlands in the UK and Ireland....

jazzahead! 2018 with partner country Poland

The jazzahead! festival in Bremen from 6th to 22nd April 2018 is looming: the focus is on Poland as the partner country, including with a star- studded gala concert and a weekend...

Sunday Blues – “Born Under A Bad Sign” by Albert King

Editors Note: Check out our “Nothin’ but the Blues” Spotify playlist to hear this and other iconic tracks from the legends of Blues. Sunday Blues this week...

JazzFest Berlin 2017 Reflection part 1

In the contemporary European spirit of the times, especially the trend of building new walls and borders, the JazzFest Berlin 2017, provided an important and required counter...

Fiona Ross – “Black, White and a Little Bit of Grey” CD Peer Review by Ola Onabulé

Editors note: Next to our regular series of album reviews written by the Jazz In Europe review team, we have introduced the idea of “Peer Reviews”. To launch this we have...