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Gateshead International Jazz Festival goes Dutch and interactive…

Gateshead International Jazz Festival is set to go Dutch in its latest incarnation as three Amsterdam-based acts. Smartphone manipulators Tin Men and the Telephone, pianist Kaja...

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Major Boost for Jazz in the South – UK

Turner Sims Southampton secures £315,755 in Arts Council England funding. Turner Sims Southampton, part of the University of Southampton, will receive over £315,000 for an...

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CD Review | The Arúan Ortiz Trio, Live in Zurich

My first taste of Aruán Ortiz was his Hidden Voices CD, to which I gave a rave review when it appeared in late 2016. Here, it seems, he took his trio and three of the major...

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Steve Gadd talks with our senior writer Fiona Ross.

“Well, you have to give everything’ Steve Gadd Very hard to write an appropriate introduction to an article about the mighty Steve Gadd as for many, he literally needs no...

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Tom Ibarra Interview – new CD ‘Sparkling’ + Upcoming in 2018

Tom Ibarra continues to enrich his musicality with the youthful passion and drive of an 18 year old. Already well-known, having won copious music competitions, including winning...

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Doug Hammond – A Detroit Jazz Legend with New Roots in Europe

Doug Hammond is an extraordinary jazz musician, composer, poet and writer who began recording on the legendary Detroit-based label Tribe in the early 1970s. He has worked with...

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Featured Gig | Artvark Saxophone Quartet, Bimhuis Amsterdam

Artvark is not just another saxophone quartet. Discarding the chairs and the music stands, Artvark moves, whizzes and growls. Artvark dances through musical traditions following...

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Gig Review |Courtney Pine & Omar live @ Ronnie Scott’s

Technically perfect and creatively… just brilliant! So to end the month of February, Ronnie Scott’s gave us two dates with the mighty Courtney Pine accompanied...

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Ashley Henry & the Re:ensemble – Easter EP

One word: a brilliant little package of wonders. South Londoner and super pianist Ashley Henry released his EP “Easter” on Sony/Silvertone. From a cleverly covered and...

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Joey Alexander To Release Eclipse, His 4th & Most Personal Album To Date.

Too often, talented young artists succumb to believing so much in their own ability that they lose sight of their true potential as significant contributors to their field....

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Petros Klampanis releases third video in his Rooftop Stories project.

Bassist/Composer Petros Klampanis add’s another video to his Rooftop Story project. Rooftop Stories see’s Klampanis record solo bass with electronic effects atop...

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