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Blues guitarist Nathan James coming to the Netherlands.

This weekend will see Blues guitarist Nathan James in the Netherlands for a series of four gig’s. Kicking of in Eindhoven at “‘t Rozenkopje “ on the 13th and finishing...

Jazz Middelheim 2017 offers Antwerp sixteen top concerts including Van Morrison

The 36th edition of Jazz Middelheim will be held from 3rd through 6th August this year. The festival in the Belgium town Antwerp has a promising program with sixteen top concerts...

Moving and groovin’ ~ a great performance by super-hero George Benson

This week has been a rather legendary week for this writer.   One day I was watching Woody Allen play in one of the most iconic venues that London can offer and another I was...

Woody Allen ~ a legend in cinematographic plays Jazz @ The Royal Albert Hall

The portentous Royal Albert Hall hosted an early evening of jazz, Dixieland jazz, early jazz with someone who is a little bit of a legend in cinematographic terms, Woody Allen....

Stanley Clarke – European Tour Dates

Legendary bassist Stanley Clarke will return to Europe with his band this summer for a series of concerts in Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and the...

Sony Music to restart vinyl production in Japan.

Last week Sony Music announced that it will once again start producing vinyl records in Japan. Around 2008 vinyl slowly started to make a come back with sales steadily growing...

Robert Mitchell | A Vigil For Justice, A Vigil For Peace

Jazz has always been political in challenging issues of freedom and equality. The music in itself resonates this through the freedom of improvisation and collaboration often...

Pianist Geri Allen dies age 60

Geri Allen, the renowned jazz pianist and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh, died Tuesday in Philadelphia of cancer at age 60. Ms. Allen, a Detroit native,...

Alan Broadbent releases his Developing Story…

Tomorrow sees the official release of Alan Broadbent’s latest album “Developing Story” (Eden River Records). The album features music for jazz piano trio and symphony...

Fiona Ross ~ CD Review: Just Me (and sometimes someone else)

London jazz vocalist Fiona Ross, is at last putting herself in the limelight. As head of the British Academy of New Music for nine years she helped train the likes of Ed Sheeran,...

Get Totally Jazzed @ Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2017

Vancouver, BC, pulls at more than my guitar strings.  I spent 16 years of full immersion, daily experiencing its vast colourful tapestry of diversity. One of its key yearly...