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Esperanza Spalding Appointed to Harvard’s Music Department Faculty

Earlier this week Harvard University’s music department announced that Esperanza Spalding will join the faculty of the Department of Music as Professor of the Practice, with...

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Mads Mathias Returns to the UK for BBC Proms appearance

Coming in September, Danish vocalist Mads Mathias returns to the UK for a series of concerts including a performance during the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on August 27....

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Victoria Kaunova, Ilya Morozov Sextet – The First

Vocalist Victoria Kaunova and saxophonist Ilya Morozov first met while studying at the Rostov College of Arts (Russia). At this time they had already expressed the desire to...

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Herbie Hancock, Craig Taborn & Kamasi Washington shine at Gent Jazz 2017

Gent Jazz Festival 2017 held over seven music filled days between 6th and 16th of July. I was one of the 34, 000 people who came to the festival. I was able to spend six days at...

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Maciej Fortuna Trio live review, July 11th, 2017 ~ A Trumpeter Plus

On the second day of the Bohemia Jazz Fest, so July 11th, on the Old Town Square in Prague, the Maciej Fortuna Trio plus a special guest drummer started their set in the daylight,...

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Muse Records founder Joe Fields Dies at 88

Today the sad news arrived that Muse Records founder Joe Fields passed away age 88. Muse Records was founded in 1978 in New York and in the late 1970s, partnered with the Dutch...

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CD Review | Tom Haines & The Birmingham Jazz Orchestra “Live”

Prior to hearing this album I was unaware of Tom Haines however after some research it became clear that Tom is no stranger to the world of Big Band composition. Tom is a multi...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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