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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...

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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...

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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....

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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! ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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“Nighthawks” – the album launch at Kansas Smitty’s Bar – London East End

“A good review: for it to be good and constructive, it has to have some negative words in it…”. This is NOT a quote of mine, but nevertheless a quote from a fellow writer...

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Sunday Blues – Muddy Waters – Live version – Got My Mojo Working

Muddy Waters performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1960 was recorded and released as his first live album, his live performance of “Got My Mojo Working” was...

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QwestTV Launch platform in Paris with live streamed concert.

In September of this year we published an article on the new jazz video streaming platform QwestTV. The platform founded by Quincy Jones and TV producer Rezza Ackbaraly...

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Tom Ibarra receives LetterOne Jazz Award from Mikhail Fridman

Last week we announced that your French guitarist Tom Ibarra is the recipient of the inaugural “LetterOne ‘RISING STARS’ Jazz Award”. At a recent event...

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