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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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Gilad Hekselman & ZuperOctave | European Tour

New York based guitarist Gilad Hekselman will be touring his new project ZuperOctave featuring pianist Aaron Parks and drummer Kendrick Scott this week in Europe. The tour will...

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Gregory Porter announces extra London date at Royal Albert Hall

Grammy Award-winning jazz/soul singing sensation Gregory Porter, has had a phenomenal year and is proud to announce – due to high demand, a third London date at the...

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CD Review | Thomas Fonnesbæk, Justin Kauflin – Synesthesia

So you think you know what a piano-bass jazz duo sounds like? Well, maybe you don’t unless you’ve heard this extraordinary pair, because bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk plays like...

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Sunday Blues | Blues Piano Legend Pinetop Perkins plays “Pinetop’s Blues”

Pinetop Perkins ( Joseph William Perkins 1913 – 2011 ) a pioneer and legend of Blues Piano. The oldest person in history to receive a Grammy at age 97. July 7, 1913 –...

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Sheila Jordan on Life, Music and Art – Part 2

The featured video was recorded in 1971 by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and features Bobo Stenson – piano, Arild Andersen – bass, John Christensen –...

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Sheila Jordan on Life, Music and Art – Part 1

This is part 1 of Lynn René Bayley’s interview with Sheila Jordan. Last week we published her two concerts at the Sunset Sunrise club in Paris. This generated quite a...

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Philip Catherine, Selected Works 1974-1982 5CD Box Set | CD Review

Celebrating his 75th Birthday, Warner Music France has released a limited edition 5CD box set of music by guitarist Philip Catherine. Titled “Philip Catherine Selected Works...

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Tom Ibarra wins LetterOne ‘Rising Stars’ Jazz Award.

In September this year we announced a new competition titled the LetterOne ‘Rising Stars’ Jazz Award, an initiative by the London based Air Artist Agency and backed by...

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Miles Davis | Ascenseur pour l’échafaud remembered.

It was exactly 60 years ago today that Miles Davis entered Le Poste Parisien studio’s in Paris to record the sound track for the 1958 Louis Malle film Ascenseur pour...

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