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Alex Jønsson | release Nov 25

There is something deeply satisfying about witnessing an audience’s immersive expression when totally engaged with the music in a small space, if done well. I can’t think of a...

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A French Jazz Shaman is Freed

Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a legendary jazz shaman on horns. As a soloist, he was capable of sounding like a full band by blowing hard and free into three alto saxophones at once,...

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10 X Grammy Award Winner – Eddie Palmieri

Read this fascinating and insightful interview of the Ten-time Grammy winner pianist Eddie Palmieri. Eddie Palmieri who is known for his banging, percussive piano style says,...

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Amit Friedman, – Long Way To Go

Saxophonist, Amit Friedman is one of Israel’s top jazz musicians. Amit’s first album “Sunrise” on Origin Records records in 2012 put him on the map as an artist to...

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CD Review | Soweto Kinch | Nonagram

Soweto Kinch is acknowledged as a versatile and diversely capable musician. He received two MOBO awards in 2003 and 2007 for Best Jazz Act and two UMA awards (Urban Music Awards)....

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Mother Africa – Magic in Manhattan

Here is an interesting article by Scott H. Thompson, first published on Playbillarts, for Jazz at Lincoln Center, in Sep 2008. The rhythmic and romantic music of Africa makes its...

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SUPERSILENT – a so-called Death Jazz trio

This may come across as sounding anti-American, says Tony Ozuna, but Europe and other regions around the world are now leading the way for new directions in jazz, with Norway, of...

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CD Review – Sara Dowling “From Shadows into Light”

9 tracks & 37.39 minutes of pure delight. (Sara Dowling – vocals; Rob Barron – piano; Jeremy Brown – bass; Matt Home – drums) Apart from singing beautifully on the...

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Keeping Spiritual and Psychedelic Jazz Alive

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, previously known as simply The Pyramids are a spiritual and psychedelic jazz collective, which originated in Ohio, in the early 70s, yet...

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Jimmy Heath: Life of a Legend

“Jazz is never ending. It’s always gonna be here. There’s always curious people and the institutions of learning are teaching jazz. It’s never ending,” says NEA...

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Jazzahead! 2017: Deadline for Showcases.

jazzahead! Is the worlds largest jazz Trade Show and Showcase festival bringing together over 900 exhibitors and 3000 professional participants each April in Bremen (Germany). In...

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