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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...

Valencia Jazz Festival 2017 – Fun in the Sun

An eclectic and popular festival, which brings you jazz all around the city of Valencia, Spain. Jazz is rich and diverse; it’s a language that subdivides itself!  Having the...

Mijke Loeven New Director of the Bimhuis

Mijke Loeven has been appointed new director of Amsterdam’s leading jazz venue the BIMHUIS. Mijke will assume her new role on 1 September, current artistic director, Huub...

Bohemia Jazz Fest July 10~18th, 2017

Jazz Out of the Box at this 11th Annual Summer Concert Series Across the Czech Republic. Jazz fans in the Czech Republic look forward every year to the Bohemia Jazz Fest, since it...

Avishai Cohen ~ CD Review ~ Cross My Palm With Silver

The new cd from trumpeter Avishai Cohen is called ‘Cross My Palm With Silver’. It is the successor of the acclaimed album ‘Into The Silence’, both have...

Miles Davis Quintet | It Never Entered My Mind!

In 1955, Bob Weinstock found himself in a tough spot. He was about to lose his most revered recording artist, trumpeter Miles Davis. Weinstock was head of Prestige Records, the...

Featured Gig | Kurt Rosenwinkel – Lantaren Venster Rotterdam

Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel was picked up in 1991 by vibraphonist Gary Burton direct from the Berklee School of Music. Their collaboration made Rosenwinkel one of America’s...

CD Review | Libor Šmoldas Organ Trio | Lay It Down

A slight touch of the blues, soul jazz and groove best describes the Libor Šmoldas Organ trio; it’s a contemporary jazz sound while clearly harking back to the golden era...

Gloria’s Step~Bill Evans Trio

One of the most important qualities you seek in a Jazz record is the interplay between the musicians, a kind if musical intimacy that survived the transition from the live visual...