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Festival Flashes from Jazz Middelheim (Antwerp)

Jazz Middelheim in the Belgian city of Antwerp will celebrate it’s 35th edition next year. This years 34th edition was another success, festival organizers pleased with more...

A1 voice and piano team hit the road to Scotland

Leading jazz vocal and piano duo Tina May & Nikki Iles tour Scotland in September as part of their celebrations to mark twenty years of working together. May and Iles met when...

Chick Corea, Casandra Wilson & Stanley Clarke play JazznoJazz Festival

The 17th edition of the Zurich Jazzfestival jazznojazz promises to be captivating with its exciting mix of urban jazz, soul sounds, and jazz fusion grooves. Sponsored by the...

Award-winning Edinburgh jazz venue adds extra shows to its Fringe programme

The Outhouse in Edinburgh, which is hosting a busy jazz programme during the massive Fringe arts festival that runs in the Scottish capital every August, has added three shows...

New York Round Midnight | Netherlands largest jazz production

Beginning September 2015, Dutch jazz fans will be treated to a theater production featuring an all stare line up, the Crème de la Crème, of the Dutch jazz scene. With more than...

James Tormé headlines Rye Jazz & Blues 2015

The 2015 edition of the Rye Jazz And Blues festival kicks off on the 27th of August and presents 4 days of Jazz, Blues and more in the medieval market town of Rye in East Sussex....

Featured Gig | The Majamisty Trio – Pizza Express – Aug 30

Sunday 30 August will see the London debut of Serbian pianist Maja Alvanovic. at Pizza Express Soho. The Majamisty Trio from Novi Sad, Serbia comprises of Maja Alvanovic (piano),...

Live Review | Ola Onabule at the Mundus Festival in Italy – July 16th 2015

In the hottest July ever in Italy, in a beautiful Villa in Casalgrande, Reggio Emilia, where each year a three day jazz festival (The Mundus Festival) is hosted, I found my chance...

Gig Review | The Blockheads Ipswich 24th July 2015

To say The Blockheads have still got it is a bit of an understatement and tonight, on a rainy, cool July Friday night, the Music Room in the backwaters of Ipswich was the venue at...

Featured Gig | Jason Rebello Trio – 606 Jazz Club London

On Thursday August the 6th, London’s 606 Jazz Club will welcome back one of the finest pianists in Europe, Jason Rebello, for an intimate gig that will be a rare chance to...

Festival Flashes from Gent Jazz 2015 (part Two)

By: Peter Beije | Photos: Maurits van Hout This year the Gent Jazz Festival attracted a record number of visitors. During the seven day festival a total of 38,000 visitors were...