‘ Do you know he is one of the best players alive today?’ someone asked me recently about Gilad Atzmon. I did not know how to reply because for me, Gilad is distinctive and...
By: Peter Beije | Photos: Maurits van Hout The musical highlight of the first part of Gent Jazz was the concert by the Charles Lloyd Quartet. Other memorable performances came...
Co-Founder of the Manhattan Transfer, Erin Dickins will perform a one-off London date at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on August 2nd. The Show starts at 12:00pm and will also...
Guitar virtuoso Maciek Pysz is pleased to announce a comprehensive 19 date tour of the UK in support of the upcoming release of his second album ‘A Journey’. Joined by his...
On Saturday 5 September the Bimhuis in Amsterdam will host Cuban pianist/composer Hilario Durán. Hilario Durán makes his instrument sound like an orchestra and this virtuoso...
Jazz great, Dizzy Gillespie one said, “Ideas, ideas, backward and forward. His influence is layers and layers of spirit.” Gillespie could have been speaking about Cuban born...
By Rob Adams | 1st published by the Herald Scotland. Everyone has heroes. Even musicians who have been said to have found their own voice as a composer or improviser will have...
Ntjam Rosie is an amazing addition to the soul/jazz music scene in the Netherlands and, without doubt, soon the world. With Cameroon as her birth-place and the Netherlands as her...
Pianist Robert Glasper has been called “The hope and future of jazz”. Ten years after making his Blue Note debut—and following two GRAMMY-winning volumes of his...
Deborah J. Carter’s latest album called ‘Diggin’ the Duke!’ was released in Europe last month. From ‘Petite fleur Africaine’ to ‘It don’t mean a thing (if it...
Every so often the fates contrive to bring together musicians of incredible talent, put them in the hands of a good recording engineer, give them a good producer and the result is...