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Ahmad Jamal – One of A Kind

As one of the major architects of modern jazz piano, he has a gift for melody, broad and open harmonic palette, and astonishing rhythmic drive. “I’ve been around a long, long...

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Featured Gig | Maciek Pysz – London Jazz Festival

As part of the EFG London Jazz Festival Maciek Pysz (guitar) makes a welcome return to Jazz Cafe Posk with his stellar Quartet to play compositions from his latest album ‘A...

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Angus Bayley CD Review and Q&A.

“Scrapbook”, a 9-track album released in autumn this year on the Spark label, is the work of Angus Bayley, composer and musician as well as scientist! All of the tracks but...

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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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