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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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Bugge Wesseltoft’s New Conception of Jazz – 2016 Edition

Bugge (pronounced ‘boogie’) came onto the jazz scene over 20 years as an eager and innovative jazz pianist, keyboardist, producer and composer from Norway. But he...

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George Wein -The Life of a Legend

George Wein is a living legend. The jazz impresario is the “father of jazz festivals” having launched the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954. This October 3rd, George Wein...

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Pimping the jazz fantastic…

Soil & Pimp Sessions @ Ronnie Scott’s (1st night) Line up: Shacho (agitator, spirit), Tabu Zombie (trumpet), Takeshi Kurihara (sax), Josei (piano), Akita Goldman (bass)...

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Jazz Goes to Town in Hradec Kralove, East Bohemia

Jazz Goes to Town is an international music festival in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, about an hour by bus or train, northeast of Prague. This year will be the 22nd edition of...

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