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Collective effort bridges jazz programming gap in Glasgow

Bridge Music, the organisation that stages weekly jazz concerts in Glasgow Art Club, has established a Glasgow jazz collective to promote local musicians in the city center venue...

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s headline Gent Jazz Festival.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will be one of the great crowd pullers on a number of prominent European stages this summer. In July, the duo will be performing at five prominent...

Theo Jackson launches new CD at St James Theatre London

Jazz pianist/vocalist Theo Jackson returns to St James’ Theatre Studio in London on Saturday 18th April to launch the UK release of his album Shoeless and the Girl. It...

Ola Onabule | Interview

Interview by: Becca Horne A very famous man once said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Ola Onabule...

Jazz In Europe launches Amazon aStore

Jazz in Europe is pleased to launch our Amazon aStore. We have selected a great range of albums available on Amazon for our store and many more will come online in the next few...

Interview with Massimiliano Rolff

By: Marta Ramon Bass player Massimiliano Rolff is one of the most active jazz musicians in Italy, both in the creative but also in the educational field. Rolff has built a...

Sharp Sounds and Dirty Quotes from Tomasz Stańko

Sex, drugs and jazz: here is the life of an eccentrically-clothed desperado and his iconic albums and near-death experiences, split between New York and Europe, flirting with pop...

Bert van den Brink: Magician with sound.

By: Peter Beije | Photo courtesy of the artist Dutchman Bert van den Brink (1958) was born blind. When he was five years old he had his first piano lessons. In 1976 Bert started...

Dot Time Records announces the signing of UK based guitarist Maciek Pysz.

Dot Time Records today announced the signing of guitarist Maciek Pysz. Originally from Poland, Maciek moved to London in 2003 and quickly established himself in the London jazz...

SNJO swings towards its 20th anniversary

By: Rob Adams When Kurt Elling sings with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra in May, he’ll be celebrating not only the centenary of Frank Sinatra and the twentieth anniversary...

Raul Midón | A Chat with Becca Horne

Interview by: Becca Horne Trying to write something that hasn’t already been written about Raul Midón is challenging. He has been featured frequently in: The New York Times,...