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Featured Video: Paco De Lucía’s ‘Varíacíones De Mínera

BMG & The Montreux Jazz Festival recently announced the release of Paco De Lucía: The Montreux Years. Released on the 24th of February this year, the latest instalment in the...

Gig Review: Samara Joy at the Savoy Jazz Fest, Helsinki

Samara Joy showed that the future of the tradition is strong in the hands of Gen Z. Samara Joy’s show began on a surreal note: just before she hit the stage, news spread of...

ECM launch re-issue series with Kenny Wheeler’s “Gnu High”

Today we received the exciting news that ECM Records, the label that shaped European jazz in the mid 1970’s and 1980’s will launch a new audiophile vinyl-reissue serie...

Vivienne Aerts: The Power of Chocolate

Vocalist, performer & composer Vivienne Aerts has just released her innovative new album Typuhthâng in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Featuring 100 female...

MJF release Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years.

BMG and The Montreux Jazz Festival have today announced the release of “Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years” on Friday 07 April 2023 and available to pre-order now. The...

Marc Ribot as the Jazz Bins

It may be a shock to his fans, but the guitarist Marc Ribot, who is a guru to the art rock and avant garde jazz (downtown New York scene), not only can but likes playing blues and...

Featured Gig: Quentin Dujardin Quartet, Pan Piper – Paris

Featured Image by Franck Benedetto In 2022, guitarist Quentin Dujardin released two album recorded during the pandemic titled “2020 and 2020 Live”. Both albums...

The countdown to jazzahead! 2023 is under way!

This year’s program for jazzahead! is now in place. Once again the worlds largest jazz tradeshow and showcase festival will take place in the German city of Bremen from the...

Wayne Shorter passes away aged 89

Last night the sad news that Wayne Shorter had passed away was announced. The news was confirmed by his publicist last night central European time. Wayne died at a Los Angeles...

New release: Jonny Kerry, The Melody of You

British Jazz singer-songwriter, pianist & accordionist, Jonny Kerry recently embarked on a collaboration with fellow Accordion and bandoneon virtuoso, Richard Galliano and...

An Evening with Women in Jazz: International Women’s Day 2023

For this year’s International Womens Day, we are celebrating and spotlighting the successes of two not-for-profit organisations working to improve the music scene for...