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Why Jimi Hendrix Can Be Considered a Jazz Icon

Jimi Hendrix is considered one of music’s most influential and iconic artists. After arriving in London in 1966, he quickly solidified his name as an innovative and creative...

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A Weekend Away at The Cheltenham Jazz Festival

With a reputation as one of the UK’s most renowned jazz events, I was delighted to be invited to The Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Through platforming a combination of international...

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SNJO unites East and West with World of the Gods

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra unites Orient with Occident and a 2000-year-old musical tradition with contemporary improvisation in World of the Gods, which tours Central...

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JFB festival in Syke focuses on the Africa for the 2023 edition.

This June the Jazz Folk Bike festival in Syke, Germany will focus on Africa as one of it’s main theme’s. This coming edition of the festival marks the second year that...

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Live review: Crypt Lates, Alex Webb presents Freddie Benedict & Lulu Pierre

Exploring the importance of the many different types of partnerships in Jazz and the magic they can create, was the subject of an article recently published to celebrate...

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CD Review: Edgar van Asselt, The Gentle Insult

Dutch composer, producer and keyboard player Edgar van Asselt released his latest album “The Gentle Insult” on the 13th of January 2023. Joined by Jeroen Vierdag on...

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Interview: Roberto Pistolesi

Recently we reviewed the debut album as a leader album from drummer Roberto Pistolesi, titled “Open Lands and Moving People”. This album not only drew the attention of Jan...

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Cuneiform Records release 1973 Soft Machine recording.

Last Friday, Cuneiform Records released a historical recording of one of the UK’s major exponents of early 1970’s jazz rock, Soft Machine. The album titled...

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CD Review: Donny McCaslin, I Want More.

For Donny McCaslin’s “I Want More” (on Edition Records to be released in June 2023) he keeps his long-standing group: Mark Guliana (drums-percussionist), Tim Lefebvre...

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CD Review: Diana Torti and Sabino de Bari, It’s All We Have

Never before has an album’s deep lyrics contrasted so markedly with the lightness and sheer beauty of its sound. The seriousness of many, although not all, of the lyrics is...

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International Jazz Day: The Beauty in Partnerships

International Jazz Day , originally founded in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was created to shine a light on the power of...

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