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Willard Jenkins: Ain’t But A Few of Us

Willard Jenkins biography describes him as ‘consultant, arts administrator, artistic director, writer, journalist, broadcaster, educator and oral historian’. This doesn’t...

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Featured Gig: Ray Greene presents new album in Amsterdam.

Celebrated singer and trombonist Ray Greene presents his upcoming album, Stay, on April 22 at De Duif in Amsterdam. Greene, best known for his work with Tower of Power and as lead...

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CD Review: Roberto Pistolesi, Open Lands and Moving People

Recently the latest album from drummer Roberto Pistolesi, titled “Open Lands and Moving People”, landed on my desk for review. Recently I’ve reviewed a number of...

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Something New with Cecilia Sanchietti

Welcome to the next interview in our Women in Jazz Media series ‘Something New’ exploring new albums and books through conversation directly with the artist to share a little...

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Featured Gig: Fiona Ross launches new album at Pizza Express

Multi award winning vocalist, pianist and composer Fiona Ross launches her new album Thoughts, Conversations and to Do Lists in London on April 27th at the historic Pizza Express...

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CD Review: Herve Samb, Jolof

Jolof is the sixth album by guitarist and singer Hervé Samb. Jolof refers to the kingdom of Jolof, founded by the Wolof in the 12th century and now part of Senegal. The jazz...

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CD Review: Nora Kamm, One

Closing off the March series of my review round-up, is the debut album as a leader from the Paris based saxophonist, Nora Kamm. Both stylistically and instrumentally, this album...

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Behind the Pen with Jane Cornwell

The world of jazz (and music) journalism is a competitive struggle at times, particularly for women looking to break the mould and find a name for themselves in a historically...

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Diana Torti: The Beauty in Sound

With a new album coming out soon, it is time to shine a well overdue light on the brilliant Italian Jazz singer, improviser, composer and psychologist Diana Torti. Singing and...

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Highlights on the Jazz-side at Colours of Ostrava

British jazz from polar opposite sides of the spectrum are among the headliners for this year’s Colours of Ostrava International Music Festival in the Czech Republic, with other...

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CD Review: Ilya Dynov, Bridges

Last week, we published the first two reviews in my new series the “Review Round-up”. Each month in this series, I’ll be doing number of short and to the point reviews...

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