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Storyville release Dexter Gordon’s Copenhagen farewell.

Danish Label, Storyville Records is set to release jazz giant and tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon’s Copenhagen farewell on a new album titled Copenhagen Coda – Live at...

PizzaExpress is set to launch new record label

PizzaExpress is set to launch its own record label in conjunction with its live music arm PizzaExpress Live. PX Records will release albums from new and established acts in the...

Rickie Lee Jones: In the Company of a Duchess

Rickie Lee Jones. Songwriter. Storyteller. Trailblazer. Legend. Rickie Lee Jones has been my musical companion almost my whole life. I was first introduced to her music when I was...

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...