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Cheltenham Jazz Festival Reveal First Names for 2020

Bebel Gilberto, Blind Boys of Alabama, Amadou and Mariam & David Liebman/Randy Brecker/Marc Copland Quintet first shows announced The first wave of artists confirmed for next...

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Ragmala – A Garden of Ragas

In an era of xenophobia and hate, Adam Rudolph shows us a way forward. The drummer/composer and world music pioneer’s new recording Ragmala – A Garden of...

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Poetry, passion and strings aplenty

Monday 11th November, Pizza Express in Soho saw the return of one of my favourite jazz performances. Filomena Campus’ “Theatralia Jazz Festival”, now in its 5th edition. The...

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Paul Jost, Live in Europe

Last week the official European edition of vocalist Paul Jost’s “Simple Life” album was released by Belgium based label Jammincolors. Released earlier this year...

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Melanie Bong’s Gipsy Fire @ Fürstenwalde Jazz Festival

On Sunday, the 10th of November. The final concert of the Fürstenwalder festival was by the masterful singer and shaman Melanie Bong. By late afternoon, the venue – the...

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Autumn in Berlin – Spiritual works

Spiritual works from one of London‘s premier saxophonists – Josephine Davies Yesterday I went to the Josephine Davies Berlin gig. Josephine brought her compositions to...

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Noise Adventures & Cyprus Project – Leverkusener Jazztage

Noise Adventures The Cyprus Project is getting ready to perform at the 40th Leverkusener Jazztage for two consecutive nights, on the 17th and 18th of November 2019. The band...

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Interview with the Portuguese pianist Júlio Resende

Júlio Resende feeds the European music scene tracing a multifaceted line that goes on and bifurcates as a fast-flowing river. This prismatic pianist and composer lives in a...

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Mondriaan Jazz – the best musical painting of The Hague

On Saturday 12 October 2019, the third edition of Mondriaan Jazz took place in the venues Paard van Troje and the Koorenhuis in Den Haag, the Netherlands. On the preceding Friday...

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Theatralia Jazz Festival 5th edition! – 11/12 November

With a phenomenal line-up and a fascinating programme, Theatralia Jazz Festival is back this month in its 5th edition! The great artist and singer, Filomena Campus, originally...

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Marco Marconi, New Roads CD Review

Virtuoso pianist Marco Marconi, originally from Citta’ di Castello (located in the lovely little Italian region of Umbria) and now a London resident, continues to amaze me. His...

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