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Joe Lovano Universal Jazz Ensemble

Grammy® winner and multi Grammy® nominee, saxophonist Joe Lovano is at the top of his game, including being selected as Best Tenor Saxophonist in this year’s 2019 DownBeat...

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Melaine Bong – CD Review – Gypsy Fire

Melaine Bong was born in Munich as the daughter of a baltic-prussian painter and a sinto (gypsy) singer-musician. As a young child, Melaine would create her own short...

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Ola Onabulé reports on Siena Jazz Workshops

It’s hard to describe much of what happens in the pursuit of life as a musician as a perk. I mean, presumably, one is already marinating in the sweet reality of doing the thing...

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Charles Lloyd Quintet – Flower Power Jazz Lives On

The highlight of the Strings of Autumn Festival 2019 in Prague is the Charles Lloyd Quintet, led by the mystic tenor saxophonist, flutist and composer Lloyd, with Gerald Clayton...

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Erroll Garner | Octave Remastered Series

Mack Avenue Music Group and Octave Music proudly announce the Octave Remastered Series, a historic year-long, 12-album project featuring newly restored and expanded editions...

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Alex Hitchcock – EP preview – “Outside In”

Due out on 22nd November as a self-released EP with a stellar line-up, Alex Hitchcock’s “Outside In” should have been a full length album and not just a 4-track EP, but...

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Georgia Mancio’s 3rd Hang, 9 – 11 Oct Pizza Express Jazz Club.

The award-winning and multi-nominated London based vocalist, lyricist and producer Georgia Mancio’s forthcoming festival, “Hang” will take place on the 9th to...

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Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – New Album Euro Tour

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids newest release “An Angel Fell” (2019) unveils a shift or evolving sound incorporating groove, latin percussion, dub, and the cosmic jazz-pop...

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New from Jimmy Cobb featuring Roy Hargrove – ‘Remembering U’

Legendary Drummer Jimmy Cobb Still Swinging After All These Years ‘Remembering U’ features guest appearance by the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove. A consummate...

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Honouring Vic Vogel – A Master of Canadian Jazz

I spent many years in Canada and I’m a proud Canadian. Vic Vogel was a regular on TV and Jazz radio. This true honoured Master of Canadian jazz music, left us moving onward...

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Wendy Kirkland-The Music’s on Me Album Launch-Birmingham

Don’t miss out on having the chance to enjoy and evening out seeing this popular Jazz artist perform LIVE in Birmingham, UK – this Friday night September 20th –...

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