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The twelfth Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival promises appearances from Monty Alexander, Mica Miller, Jon Cleary, the Jazz Defenders, Camilla George and many more in venues across the beautiful town, part of the Cinque Ports confederation. Director Ian Bowden [...]
Oliver Weindling looks forward to this year’s Inntoene Jazz Festival in Austria, one of Europe’s best boutique festivals, and the creation of the remarkable Paul Zauner (programme listing below) : For over 20 years, Paul Zauner’s Inntoene Festival has taken [...]
Morgan Enos spent the weekend at Montreal’s 44th International Jazz Festival, taking in an eclectic and exciting mix of music from a star-studded line-up. The Festival ran from 27 June – 6 July 2024. Read on for his take on [...]
Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy and Tony Award-winning Jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of [...]
Eduard Shyfrin and his band Shyfrin Alliance have a debut album out in September. Interview by Sebastian. It’s the appealingly dark and gravelly voice of experience. Ukrainian-born former entrepreneur Eduard Shyfrin has an unusual story to tell, and is telling [...]
In the latest of our series where musicians consider their idols or formative influences, pianist Phil Merriman (*) picks music by Kenny Wheeler that has left its mark on him: Phil Merriman writes: My first window into Kenny Wheeler’s music [...]
The following is an interview with alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, conducted by jazz journalist Morgan Enos. Her debut album, Among Giants, was released 21 June via Blue Engine Records. The album features pianist Marc Cary, bassist Nat Reeves, and drummer [...]
Norma Winstone is a British vocalist and lyricist whose work spans more than fifty years. Her collaborators on stage and on recordings have included Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Nikki Iles, Fred Hersch and, more recently, Kit Downes and Glauco Venier. [...]
“I’m so happy to announce that my 4th album on ECM Records will be out this autumn. This time a trio with my dear friends and incredible musicians Alice Zawadzki and Misha Mullov-Abbado. The record is called Za Górami (‘Behind [...]
“We spend a lot of time as improvisers trying to be highly polished, but really a lot of the interesting music happens when things don’t work out the way you expect.” Saxophonist/composer Sam Norris’s debut album Small Things Evolved Slowly [...]
