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This 3-day event was a meeting of 10 musicians, where five from the UK were invited to work with five musicians living in Portugal, as part of the annual festival organised by Jazz ao Centro Clube Coimbra. The event’s imaginative [...]
Berlin, Berlin, we’re on our way to Berlin!(*) Every autumn we go to the jazz festival, which was considered for a long time the most important festival in Europe, if not the world. In its early days it was closely [...]
Bernd Zimmermann and Susanne Pohlen’s New Colours Festival is now in its third year. The promoters – who also present the monthly series FineArtJazz – are determined to show that Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr does have interesting things to offer, [...]
Hudson Hall almost wasn’t here. The arts organisation and venue is housed at the historic Hudson Opera House, constructed in 1855, initially as Hudson’s city hall. In 1975, the last cement plant shipped out of town and neglect staked its [...]
Bozcaada Jazz Festival has taken place since 2017 on a small island which is about 5 hours by car – plus a 30 minute ferry ride – from Istanbul. Just a few minutes outside the island’s main town, it has [...]
Artists: * Han Bennink, Ingrid Laubrock, Marta Warelis* Christophe Monniot /Didier Ithursarry* Kuhn Fu (Christoph Kühn, Tobias Delius, Frank Gratkowski, John Dikeman, Ziv Taubenfeld)* Julie Sassoon Quartet with Lothar Ohlmeier, Rudy Fischerlehner, Meinrad Kneer* Max Andrzejewski, Camila Nebbia /James Banner [...]
Sebastian writes: The Season Press Launch today at the Southbank Centre contained an announcement that the Montreux Jazz Festival will be embarking on its first partnership in the UK. The first manifestation of this initiative will be an exploration of [...]
Jazzfest Berlin started in 1964, and has announced the full programme for its “Jubiläumsausgabe” (Jubilee Edition). As the release states: “The past, present and future also interact in the diverse concert programme of the anniversary edition, and over the four [...]
Plexus: (Carlotta Armbruster and Jonas Heck) / Unionen (Petter Eldh, Gard Nilssen, Per Texas Johansson, Ståle Storløkken) This was my third and last concert during Cologne Jazz Week, so I’m not attempting to do justice to the breadth of the [...]
The following is a review of revered bassist Dave Holland’s debut as a leader at Smoke Jazz Club in New York City. His “New Quartet” featured alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, pianist Kris Davis, and drummer Nasheet Waits. “They’re all musicians [...]
