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Jazzfest Berlin 2022

ByMatthias Kirsch 10/14/202210/14/2022

It’s that time of year again. Starting November 3rd, over 150 musicians gather again for the 59th edition of Jazzfest Berlin. Five locations will host the guests for four days. Included in the lineup are Craig Taborn, Matana Roberts, Tomeka Reid, Hamid Drake, and Kris Davis, among others. We’ll also get Immanuel Wilkins, Isaiah Collier, Ben LaMar Gay, and Sun-Mi Hong. I’m excited about Lucian Ban from Romania who will play his “Transylvanian Folk Songs” with John Surman and Mat Maneri.

You can find all relevant info and tickets on https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/jazzfest-berlin/start.html

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It’s A Smokey Day

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/19/202002/19/2020

Happy 80th birthday to the one and only Smokey Robinson. We’re digging deep into our vinyl collection and here are our current Smokey favorites, album by album: “Smokey” (1973): “Holly”“Pure Smokey” (1974): “I Am I Am”“A Quiet Storm” (1975): “Quiet Storm”“Smokey’s Family Robinson” (1976): “Castles Made Of Sand”“Deep In My Soul” (1977): “It’s Been A…

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Elza Soares. 1930 – 2022

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/21/202201/21/2022

The Queen of Samba, one of the most important Brazilian singers, the voice of the millenium, and countless other superlatives described Elza Gomes da Conceição, or Elza Soares, who died yesterday in Rio de Janeiro at age 91. Ismael Corrêa, the producer of her second LP “A Bossa Negra”, released in 1962, wanted to tag…

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Soul On The Real Side #10

ByMatthias Kirsch 11/08/201911/08/2019

Here we go again. The 10th installment of Real Side Records’ soul compilation is upon us, with 20 tracks recorded between 1967 and 1981, including a lot of totally forgotten gems, unheard of material, and legends like Bobby Womack, Al Hudson, Willie Hutch, or Betty Lavette. Womack’s “Give It Up” from 1979 opens this wonderful…

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Erroll Garner Remastered

ByMatthias Kirsch 10/18/201910/18/2019

It was back in 1985 when I first heard the music of pianist Erroll Garner on an album called “That’s My Kick”, recorded in 1966. It was somehow a new sound for him, which I found out later of course, since he had recorded primarily in trio format up until that time and was now…

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North Sea Jazz Announces First Artists

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/01/202202/01/2022

After two years of cancelling due to the Corona pandemic, the North Sea Jazz Festival announced its first batch of artists earlier today. We can’t wait to be back in Rotterdam after the great 2019 edition and here’s an overview of some of the confirmed artists for this year. There will be more names to…

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What About Our Cherished Festivals?

ByMatthias Kirsch 03/26/202003/26/2020

Dire times indeed. Jazzahead in Bremen, due April 23rd to 26th, has been postponed to April 29th to May 2nd, 2021. The wonderful XJazz Festival in Berlin, May 6th to 10th, has been cancelled. The 21st Capetown International Jazz Festival, which was scheduled to run this upcoming weekend and usually draws over 40.000 attendees, will…

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