French pianist Romain Collin, a graduate of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, has released his first solo album last month. Entitled “Dust”, the album came out on the UK-based Edition Records, where Romain already released two wonderful albums with singer Sachal Vasandani and which is one of the most reliable and interesting labels around….
LA-based ASHRR, consisting of Ethan Allen, Josh Charles, and Steven Davis, released their second album “Sunshine Low” on 20:20 Vision last September. Their not easily describable sound, a mix of Electronic, Alternative Soul, 80s New Wave, and Indie dance, was a pretty mixed affair on those 14 tracks. Enter Ron Trent, the now almost legendary…
We’ve reviewed singer Rondi Charleston‘s album “Resilience” back in October 2017, a brave and vulnerable work of art which came out on her own label, Resilience Music Alliance, which is also the home of her new album “Suspended In Time – A Song Cycle” with music of the great Fred Hersch. Since Rondi now has…
Singer and songwriter Madeleine Peyroux is currently on tour in Europe, supporting her latest album “Let’s Walk” which came out last summer. Accompanied by two superb collaborators, Jon Herington on guitar and Barak Mori on bass, Madeleine also included several songs from previous albums, dating back to her debut in 1996 with “(Getting Some) Fun…
Two of the most interesting artists which have accompanied us in the last 25 years, are coming to Europe for a few select dates this year. Singer, songwriter, producer, and musician Macy Gray released her debut album “On How Life Is” back in 1999. It was and still is an ear-opener which has become sort…
After the success of his debut instrumental album “Fio De Lâmina”, which he released himself, multi-instrumentalist Nyron Higor has moved to the brilliant Far Out Recordings for his second album, which came out last week. And following in the footsteps of his first LP, the album opens with a delicate instrumental, the frevo-based “Ciranda” where…
Entertainer Marc Marshall and Baden-Baden Events are the hosts again for the 17th Mr. M’s Jazzclub Baden-Baden, from March 13th-15th. The singer has invited several top-notch musicians again, with Nathan East and Eric Marienthal as star guests on all three festival dates. Sy Smith, who received a five-paw review from Gina in early 2024 for…
The 48th edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival will take place July 11th-13th at Rotterdam’s Ahoy. Just a few moments ago, the first names have been revealed. Artist in Residence this year is Jacob Collier and there will be several special performances: vibraphonist Jason Marsalis will play legendary big band leader Lionel Hampton in…
Brazilian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim Bernardes has just announced four live dates in Europe in May. I saw him perform in Amsterdam in February of last year while he was on his European tour which didn’t include Germany back then. With his second LP, the 2022 released “Mil Coisas Invisíveis” on Coala Records, he…
We’re slowly but surely getting back to normal after a bout of flu-like symptoms knocked us out this past weekend. Unfortunately, our visit to Cologne’s Stadtgarten had to be cancelled. Pianist Kevin Hays and vibraphonist Jorge Rossy made a stop there to present material from their five-paw reviewed album “The Wait”. Thanks to our friend…