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More and more festivals are issuing their programs for this year. One of the better and now very well established summer festivals is Jazz Open in Stuttgart, which this year runs from July 13th to 23rd. So here’s what you get this year:July 13th: Snarky Puppy, Steve TurreJuly 14th: Melody Gardot, Emile Parisien Sextet feat….
34th Cully Jazz Festival
The 34th Cully Jazz Festival has announced its first artists for the 2016 edition. The festival, which runs April 8th to 16th, will feature Dianne Reeves in a concert at the Chapiteau on April 10th. Also on the lineup: the Erik Truffaz Quartet and the Mark Giuliana Jazz Quartet on April 13th. The full programme…
EFG London Jazz Festival: Toninho Horta. Keyon Harrold
This year’s EFG London Jazz Festival is my first. I always wanted to go since there is so much to be liked about this festival. First of all, obviously, the programming. This year is another one with an extremely diverse, versatile and eclectic array of artists too numerous to mention here. But what is also…
Guinga and Arooj Aftab in Berlin
We’ve just been to two pretty distinct shows in the past several days. Last Thursday, Brazilian guitar legend Guinga graced the tiny stage at Myer’s Hotel. The songs he played often drew on various Brazilian genres and had more than a note dedicated to the great Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was also a delight to…
Miguel Migs – Shaping Visions
Deep House DJ and producer Miguel Migs from San Francisco has recently released his fifth full-length album, seven years after “Dim Division”. The double 12″ is available from Soulfuric Deep Recordings out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Miguel has been on several Naked Music productions in the past, a label also known for its quality house…
Accordion at Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic
Like Siggi Loch said in his opening remarks to the 8th Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic concert last night, the accordion was never really taken seriously until Astor Piazzolla came around in the early 70s. And he showed us in a two-hour show, how different and versatile this instrument can sound like in a jazz setting….

