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New Crackazat
Our favorite electronic/jazz/house artist Ben Jacobs aka Crackazat has just announced the upcoming release of two new tracks from a special project. “Galaxy” is a haunting, almost dreamy little two-minute lure boasting with 80s-like synth stabs whereas “Moth Boss” is more of an uptempo house dance track which effectively uses repetitive chords and pads and…
Robert Cotter – Missing You
During my years DJing in various Berlin clubs, one of the songs in my soul/disco sets was “Saturday”, an energetic disco club anthem, very polished and thick, sung by Norma Jean Wright, a background singer who worked for Luther Vandross, Sister Sledge, Randy Crawford, Aretha Franklin, Will Downing, and a lot more. It wasn’t as…
17th jazznojazz Festival in Zurich
More and more Jazz festivals are releasing their schedules for the season and beyond. There is a nice and sympathetic festival in Zurich at the end of October which will stage its 17th edition this year. The jazznojazz festival will take place October 28th to 31st at the Gessnerallee and the ZKB Club at the…
Paul Bley 11/10/1932 – 01/03/2016
Pianist Paul Bley leaves an amazing amount of work – from his 1953 debut record “Introducing Paul Bley” to his ethereal live solo recording “Play Blue”, recorded in Oslo in 2008, the stylistic diversity of this Montreal-born master is outstanding. Vanessa Bley, his daughter, released an official obituary that said he “died at home with…
RADIOHOP – Zathura
Introducing RADIOHOP, a young, four-man group from Amsterdam. They met while studying jazz at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. The four band members hail from three different countries: Joshua Lutz plays keyboards, Johnny Biner guitar, Joel Svedberg bass, and Euan Jenkins drums. Inspired by the music of J Dilla, Azymuth, Herbie Hancock, Kaidi Tatham, D’Angelo, and…
New Matthew Halsall Coming Up
Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Matthew Halsall will release “An Ever Changing View” on September 8th on Gondwana Records. Composed in Wales and in Bridlington, he wanted to create a feeling of “openness and escapism”. If you check out his new single “Calder Shapes”, an homage to American sculptor Alexander Calder and one of the greatest…

