She just finished her European tour. I was lucky to catch up with her in Vienna. I’m still going back to her 1985 LP “Good Morning Kiss”. Her new one, “Soul To Soul”, is her best so far and one of the best recordings of 2014. Happy Birthday Carmen and many more to come!
Singer Jane Monheit‘s latest, self-titled album came out last November. She concluded her European tour on Saturday at Hamburg’s new jazz club called Nica, which opened its doors in early November of last year. Jane included a handful of songs from her new album, and also threw in several tracks from her vast recorded repertoire,…
The great Arthur Blythe has passed. The alto saxophonist was 76. Arthur was founder of the Underground Musicians Association and over the years has recorded dozens of great albums, often with unusual instrumentation. He was also known for group counterpoint and his expressive and swinging way of playing, both in the bop and the avant-garde…
Hear The World is a Foundation which tries to raise awareness about the importance of hearing and hearing loss. Diana Krall was recently photographed by Bryan Adams for a calendar of which 100 per cent of the sales proceeds go to that particular foundation. Also photographed were Christoph Waltz, Vanessa Paradis, Jean Paul Gaultier, and…
One of our favorite artists, Jarrod Lawson, currently tours the UK with his solo programme. After last years’s brilliant cover version of the Isley Brothers’ “Footsteps In The Dark“, Jarrod today released his take on the Prince classic “I Would Die 4 You”. His voice sounds better than ever. It’s an incredibly rich and super…
Berlin’s newest jazz club, the Zig Zag Club in Schöneberg, opened in 2012 and had a major renovation last year. The club draws people from all age groups and all kinds of backgrounds and features the vast Berlin jazz landscape with all of its forms: Be Bop, Free, Latin, African, Balkan, Soul, Funk, Blues etc…
We’re back from the holidays and witnessing the devastating news from Los Angeles. We just hope that all our friends and contacts in SoCal, and of course all of the residents of this beautiful city, are safe and taken care of, one way or the other. It is really hard to see so many structures…