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Jazz Congress 2020 Announces First Speakers and Sessions

ByMatthias Kirsch 11/19/201911/19/2019

Next year’s Jazz Congress, to be held at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center January 13th and 14th, has just announced its first round of sessions and speakers. Among the 30-plus sessions are topics about celebrating Charlie Parker at 100, Africa as the past and future of Jazz, wellness for jazz musicians, or the balance of commerce and art in jazz recording.

First confirmed speakers are Wynton Marsalis, Jazzmeia Horn, Christian McBride, Terri Lyne Carrington, Javon Jackson, René Marie, Jon Faddis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Brandee Younger, Benny Green, and Regina Carter, among others.

The full schedule will be published soon on http://www.jazzcongress.org/

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Things We Missed & Things To Look Out For

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/09/202001/09/2020

As there are millions and millions of new releases, it is sometimes hard to keep track on everything that’s being released over the year. I didn’t review a lot of stuff but am still listening to a lot of 2019 releases and I wanted to give at least a quick mention on a few records…

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Gina’s Weekly Meetings

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/26/202201/26/2022

Gina regularly visits one of Berlin’s most prominent fish and seafood restaurants, Der Fischladen, in the centre of Prenzlauer Berg. She is usually greeted with a sprat or two and even has her own reservation tag. She was also recently pictured in an article about our open-air business in Pankow. Talk about a celebrity dog…

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Wilton Felder R.I.P.

ByMatthias Kirsch 09/28/201509/30/2015

Texas-born saxophonist and bassist Wilton Felder formed The Crusaders together with Joe Sample and Stix Hooper. Together, they became one of the most revered jazz fusion groups of the 60s and 70s, with several major international hits, like the immortal “Street Life” (1979). But Wilton was also a sought-after studio musician and played on hundreds…

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Adeline – Whisper My Name

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/28/202101/28/2021

French-Caribbean singer Adeline whose EP “Intérimes” and its subsequent remix album (“Intérimixed”) were among last year’s highlights, has come up with a new song: the warmth of her voice on the beautiful midtempo love poem “Whisper My Name” reminds me of one of my alltime favorite singers in Soul and R&B: the deeply missed Teena…

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Christian Broecking R.I.P.

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/09/202102/09/2021

During my studies of American History and Journalism in the mid 90s at Berlin’s Freie Universität, I was also working as a bartender at one of Kreuzberg’s Mexican restaurants until a friend of mine one day told me about a new, small, commercial radio station playing Jazz 24/7 and if that’s something I wanted to…

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Soul Togetherness 2019

ByMatthias Kirsch 10/16/201910/17/2019

Finally, it’s Soul Togetherness time again. The 20th edition features yet again an amazing mix of modern, neo and jazzy soul tunes, put together by Ralph Tee and Richard Searling. And what a monster mix it is this time, with a lot of new discoveries, like the incredibly soulful “Need Somebody To Love” by T.L….

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