Now this album has really caught us by surprise. Guitarist Coleman Mellett, a core member of Chuck Mangione’s band and husband of singer Jeanie Bryson, Dizzy Gillespie’s daughter, who released four great albums in the 90s on Telarc Jazz and in 2001 on Koch Jazz (the still resonating “Deja Blue” which features Coleman on acoustic…
Singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and arranger Kelly Finnigan, originally from California, is currently on tour in Europe with his group the Atonements, which consists of musicians from various groups on the Colemine Rercords label, like The Monophonics, Orgone, The Dap Kings, and The True Loves. The raw sound of his retro soul albums “The Tales…
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…
Canadian singer Holly Cole hast just released her 13th album, called “Dark Moon”. And she continues her unique streak of mysterious and oblique soundscapes with her signature raspy voice. Holly works with her longtime collaborators Aaron Davis (piano, Rhodes), George Koller (bass), and Davidé DiRenzo (drums) plus guests Kevin Breit (guitar), Michael Davidson (vibes), Howard…
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…