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Tommy LiPuma

ByMatthias Kirsch 03/16/2017

We just wanted to thank Tommy LiPuma for playing such a vital part in the soundtrack to our life, bringing us unforgettable albums and songs from Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand, Patti Austin, David Sanborn, Brenda Russell, Miles Davis, Bob James, George Benson, Michael Franks, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Al Jarreau, Michael Brecker, Randy Crawford, Joao Gilberto, Bill Evans, Jimmy Scott, Diana Krall, Eumir Deodato, Peabo Bryson, the Yellowjackets, Earl Klugh, Seawind, Everything But The Girl, and many more. R.I.P.

July 5, 1936 – March 13, 2017

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Palatia Jazz 2015

ByMatthias Kirsch 03/01/201503/01/2015

This international Jazz Festival now goes into its 19th season and will run from June 20th until August 8th in various outstanding and charming locations. That’s one of the trademarks of Palatia Jazz: most of the locations are really one of a kind. As for the artists, there will be, for example, top drummer Manu…

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Gina @Berlinale: Howard, Alton , Jonathan and Europe

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/14/2016

On Friday, “Midnight Special” by Jeff Nichols had its premiere at this year’s Berlinale. Alton is a child with extraordinary abilities who has to wear special glasses. He can only live at night. His father tries to protect him from a religious cult in a US province town and at the same time from the…

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Saun & Starr Shining in Kreuzberg

ByMatthias Kirsch 10/20/2015

It was a full hour after the scheduled time that the five-piece band of Saun & Starr, singers Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan Lowe, entered the stage at Bi Nuu to play a couple of soul tracks harking back to the 70s, circa early Philadelphia International Records. Trumpet and sax guaranteed some crisp and tight harmonic…

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New York Is Calling

ByMatthias Kirsch 01/12/2016

It’s travel day today. I’ll be on my way to New York to attend the Jazz Connect Conference, APAP, and Winter Jazzfest, see a lot of live shows and make several interviews. It will be good to see a lot of old friends and colleagues again and make new ones. So starting tomorrow, this blog…

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Gina @Berlinale with Astrid, Markus, Thomas and Damien

ByMatthias Kirsch 02/15/2016

And finally there is a really strong German movie in the competition of this year’s Berlin Film Festival. And it is the only German movie participating. And it deserves at least a prize for best actress. Julia Jentsch is going through hell and back with playing Astrid, a young mother who finds out that her…

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Congratulations to Michael Wollny

ByMatthias Kirsch 12/02/2014

At this year’s JazzConnect Conference in New York, I was asked to participate on a panel which was supposed to put a spotlight on Jazz in Germany. When the question came which artists I thought are the most important musicians deserving wider attention, my immediate response was Michael Wollny. The critics of the British Jazzwise…

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