We went on a three-hour walk with Gina last night through the illuminated city. It was the final night of Berlin’s now very popular annual Festival of Lights. Gina was one of the stars with her red, twinkling collar and the eerie shining eyes……
On Thursday night, I headed out to Kings Place, London’s music hub near King’s Cross in the heart of town. Playing that night was South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini who released his third Blue Note LP “Unomkhubulwane” earlier this year. Most songs of the set were from this fascinating album which is full of trance-like…
There was a time in the early 80s when a new release by the group One Way was an important event for me. The songs by Al Hudson, Dave Roberson, and especially Kevin McCord have become real classics. Songs like “Give Me One More Chance”, “Don’t Fight The Feeling”, “Didn’t You Know It”, “If Only…
Lots of great new music out there from our favorites: Durand Jones & The Indications will release their new LP “Flowers” on June 27th. Two singles are already out in the spheres and both sound promising and refine their highly original sound: the easily flowing midtempo soul swayer “Flower Moon” and the equally soothing “Been…
Zacchae’us Paul, the multi-instrumentalist who released his debut album “Jazz Money” in the summer of 2024, is coming to Berlin for a rare performance on August 19th. His highly entertaining, very unique album, executive-produced by Terri Lyne Carrington, features an ingenious mix of hip-hop, jazz, gospel, Caribbean rhythms and so much more. With guest artists…
It’s been a pretty amazing year re:live concerts. We’ve been visiting some great festivals again this year: as usual, North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam stands out as one of the best. It was also our second time at Rockit in Groningen and we’ll make sure to come over again next year. Also, for the first…
Amazing stuff on here. In 1977, Joyce Moreno recorded this album at Columbia Studios in New York, complete with brilliant jazz arrangements by the legendary Claus Ogerman and with the help of a stellar cast of American musicians, like Buster Williams, Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, and Joe Farrell. 45 years later, the album gets its…