Burt Bacharach. 1928-2023
After the death of Burt Bacharach, Gina created her all-time favorite Bacharach playlist on Spotify. The number of outstanding and absolutely gorgeous melodies seems endless. Sail on Burt!
After the death of Burt Bacharach, Gina created her all-time favorite Bacharach playlist on Spotify. The number of outstanding and absolutely gorgeous melodies seems endless. Sail on Burt!
We’ve just received the latest single by The 7 Day Weekend. Alan Evans, founder of the group Soulive, and Kris Yunker, will release their highly anticipated new album “Dream Fantastic” later this year. “High” is the latest single off the album and features Boston-based singer Sonya Rae Taylor who soars through the mildly grooving track…
Another sad reminder that everything can be over and gone any day now: the great Larry Coryell has passed – I just talked to him four weeks ago in Berlin at the office opening of ACT Music. We chatted about his new “Barefoot Man: Sanpaku” album. He was true Larry: making jokes, flirting with the…
Two independent Jazz labels, Mack Avenue from Detroit and Strata-East from New York, just announced a partnership with the release of “Strata-East: The Legacy Begins”, a digital-only anthology of some of the label’s pivotal recordings. Strata-East was launched in 1970 by trumpet player Charles Tolliver and pianist Stanley Cowell. Charles, now 82, just played at…
Trumpeter Brandon Woody is set to release his Blue Note debut “For The Love Of It All” on May 9th. The Baltimore-based artist’s six original tracks will be available on colored vinyl, black vinyl, CD, and all digital platforms. The first single off the album, “Real Love, Pt.1”, out since yesterday, sounds exceptionally promising. Brandon…
One of the most prestigious and popular festivals in Germany, the Jazzfest Berlin, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Martin Luther King’s visit to Berlin in 1964 and the fall of the Berlin Wall will be topics among this year’s program. „Freedom Songs“ is the title of a specially designed evening which will feature…
It was during Samora Pinderhughes‘ set when the thunderstorm hit. You could hear the thunder inside the hall while he was just announcing his next song. Samora played tunes from his formidable album “Grief” and he had the pleasure of working with the North Sea String Quartet which happened to be special guest for several…