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…
15.“So Glad To Know You” – Avery*Sunshine Her recent show at London’s Soul Mama during the EFG London Jazz Festival simply proved that she is certainly an artist born for the stage. And of course, her voice comes smashing at you in some cases. In others, like on the slower piece “So Glad To Know…
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…
This year’s EFG London Jazz Festival is my first. I always wanted to go since there is so much to be liked about this festival. First of all, obviously, the programming. This year is another one with an extremely diverse, versatile and eclectic array of artists too numerous to mention here. But what is also…
Since January 19th, Gina has released a sixty minute playlist with new music every week. We get so much stuff in every day that we decided to somehow channel the best of the bunch. This week, we feature music from the new LPs by Leon Bridges and Thee Sacred Souls, “Leon” and “Got A Story…
One of the most important composers, arrangers, writers and performers in Brazilian music history, the one and only Marcos Valle, who turned 80 last year, has just announced a European tour in August. Properly tagged the “I Can’t Believe He’s 80” tour, Marcos, who released his first LP back in 1963, also has new music…
After many years, I was finally back at jazzahead! in Bremen, the largest jazz network meeting in the world. And right from the start, it was clear that this was going to be a special one. After the press conference, I headed over to the fair and immediately bumped into old and new colleagues, friends,…
When Janis Siegel sang “…and the stars forget to shine…” from Johnny Mercer’s “Midnight Sun” last night at King Georg in Cologne, you could hear and feel her immense experience, sovereignty and vocal precision in just those few words. But more than that, she conveyed a passion and a longing which has become a pretty…
Like the early 80s Charles Earland treat “Coming To You Live” from the album of the same name, we’re excited and looking forward to some much anticipated concerts in the next couple of weeks. First up, this Thursday, Manhattan Transfer singer Janis Siegel and Swedish pianist Mattias Nilsson will perform at King Georg in Cologne….
It’s been a while since my last visit to Bremen for jazzahead! Actually, it was in 2015! Time flies when you’re having fun…This year’s jazzahead!, one of the world’s biggest gatherings of the global jazz scene, will take place April 11th-13th. The 2024 edition will focus on the Netherlands with showcases from Alessandro Fongaro’s Pietre,…