This year’s German Jazz Prize will be staged in Cologne again. On June 13th, 22 acts will receive their awards, among them singer extraordinaire Uschi Brüning, who will be celebrated for her Lifetime Achievement. Among the jury members are Gilles Peterson, Danilo Pérez, Nicole Mitchell, and Matana Roberts. Live acts performing during the ceremony are…
Singer and pianist Olivia Trummer was on the bill last night at Bonn’s Collegium Leoninum. It was 10 years ago at Berlin’s XJazz Festival when I last saw her perform. She is now about to release her new album “Like Water” on June 6th. Produced by the legendary Russ Titelman, expect a review right here…
Part of the so-called museum mile in Bonn, yesterday’s venue at this year’s Jazzfest, the Bundeskunsthalle, hosted two very different artists who both live in Paris. Camille Bertault, who burst onto the scene back in 2016 with her debut album “En Vie” after she had uploaded a video on Youtube of her crazy version of…
Multi-instrumentalist and multi-talented singer and composer Jordan Lee has finally released his debut album. Known as the co-writer and singer of French 80s funk and boogie sensation Dabeull, (his “Analog Love” LP was recorded on the same console as “Thriller”), Jordan impressed us two years ago with the sensational “Easy”. On “Fighter For Love”, his…
This year’s XJAZZ! Festival starts on Wednesday, May 14th with a unique and vibrant melange of dance, poetry, rap, and music from singer Kersha Bailey and drummer and producer Natcyet Wakili. Participating Kreuzberg venues include Festsaal, Marmorbar, Emmauskirche, and Oberhafenkantine, among others. Highlights include sets by muscle cars (May 17th), Alabaster DePlume (May 17th), corto.alto…
Jazzfest Bonn, founded in 2009 by saxophonist and artistic director Peter Materna, started on May 1st and continues with a lot more concerts in various locations throughout the city until May 24th. With several thousand expected visitors, the festival is now an established gathering and attracts an international crowd. Here is the remaining schedule, which…
One of our favorite festivals just announced its first names for this year’s edition: named after Herbie Hancock’s eponymous hit from the early 80s, Rockit strives for an adventurous, innovative, and progressive programming. I had the chance to visit the last two rounds and both visits still resonate to this day. The festival will take…
19 year old Berlin-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cosmo Lautaro released his second album “AUTONOMIA” last Friday. We’ve already praised his four singles which came out in the last couple of months as a preview. This is really a pretty surprising output for such a young artist since it has a lot of ingredients…
Singer Jane Monheit‘s latest, self-titled album came out last November. She concluded her European tour on Saturday at Hamburg’s new jazz club called Nica, which opened its doors in early November of last year. Jane included a handful of songs from her new album, and also threw in several tracks from her vast recorded repertoire,…
This year’s North Sea Jazz Festival will run from July 11th to the 13th. Yesterday, the festival organizers announced 50 additional acts to this year’s line-up. More artists will be announced at a later date, but here is the programme so far. We can’t wait to come back to Rotterdam: Friday, July 11th:ANOHNI & the…