Gina is heartily enjoying the warm, late-summer period here in Berlin. She had a lot to celebrate in recent weeks and now prepares for the next garden party which will take place on Sunday in beautiful Rosenthal in Northern Berlin. She also slowly but surely changes her fur these days and helps reaping all remaining…
Leon Bridges, the classic soul singer from Texas who is bridging the gap between 50s and 60s style soul à la Sam Cooke and Gospel, is currently on a European tour supporting his “Coming Home” album which came out in June. Leon performed a showcase concert in Berlin in May and I had the pleasure…
The concert series for contemporary jazz in Berlin is in its sixth season and has started yesterday with concerts from Michael Moore & Achim Kaufmann, Michael Abramovich, and Filter Bubble. The series continues on September 24th with three more concerts: the Sugar Quartet consists of Grégoire Simon on viola, Paul Valikoski on violin, Boram Lie…
Savoy Jazz will release a 10-LP set of Charlie Parker recordings in November. “The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948” was nominated for a Grammy and produced by Orrin Keepnews. The 180g vinyl set not only showcases the legendary saxophonist during his career beginnings, but also includes performances from artists like Miles Davis, Erroll…
The SFJAZZ Collective, the famous octet which has released a great body of work since their debut in 2004, has announced a new member: trumpeter Sean Jones joins the group and replaces trumpeter Avishai Cohen. Also on the horizon: a new album which will be the first with Sean and which will explore the music…
I had a lunch meeting yesterday with a good friend and colleague and we were talking music, of course. When we talked about the upcoming fall concert season, I mentioned to him that Michel Legrand would come to town. Since he wasn’t aware of that concert highlight, I thought I publish Michel’s tour dates here…
So Gina took some days off and when we came back, we were delighted to see this year’s Enjoy Jazz Festival line-up. The Festival for the Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg area (Rhein-Neckar) runs from October 2nd until November 14th and features – again – a lot of acts and something for everyone. The opening concert will feature South…
The acclaimed bassist, composer, singer, and producer Esperanza Spalding is currently performing with her Emily’s D+Evolution project in California and Arizona before embarking to Japan where she plays Tokyo, Toyama, and Nagoya. Her project draws heavily from experimental theater and literature movements and earlier this week, her European tour dates were announced. “Emily is my…
No, this is not a new name for a girl group. Even though Gina loves playing in the pool, she didn’t really enjoy the little bath to cool her down in this current heatwave in Berlin. While many of the clubs are on a summer schedule or no schedule at all, we are currently listening…
Bassist and singer Richard Bona from Cameroon is opening a new Jazz club in New York next month. The club is called Bonafide (like Richard’s last album, released in 2013) and is located at 212 East 52nd Street in Manhattan. There will be an exclusive sneak preview of the club this week (August 11th-13th) with…