Berlin-Schöneberg’s Zig Zag Club, which has clearly developed into the city’s most important jazz club regarding international and local acts, is collaborating with two other major venues in order to bring in some more top-notch artists: on November 4th, both Quincy Jones-mentored artists Alfredo Rodriguez (piano) and Richard Bona (bass) will appear as a duo…
Slowly but surely, Michael Mayo has built up his reputation as one of the most thrilling male voices around. I saw him back in 2022 at North Sea Jazz, then he could be heard on the brilliant Terri Lyne Carrington album “New Standards – Vol. 1” where he came up with a stunning version of…
We just want to let you know which album is currently in heavy rotation here in the Gina household: The Free Label, six multi-instrumentalists and vocalists from Toronto, will release their second album “Songs For Sienna” this Friday. It’s sort of a mixture between The Jack Moves and Mamas Gun, with a dose of Tom…
José James‘ fifth album for his own label Rainbow Blonde came out in early April of this year and he is currently on tour in Europe with “1978”, the album which not only marks the singer’s birthyear, but also supposedly conveys the turmoils and political and social upheavals of the time. And so, he spoke…
It was a funny, but much deserved coincidence, that the award winners of this year’s prestigious German Record Critics’ Award were announced yesterday, the day of pianist Nitai Hershkovits‘ performance at the stunning Beethovenhaus in Bonn. His album “Call On The Old Wise” was one of the Record Of The Year Winners. This, his solo…
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…
It’s his twenty-third album. The 81-year old Marcos Valle just completed another European tour. And he’s currently on tour in the US throughout mid October. He sounds as good as ever and his new album is once again produced by Daniel Maunick. It’s another impressive, stunning LP (yes it’s out on vinyl too), with a…
Israeli pianist and composer Nitai Hershkovits, who released his ECM debut LP “Call On The Old Wise” last year, will come to Beethoven-Haus in Bonn on October 10th. The album received a five-paw rating from Gina. Nitai is also a member of fellow Israeli saxophonist Oded Tzur’s quartet whose North Sea Jazz performance from 2023…
Norwegian singer, musician and producer Morten Martens has been on the scene since the early 2000s, producing and mixing various projects in different genres, from hardcore stuff from The Middle End to hiphop for the group Darkside Of The Force. But the music which influenced him the most was soul, gospel, easy listening. Everything from…
New Zealand-born, London based singer, songwriter, musician Jordan Rakei, who recently released his fifth, and best album “The Loop”, is currently on a lengthy tour through Europe. The immensely sophisticated and yet, very personal and intimate songs from this masterpiece were at the center of his show last night at Huxley’s in Berlin. “I see…