Just a few days after the new soft lockdown in Germany, Berlin’s Jazzfest this year had to find ways to react. The Berlin-based concerts will now be streamed online as well. Over the course of four festival days (November 5-8), there will be 27 projects in total. Kicking off this year’s festival is a discussion…
All-time favorites include “Nobody Can Be You” and “Weak At The Knees” from 1983, “Mellow As A Cello” and “Sugar Mama Baby” from 1984, both with Steve Arrington’s Hall Of Fame, and of course his groundbreaking stuff with funk/soul outfit Slave, where he was a member from 1978 until 1982, being responsible for timeless classics…
We miss going out to see live music. The last concert I’ve been to was a great show by singer Baby Rose. That was back in March! Since then, a lot has happened in the digital world. Whole festivals can be watched online. Here is another, very interesting one: the Norwegian Digital Jazz Festival. The…
Lots of new music to make the new lockdown a bit more bearable. Since I have to close my business as early as Monday until November 30th (hopefully not longer), there is more time to listen to new music. One of Stevie Wonder’s background vocalists of late, Kimberly Brewer, who gave us the wonderful original…
Trumpeter and singer Till Brönner and legendary keyboardist/pianist Bob James met at the equally famous “La Fabrique” studios in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, close to Marseille, in September 2019 to record “On Vacation” (Sony Music), an album of music that is supposed to get you to the places you want to go to for a holiday. And thus,…
Hugo Montenegro, probably best known for his cover of the title track of Sergio Leone’s 1966 movie “The Good, The Bad And The Ugly” (originally by Ennio Morricone) as well as being a prolific soundtrack composer and orchestra leader, was also a trailblazer of the Moog and Mini Moog keyboards back in the 70s. His…
UK soul singer Georgie Sweet makes her amazing debut on the thrilling Futuristica label. It is hard to believe while listening to the album that here is a singer and songwriter at work who is only 20 years old. Her neo soul or future soul album shows hints of both Thundercat and Erykah Badu, yet…
So many years have gone by since his still incredible debut album, but the wait was more than worth it. There were a couple of tunes from “Be The Change” (to be released on Dome Records, October 30th on double vinyl and CD) circulating in the past weeks: the highly infectious title track with gentle…
Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Wynton Marsalis will be next up for the Living Jazz Call & Response series, a unique series of intimate conversations with interesting jazz musicians. Those icons speak candidly about the inspiration behind their music, but also about their struggles and triumphs, about the current climate for musicians during these difficult times,…