Arild Andersen has been one of Europe’s leading bass player … Video

Arild Andersen has been one of Europe’s leading bass player … Video: 27.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Arild Andersen has been one of Europe’s leading bass player since the early 70-ties. Andersen started out as a member of the Jan Garbarek Quartet (67-73). The group also…

David Hazaltine is one of a handful of young pianists who has successfully forged his own distinctive style … Video

David Hazaltine is one of a handful of young pianists who has successfully forged his own distinctive style … Video: 27.10. – Happy Birthday !!! David Hazaltine is one of a handful of young pianists who has successfully forged his own distinctive style and musical voice out of the accumulated greatness and weight of…

Wadada Leo Smith will present Create Festival West … Video

Wadada Leo Smith will present Create Festival West … Video: Composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith will present CREATE Festival West, a two-day exploration of his music that will feature classic works alongside world premiere performances. The festival, which…

Fred Hersch deftly fused the genially lyrical … Video

Fred Hersch deftly fused the genially lyrical … Video: New England Conservatory’s joyous Oct. 19 concert celebrating Thelonious Monk’s centennial came as a model of clarity, conciseness—and surprise. Monk’s extended musical family stood tall at Jordan…

In the Yerevan Marcus Miller was flanked by a spirited young band with a sack of serious tunes … Video

In the Yerevan Marcus Miller was flanked by a spirited young band with a sack of serious tunes … Video: The Yerevan Jazz Festival 2017 invited American bassist Marcus Miller: bass genius, that who is well-known for his impressive technique and brilliant albums. As a multi-instrumentalist, Miller is…

An interview with William Parker: Music is the breath of god and god’s song is music … Video

An interview with William Parker: Music is the breath of god and god’s song is music … Video: Jazz interview with jazz greatest contrabassist William Parker. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music?

Jacques Loussier double tracking some pieces on organ and piano … Video

Jacques Loussier double tracking some pieces on organ and piano … Video: 26.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Jacques Loussier was born in Angers, in northwestern France, 1934. He started playing piano at the age of ten and quickly demonstrated tremendous ability. When Loussier was…

Mahalia Jackson was a woman on fire … Video

Mahalia Jackson was a woman on fire … Video: 26.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Mahalia Jackson rose from Deep South poverty to world renown as a passionate gospel singer. Closely associated with the black civil rights movement, Miss Jackson was chosen…

Before Gene Ammons’s career came to a screeching halt in ’62 … Video

Before Gene Ammons’s career came to a screeching halt in ’62 … Video: Between 1961 and ’62, tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons was struggling with a menacing heroin habit. His addiction had begun in the mid-1950s, and an arrest for possession in 1958 landed him in prison…

Billy Collins’s a poem on Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Videos

Billy Collins’s a poem on Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Videos: Billy Collins is one of America’s most esteemed and endearing poets. He was Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and now is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College in New York…

An interview with Ahmad Jamal: I miss the revolutionaries in all areas of human activity … Videos

An interview with Ahmad Jamal: I miss the revolutionaries in all areas of human activity … Videos: Jazz interview with jazz greatest pianist Ahmad Jamal. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in music? Ahmad…

Anouar Brahem one of the most original and talented musicians … Video

Anouar Brahem one of the most original and talented musicians … Video: 20.10. – Happy Birthday !!! In the course of nine innovative, timeless albums spread over twenty years, Anouar Brahem has established himself as one of the most original and talented musicians yet to…

Why Greeks are Blues? The Odyssey of the Blues

Why Greeks are Blues? The Odyssey of the Blues: From a nation whose history begins 5000 years ago, it is not surprising for us to discover that the Blues, a music with such a [...]

In Germany Dusko Goykovich quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene ... Video

In Germany Dusko Goykovich quickly became an integral part of its uprising young jazz scene ... Video: 14.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As [...]

An interview with Soweto Kinch: Jazz’s ability to stay relevant ... Video

An interview with Soweto Kinch: Jazz’s ability to stay relevant ... Video: Jazz interview with jazz alto saxophonist Soweto Kinch. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got [...]

An interview​ ​with​ ​Sasha Masakowski: Wynton Marsalis certainly makes a business out of jazz, jazz is still evolving ... Video

An interview​ ​with​ ​Sasha Masakowski: Wynton Marsalis certainly makes a business out of jazz, jazz is still evolving ... Video: Jazz​ ​interview​ ​with​ ​jazz​ ​vocalist​ ​Sasha Masakowski. An interview by email in writing. JazzBluesNews.Space: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got [...]

Freddy Cole doesn't apologize for sounding like his brother, Nat 'King' Cole: Video

Freddy Cole doesn't apologize for sounding like his brother, Nat 'King' Cole: Video: 15.10. – Happy Birthday !!! Lionel Frederick Cole was born on October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole’s five children. His [...]

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