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Aki Rissanen's interest in jazz came after he started taking classical piano lessons. His deep interest in improvised music placed him among top jazz pianist in his home country, Finland. Today his name appears among the top European jazz musicians.
Featuring two concerts from 1965 and 1968 showcasing the multifaceted diva in all her glory. Simone shines as a jazz vocalist extraordinaire on `Tomorrow Is My Turn,' as a definitive folk interpreter on Bob Dylan's `The Ballad Of Hollis Brown' and as a passionate civil rights activist on both the...
Two vocalists, one from Paris and the other from Bern, were brought together by a chance encounter in 2014. They both do more than just sing well. Leïla Martial and Andreas Schaerer stretch their vocal boundaries.
Coverage of Tania Maria's performance from Lugano in Switzerland.
Jazzed Out shows that each and every imaginable spot is a suitable location for a jazz session.
Wouter Hamel performing at Paradiso, Amsterdam.
Indie artists, blues veterans and jazz superstars pour out their hearts and souls at the Paradox.
The crème de la crème of the Paris jazz, blues, gypsy and funk scene performs at the legendary club annex restaurant Le Resevoir.
Portraits of artists, concerts and festivals that give good impressions of the jazz world. Both famous and less famous jazz artists will give new insights in their life, such as why they wrote a certain song and what was the first record they bought.
Portraits of artists, concerts and festivals that give good impressions of the jazz world. Both famous and less famous jazz artists will give new insights in their life, such as why they wrote a certain song and what was the first record they bought.
Lianne La Havas performs at the Casino de Paris.
After jazz reached Istanbul, it firmly took root there. Quite a few jazz bars have sprung up to cater to the genre's fans. The concerts featured in this series were recorded at several Istanbul jazz clubs, featuring some of the very best jazz bands.
In this series, the Hammond B3 organ takes centre stage. Rob Mostert invites the world's finest jazz musicians for a musical collaboration, in which the Hammond Organ plays a major role.
In 1956, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performed a legendary set at the annual Newport Jazz Festival. It was tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves's outstanding 27-chorus solo on Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue that revitalized Ellington's career.
Seun Anikulapo Kuti possesses the grace, energy and fury of his father, the legendary artist Fela Kuti. With the musicians of Fela Kuti's legendary band Egypt 80, Seaun Kuti brings the most original incarnation of Afrobeat to life.
Traditional and modern music styles of the Caribbean Island with jazz elements as well as with Brazilian ingredients like Bossa Nova.
The international trade fair, exhibition, and festival, jazzahead!, is one of the most important events in the jazz community. Hosted annually in Bremen, Germany, it brings together musicians, agents, organizers, jazz experts, and music enthusiasts.