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When we say Charlie Byrd, we think bossa nova. Here he is in trio in New Orleans.
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.
An exploration of the musical universe of a new generation of New York artists. With diverse origins and all having a unique history and background, these musicians gave birth to a new sound that still influences the music scene around the world.
With a career of more than 30 years and 10 albums, Angel Forrest, recipient of the Maple Blues Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year for the previous five years and finalist at the International Blues Challenge 2018 in Memphis, strikes again with Electric Love, a double live album. It was her tr...
Featuring nothing but Africa's finest musicians performing before an audience of more than 50,000 at the recent AFRICA LIVE Roll Back Malaria Concert in Dakar, Senegal.
During this show New CoolCollective is expended to the big band formation.
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.
The MotorMusic Studios in Mechelen, Belgium, attract many great musicians to the city. A wide variety of visiting international jazz musicians share their art of making jazz music.
Composed of 13 talented musicians, the Electro Deluxe ensemble offers a unique combination of jazz, funk, electronic music, and rap. Their Welcome Home concert was recorded at the Théâtre Le Trianon in Paris, 2013.
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.
The Morgenland Festival of Osnabrueck has dedicated itself to the fascinating music culture of the Near and Middle East since 2005.
George Shearing, blind since birth, is one of the world's greatest jazz pianists. Filmed on both sides of the Atlantic, this tribute to Shearing showcases the music which took the jazz world by storm.
Okay Temiz is perhaps the most famous percussionist in Turkey. Born in 1939, he has played in different formations all over the world. He demonstrates his skills at a concert filmed at the Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul.
Duke Ellington is considered one of the world's greatest musicians and composers.
In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Moonlight Benjamin, blends together Voodoo blues, Haitian rock and Creole roll.
The annual international festival November Music was first held in 1993. Its 2018 edition included jazz, avant-garde, world and electronic music. One of the performers in 2018 was the bassist Mats Eilerstsen, accompanied by pianist Harmen Fraanje.
The idiosyncratic pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is one of the all-time greats of jazz. His music went largely misunderstood for the first 15 years of his career.
Son Lux is the dream of Los Angeles composer Ryan Lott, made possible with the help of two New Yorkers - guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang.
Marion Williams, with backing from Tommy Brown (piano), Joe Washington (organ), Billy Tuliver (drums), and singers Barbara White and Ann Bolden, sings gospel songs and spirituals as if she has lived them a thousand times over.
Classical Soprano Natalie Dessay, jazz singer Stacey Kent, drummer Richard Hery and the Ebene quartet revise jazz standards.
The crème de la crème of the Paris jazz, blues, gypsy and funk scene performs at the legendary club annex restaurant Le Resevoir.
The Morgenland Festival of Osnabrueck has dedicated itself to the fascinating music culture of the Near and Middle East since 2005.