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Self-taught musician Less McCann became a world jazz star after the release of his 1968 album Swiss Movement, which he recorded with the late Eddie Harris. In this 1983 set, he brings gospel back to New Orleans.
The bustling streets of Tel Aviv resonate in the music of the new generation of Israeli jazz artists. The series offers an eye-witness account of the incredible inventiveness and diversity of the Israeli jazz scene.
Of the major soul-jazz pioneers, Jimmy McGriff was the bluesiest and often insisted that he was more of a blues musician than a jazz artist. Regardless, he remained eclectic enough to blur the lines of genres.
Wouter Hamel performing at Paradiso, Amsterdam.
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.
Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon is joined by Danish bassist Morten Ramsbøl and Swedish drummer Rasmus Kihlberg at the Steinway piano factory in Hamburg to present their album `Open Waters'.
Performance by the Guy Salamon Group, led by drummer and composer Guy Salamon.
Majamisty TriO, an ensemble from Novi Sad in Serbia, explores the space between jazz and classical music, expanding the possibilities of the traditional jazz piano trio by adding a vocal part which is treated as an instrument equal to the others.
Rotterdam's `BIRD' is a club, café and restaurant with a live music programme that's deeply rooted in jazz, and also branches out towards soul, funk, hip-hop and electronic music.
The crème de la crème of the Paris jazz, blues, gypsy and funk scene performs at the legendary club annex restaurant Le Resevoir.
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.
`Jazz a Vienne' is one of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals. Ever since 1981 it has attracted leading jazz artists, with many of them playing return engagements. Unsurprisingly, the festival's 2012 edition did not fall short of expectations: the lineup was filled with the biggest names ...
In 1963, the small Belgian town of Comblain-la-Tour hosted an exciting line-up of both new and older jazz groups. Includes performances from British trombonist Charlie Galbraith's All Star Jazz Band, and German singer Knut Kiesewetter.
Dion performs some of his greatest hits with the Henri Segers Orchestra in a 1963 episode of `Face au Public'.
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.
`Jazz a Vienne' is one of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals. Ever since 1981 it has attracted leading jazz artists, with many of them playing return engagements.
Beth Hart performs at The Royal Albert Hall.
The Morgenland Festival of Osnabrueck has dedicated itself to the fascinating music culture of the Near and Middle East since 2005.
In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Bakolo Music International, represents the pioneers of the golden age of Congolese rumba.
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 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.
Adam Baldych & Helge Lien Trio perform at the Jazzahead! 2018 festival.
Unusual locations in several of the world's metropoles provide the setting for brief jazz performances: from garage buildings, multi-storey car parks, street corners, subway trains and parks. The city merges with the musical creations of artists.
Two concerts from 1963 and 1970 presenting jazz singer Anita O'Day in impeccable form. O'Day's horn-based approach to singing is in full effect throughout both shows including renditions of audience favourites `Tea For Two' and `Sweet Georgia Brown'.
Charles Gayle was born in the United States. Gayle came to prominence in the 1990s after a few decades of obscurity, resulting from him living as a homeless man playing in New York City's streets and subways. Although the saxophone is his main instrument, free-jazz man Gayle also plays the piano,...
Guitarist, composer and director Marnix Busstra loves crossing borders.