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.
Sam Moore is best known for his work with the historic soul duo Sam & Dave. The rapid-fire style, built on the call and response of gospel, was fashioned and pioneered by Sam.
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.
Dutch jazz singer Ellen Pels presents her latest release, `Love'. Recorded live at Theater Odeon in Zwolle, the Netherlands, Ellen is joined by The Red Limo String Quartet and her own nine-piece rhythm section.
Matthew Whitaker, an American jazz pianist. This multi-instrumentalist has come a long way to get where he is today, overcoming adversity and dedicating countless hours to honing his craft. With his declarative label debut Now Hear This (Resilience Music, 2019), Whitaker has announced himself as ...
American jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins (*1930) is regarded as one of jazz history's greatest musicians. This footage is interspersed with an interview with the jazz legend, in which he discusses how he discovered jazz, and the expressive freedom he found in the genre. These recordings were...
The pianist performs at the Liederhalle Stuttgart in Germany.
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.
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 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Lucibela, comes from the island of São Nicolau. Her assured, warm voice is shaped by years of assimilation of the sounds of morna and coladera.
Jong Metropole is a unique collaboration between the Dutch Metropole Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands and the National Jazz Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands.
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 Maynard Ferguson Big Band performing at the Brussels Jazz Club during their winter tour of 1980.
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.
Stemming from Brazil's São Paulo, Bixiga 70 is a brass and percussion-based instrumental dance ensemble that combines jazz, funk, and Afro-Brazilian music, incorporating elements from dub, reggae, electronics, cumbia, carimbo, Ethio-jazz, and samba.
The Morgenland Festival in Osnabrück has been celebrating the fascinating musical culture of the Near and Middle East since 2005.
In 2018, WOMEX was held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. One of its showcase participants, Ladama, is a quintet of women multi-instrumentalists from Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia.
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.
Including Camilla George, Terrace Martin, Resolution 88, Push, Rick Leon James, Lindsey Webster, Maurice Brown, Laila Biali, and Misha Mullov-Abbado.
The treasured compositions of guitarist Django Reinhardt, the founding father of hot club jazz, are engraved in everyone's memory. Although Reinhardt missed two fingers of his left hand, his virtuoso technique was unrivalled.
Cherry and his quartet perform in Stuttgart, Germany.
Soaring background vocals, driving percussions, and a heavy horn section lift the music to glorious new heights.