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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.
Live recording from the Jazz Open featuring Jane Monheit.
Since 1960, legendary saxophonist Charles Lloyd has lent his adventurous, lyrical sound to collaborations with likes of Cannonball Adderley, Keith Jarrett and The Beach Boys.
The unique work of this legendary singer and songwriter.
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.
Since 1985, the Dutch city of Nijmegen has been welcoming the International Music Meeting Festival every Pentecost. Ranging from jazz and improvisational music to traditional music and unique crossovers.
Jazz à la Villette is an annual festival in Paris, France, dedicated to improvised music.
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.
Today, Eurockéennes is one of Europe's leading live music festivals. King Ayisoba, a Ghanese singer and kologo player, who presents his unique take on traditional Ghanaian music.
Israeli-New York band Shalosh offers raw acoustic progressive jazz, which has attracted international attention since the release of their first album.
Showcasing the Swing phenomenon sweeping the continent. Featuring the best of the neo big bands and famous guest vocalists, set against the dance club scene that has made the movement soar.
Featuring a concert by the foremost interpreter of West Coast jazz in the early and mid-'50s. Chet Baker had a generally restrained, intimate playing style and attracted attention beyond jazz for his photogenic looks and great singing.
A concert featuring the great flugelhornist in his prime. Farmer's band includes guitarist Jim Hall, drummer Pete LaRoca, and Steve Swallow on bass. The legendary ensemble plays both standards and originals with ease and finesse.
Afro beats evolved from a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, high life, funk, and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles and was popularised in Africa in the 1970s by the maestro, Fela Kuti.
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.
Kol Simcha is creating klezmer music for the new millenium.
The saxophonist Frank Paavo has been active on the Amsterdam and Netherland's jazz scene since the early 1980s. His music is inspired by the hard-bop sounds of the late 1950s and early 1960s: full of positive energy and good old swing.
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.
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.
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.
Paul Heller and the Jasper Van't Hof Group perform at the Jazzahead! 2018 festival.
From Grammy winners to those just starting out, featuring artists from around the world performing original material captured as part of a live recorded studio session.
This band roar throughout the entire show which includes standards such as 'Lonesome Old Town' and 'After You've Gone' as well as new originals including Charles Mingus's 'Better Git It In Your Soul.'
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.
At the Festival de Saint-Denis 2010, Ibrahim Maalouf performs an original composition inspired by Hildegard's music, including a children's choir and brass instruments. The choir is led by the brilliant conductor of Radio France, Sofi Jeannin.