The world-renowned North Sea Jazz Festival features a wide variety of genres. Ray Charles live in this special.
Pianist Jacky Terrasson and trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo team up for a concert tinged with soul and with a touch of French singing, at the Jazz en Baie festival in Mont Saint-Michel.
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.
Illustrating the brutal life of Richard Lems as an addict and his struggle to free himself from shame. Richard expresses himself verbally but relives his moments as a drummer.
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.
A brilliant interplay between the two musicians and combines the several worlds of jazz, Malian and classical music.
Jazzed Out shows that each and every imaginable spot is a suitable location for a jazz session.
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.
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, organisers, jazz experts and music enthusiasts.
A wide variety of international jazz musicians give insight into their work. Young and established jazz musicians play to their heart's content, including the Swing Dealers, an ensemble that finds its roots in the swing jazz of the mid-20th century.
Manu Dibango, one of Africa's biggest musical stars and top saxophonists, is an indispensable artist.
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.
VIVA perform at The Morgenland Festival, a German music festival that began in 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.
The band plays a mix of various styles, inspired by funk, jazz, dub, rock, and others. The ensemble made its debut in 2010 and has played at numerous festivals. Their December 2010 performance with former backing musicians of Afrobeat founder Fela K.
Recorded at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées - Broadcasted on ORTF on 21/11/1959.
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.
Sn intense piece of jazz, with influences just as diverse, original and surprising as Ticino.
Estival is a jazz festival presented every summer in Lugano, Switzerland, since 1977. Jack DeJohnette, an important figure in jazz fusion, was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2007.
The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra commissioned violinist Tim Kliphuis, internationally known for his genre-crossing approach to music, to write a new version of Antonio Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons'.
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.
This assemblage of authentic luminaries recreates the sound of Paris in the 50's and 60's when the City of Light was Europe's mecca for American jazz musicians.
The crème de la crème of the Paris jazz, blues, gypsy and funk scene performs at the legendary club annex restaurant Le Resevoir.