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Complete Dutch Jazz & World Meeting Lineup Announced

July 28, 2012

During the second Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, which takes place October 5 & 6 2012, in Amsterdam, 26 prominent jazz and world music acts from the Netherlands will present themselves to both national as well as international music professionals. Music Center the Netherlands today announces the complete line-up of the showcases. The following acts will ...

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Ben Ratliff and Lucy Durán Keynote Speakers at Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012

July 28, 2012

The Dutch Jazz & World Meeting team is proud to announce the following keynotes speakers: Ben Ratliff, jazz and pop critic for the New York Times and Dr Lucy Durán, radio producer at BBC3, Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and music producer. Ben Ratliff will give a preview of ...

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MCN Presents Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012

July 28, 2012

Music Center the Netherlands announces the 2nd edition of the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting (DJWM), the showcase event for internationally promising acts from the Netherlands in the field of jazz and world music, aiming actively at the foreign market. The conference takes place on October 5 and 6, 2012 in the Bimhuis, The Amsterdam Conservatory ...

Article: Album Review

Amina Figarova: Twelve

by Dan Bilawsky
July 26, 2012

Change is in the air that pianist/composer Amina Figarova is breathing. While the personnel from her previous outing is still intact, and her personal aesthetic remains largely unaltered, she comes to this album with a different worldview and a new place to call home. The Azerbaijan-born Figarova and husband/band mate/flautist Bart Platteau had been based in ...

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Eric Vloeimans / Florian Weber: Live at The Concertgebouw

Read "Live at The Concertgebouw" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 7, 2012

In a career spanning the intimate chamber jazz of Fugimundi to the electrified Gatecrash, Eric Vloeimans has emerged as a trumpeter with uncommon instincts, relentless lyricism and an astute ear for musical partnerships. It's been three years since his last recording as a leader--Heavens Above (Challenge, 2009)--but in the interim there's been an expansive five-CD career ...

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Dutch Jazz Week at AllAboutJazz.com

November 27, 2011

From November 27 to December 3, 2011, the world's longest running and furthest reaching jazz music website, All About Jazz, will celebrate Dutch jazz. During Dutch Jazz Week AAJ will highlight seven Dutch jazz artists handpicked by the AAJ editors from the the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010 compilation CD. Starting on November 27th, each ...

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Tineke Postma: The Dawn Of Light

Read "The Dawn Of Light" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 2, 2011

Since her 2004 debut as a leader, Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma has released records almost like clockwork every alternate year, with The Traveller (EtceteraNow, 2009), as strong a statement as she's made, featuring a quartet of Americans including drummer Terri Lyne Carrington--constant companion since Postma's sophomore For the Rhythm (Munich, 2005). The Dawn Of Light returns ...

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Tineke Postma: Keeping Honest in Holland

by R.J. DeLuke
May 24, 2011

Tineke Postma's bright voice from Holland has been making a mark on the U.S. scene over the last couple years, with its a bright, clear alto sax sound and a penchant for thoughtful, enthralling melodies. Postma started listening to classical music while growing up in Heerenveen in the northern part of The Netherlands, starting on flute ...

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Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010: December 1-3, 2010

by John Kelman
December 15, 2010

Dutch Jazz & World MeetingAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 1-3, 2010 As difficult as it can sometimes be to appreciate how far jazz has evolved since making its first infant steps in the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century, it's equally remarkable to consider the scene in Europe. Beginning as a relative ...

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Amina Figarova: Cross-Continental Jazz

by Franz A. Matzner
July 8, 2008

Born in Azerbaijan, but located now in the Netherlands, and in demand at festivals and clubs around the globe, pianist Amina Figarova is a case study in the internationalization of jazz. A prodigious talent from early childhood, Figarova was drawn to jazz as a young player, even as she established herself as a formidable professional classical ...