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Article: Jazzin' Around Europe

Bimhuis at 40: Older, Better, Business as Usual

by Joan Gannij
October 3, 2014

The Bimhuis is turning 40 and is still very much in its prime. Beginning October 1, Amsterdam's venerable jazz club will celebrate this milestone with a variety of concerts, activities and special events. The Bimhuis opened in 1974 after a lengthy search for a suitable venue for improvising musicians. Over the next decades it would become ...

Article: Album Review

I Compani: Verdi 2.00

Read "Verdi 2.00" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè
September 19, 2014

I Compani, affiatata compagine olandese diretta da Bo van de Graaf, è ben nota per aver affrontato a più riprese la musica di Nino Rota e per aver reinterpretato in anni recenti L'ultimo tango a Parigi di Gato Barbieri. In occasione del secondo centenario della nascita di Giuseppe Verdi, il gruppo ha pensato bene di misurarsi ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Alban Lotz: Solo Flutes

Read "Solo Flutes" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 3, 2014

The eclectic, even eccentric musical tastes of German, Netherlands- based flute master Mark Alban Lotz may be attributed to his personal history. He grew up in Thailand, Germany, and Uganda, while studying jazz, contemporary music, and Indian bansuri flute playing in Amsterdam, New York, and Los Angeles. This globe-trotting biography is reflected in his flute solo ...

Article: Live Review

North Sea Jazz Festival 2014

by Henning Bolte
July 31, 2014

North Sea Jazz Festival 2014 Rotterdam, Netherlands July, 11, 2014 The North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam is the biggest indoor festival in Europe. It is organized by Mojo Concerts and The Security Company, both part of Live Nation Entertainment, a worldwide operating live event mega-organizer (240,000 events annually in 33 countries). ...

Article: Album Review

InDuologue: Blue Skies

Read "Blue Skies" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 15, 2014

A majority of jazz vocals discs I have heard in my 20 years of writing about them have included at least one voice-bass duet. It is a most effective format, but one not for the faint of heart as an artist. Both duet participants are more naked than in any larger format. It takes two performers ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

The Latest Adventures of Dutch Sound Poet Jaap Blonk

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 7, 2014

Innovative Dutch vocal artist Jaap Blonk has created his own highly personal sound poetry. His vocal acrobatics are still an essential element of his sound palette but not an exclusive one. Since 2000 Blonk has developed new means and methods to expand and experiment with his vocals, with live sampling of his vocals, addition of electronics, ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz In Europe's founder, Johan van Deeg Retires

May 27, 2014

Jazz in Europe has relaunched under the guidance of founder and chief editor Johan van Deeg—providing greater coverage and reaching a wider readership Due to health reasons, Johan van Deeg will step down as chief editor effective on 1 June 2014 and oversee the transition in ownership to Dutch-based media company, MFM Media. Van Deeg, who ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Fischer / Marcos Baggiani: bAgg*fisH

Read "bAgg*fisH" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 9, 2014

The duo bAgg*fisH--Austrian saxophonist and violinist Michael Fischer, and Amsterdam-based Argentinian drummer Marcos Baggiani began working together in 2003. The two were determined to redefine the sonic options of such a duo, blurring the conventional distinctions between muscular free jazz, post-rock, psychedelic dramas and noisy outbursts. The duo's music is wrapped in an experimental, risk-taking envelope, ...

Article: Album Review

Melphi: Through The Looking Glass

Read "Through The Looking Glass" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
April 28, 2014

Melphi is a Dutch quartet, named for the character of Dr Jennifer Melfi, the psychiatrist in The Sopranos. Through The Looking Glass is the band's first album (available only as a download). Alice went through the looking glass: into a fantastic world where nothing was as it seemed and strange, menacing characters appeared as if from ...

News: Recording

Dutch Hi-Res Label SnipRecords Signs Chicago Based Sarah Marie Young

April 15, 2014

Chicago jazz and soul singer and winner of the Montreux Voice Competition 2011 Sarah Marie Young will record a full length album consisting of soulful songs with an R&B influence. The album will be produced by Marijn Kooy, owner of SnipRecords, and released by his label as high resolution download early Fall 2014. Young is a ...