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Que Vola, when French Jazz meets Cuban rumba
by Raphael Perez
French trombonist Fidel Fourneyron launched his Que Vola project in 2017 while visiting Cuba and playing with local band Osain del Monte. Call it French Jazz meets Cuban rumba.... and the result is a real blow! They gave an energetic show in Paris in February 2019 during the Sons d'Hiver Festival at Musée Branly Theater in ...
Champian Fulton at The Jazz Corner
by Martin McFie
Champian Fulton The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island December 20-21, 2019 By the time Christmas comes around, those old seasonal songs are worn out. They are exhausted by overexposure in elevators, shopping malls, and streamed everywhere for a whole month of every year. In complete contrast, a breath of sharp, ...
Les Rencontres AJC 2019
by Henning Bolte
Pan Piper, Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues, Cité de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris Les Rencontres AJC 2019 Paris December 2-4, 2019 Association Jazzé Croisé (AJC) extended its annual December meeting in Paris to a three-day program with French and Scandinavian showcases and an extensive program of talks and discussions. Here ...
The Philip Glass Ensemble plays the music of the Qatsi Trilogy at Philharmonie de Paris
by Nenad Georgievski
Philip Glass Ensemble Philharmonie de Paris Qatsi Trilogy Paris, France 06-08.12.19 In a long and illustrious career laden with major works and countless performances, the “Qatsi trilogy" holds a special place in composer Philip Glass' oeuvre. The Qatsi refers to the three documentaries or art films directed by Godfrey ...
Michael Weiss: Soul Journey
by Luke Seabright
Bebop is a complex craft, and like all crafts the only way to get any good at it is by learning from those who mastered it before you. Jamming through the night, getting on to that bandstand and firing away your best improvised lines, jousting with your partners (be they friends or strangers) like in the ...
Music Icon Patricia Barber 2020 European Tour Schedule & More!
American Composer & Jazz Icon Patricia Barber Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2019. 2020 European Tour Announced! Press Praise Continues “Conspicuously literate and restlessly inventive." —The New Yorker Stereophile Editor's Pick, Downbeat, Jazziz, Chicago Tribune, London Jazz News, International Airplay! TSF France Radio Interview & Performance on November 25th! 3:30-4:30pm ...
Aaron Parks: Finding the Way to Little Big
by Jiaowei Hu
"Always beginning. Often perplexed. Drawn to beauty and to the absurd. I play piano, write songs, and take pictures of doors with my phone. A bit odd." So is the pianist's own account on his website, written in a few scribbled sentences. About a decade ago, Aaron Parks created much of a stir through his debut ...
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Nicolas Rageau
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Parisian bassist who has been living in New York between 1994 and 2000. Back in France he has been sustaining an important activity in Parisian clubs (Duc des Lombards, New Morning, Sunset/Sunside...), in french festivals (Marciac, Montlouis, JVC / Paris La Villette...) and internationally (Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Italy, Belgium, USA, Canada, St Lucia...). He has been performing with many foreign and french musicians like Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Kenny Wheeler, Peter King, Alain Jean-Marie, Roger Guerin, André Villeger, Lew Tabackin, George Brown, Oliver Johnson, Christian Escoudé, Claude Bolling, Maxime Saury, André Persiany, Tony Lakatos, Saul Rubin, Valery Ponomarev, Frank Gant, Bob Mover, Jimmy Lovelace, Grant Stewart, Joe Magnarelli, Justin Robinson, Yutaka Shiina, Peter Bernstein, Stéphane Belmondo, Paolo Fresu, Manu Katche, Michel Graillier...
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Hetty Kate
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British-Australian jazz vocalist Hetty Kate has built an international career over two decades, performing at major festivals and venues across 28 countries. Born in England, raised in Australia, and based in Paris since 2017, she brings a classically trained voice and deep knowledge of the American Songbook to stages from New Zealand to New York.
Critics have consistently praised her work. Chris May of All About Jazz describes her as "charismatic and technically gifted," while jazz critic and author Will Friedwald calls her "one of the best swing-style singers on the current scene." Marc Myers of Jazzwax likens her to "Peggy Lee on a Vespa," and John Shand of the Sydney Morning Herald notes she "reminds me of a good champagne: simultaneously effervescent and restrained." Australian jazz luminary James Morrison observes she has "a stage presence only matched by the clarity of her voice."
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Alessandro Sgobbio
Composer, pianist, producer Alessandro Sgobbio keeps expanding his personal vocabulary of compositions, improvisations and spiritual explorations throughout music. After earning Master Degrees at the Oslo Norwegian Music Academy and the Parma Music Conservatory, Alessandro Sgobbio has been voted one of the best new talents of the year at the “TopJazz” Italian Polls. He has released 15 albums as a leader / co-leader, performing across Europe, Scandinavia, UK, China and the USA as a soloist, duo with renowned artists Amal Murkus, Senny Camara, Michele Rabbia and Christophe Marguet – and also his quartets Silent Fires and Hitra
