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58th San Sebastian Jazz Festival: 100+ Concerts / 15 Venues / Headliner Shows Free from July 21-25 2023!

For years the San Sebastian Jazz Festival had harboured the wish of billing Norah Jones in the city. That dream will come true on 22 July when the singer performs at the Kursaal Auditorium. Another of the aims fulfilled is being able to enjoy two British artists we have tried to bill for several editions, and ...
Play Petrucciani: A Special Tribute for a Special Musician

by Phillip Woolever
Watching a good band at a small club is often one of the most enjoyable ways to experience jazz. Proper ambiance can conjure lasting sounds and images, as the relatively intimate space makes for optimal acoustics and definitive visual close-ups. That's what it was like for those fortunate or discerning enough to attend the first editions ...
About Sophie Dunér
Instrument: Voice / vocals
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Sophie Dunér

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“It’s not fusion – it’s Dúneresque – a newly created genre!” Grammy Award winning recording producer Michael Haas.
Sophie Dunér is a singer & composer with her roots in jazz. Originally from Sweden, she travels and performs internationally as her blend of jazz, world and contemporary classical writing receives demand worldwide – from the infamous CBGB´s in NYC to Buenos Aires Festival de Música Contemporánea La Plata to Festival O/Modernt in Sweden. Her new solo CD ‘Strictly Business’ (produced/recorded in London by the renown producer Darren Allison) was released in July 2022.
About Ona Kirei
Instrument: Voice / vocals
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Ona Kirei

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Vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Ona Kirei has an exceptional ability to move the listener's soul with her expressiveness and virtuosity. Her music pushes stylistic boundaries that showcase remarkable compositional and arranging skills while displaying a profound emotional connection that makes it readily accessible to any audience. Her life experience, cultural influences, determination, and deepness, are reflected in her unique voice.
Kirei was born in Barcelona, but she's quite literally a citizen of the world having lived in Spain, India, United Kingdom, and Austria, among other places
Guitarist / Composer Toni Mora's New Album 'Space Folklore' Available Now

When Toni Mora produced his first quartet album, “Beyond words..." JAZZ’N’MORE magazine stated. “An exciting future for the young guitarist with agile hands, a warm sound and a flair for daring introductions, and virtuosic solos.” His new album Space Folklore represents Mora well. Insatiable curiosity and seemingly infinite virtuosity. Exploring new horizons and offering a hybrid ...
Fira B! Will hold 34 concerts and 18 stage performances from November 11 to 14 in Palma

The regional minister for European Funds, University and Culture, Miquel Company, and the managing director of the Institute of jny: Balearic Studies (IEB), Mateu Malondra, presented the lineup for the 6th edition of the professional music and performing arts market of the Balearic Islands, Fira B! 2021. Fira B! will take place from 11 to 14 ...
56th Jazzaldia Festival

by Paul Combs
56th Jazzaldia Festival Various venues Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain July 21-25, 2021 This was the 56th edition of the Jazzaldia Festival in Donostia/San Sebastián, the capital of Gipuzcoa province in the Pais Vasco region on the north coast of Spain. With a population of roughly 200,000, and popularity as a tourist ...
About Repair Cafe
Instrument: Saxophone
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Repair Cafe

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Spain meets Jazz, Flamenco kisses ambient.... nothing true, everything in new combination, like a salsa made from ingredients, everybody knows, But in the end it is a new taste. Repair Cafe is named after the story of Cameron de la Isla, who had his first gigs in a cafe that was opened 24 hours cause they were a service station for motorcycles too. That is the mixture - bikes and bare foots.
Cote Calmet: Cultivating Afro-Peruvian Rhythms

by Ian Patterson
What do a dead donkey, a Seat Alhambra and Led Zeppelin's John Bonham all have in common? Whatever images your mind's eye may conjure, these three clues, in fact, all lead to Phisqa, the contemporary jazz band of Afro-Peruvian bent, formed by drummer Cote Calmet in Dublin, Ireland, in 2010. But let's not get ...
Gergo Borlai: Talkin' Drummers and Drumming

by Jim Worsley
Most kids have heroes. Whether they be athletes, astronauts, artists, astrophysicists, (and that's just the A's") or any of the many asundered possibilities. Gergo Borlai needn't go passed the D's" to find his calling. Drumming came early, incredibly early, and he has never looked back. Determination and commitment can be a powerful force. Before long the ...