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Nikki Iles affirmed her flawless ear, Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke finished each other’s sentences and Tyshawn Sorey rewrote standard-song interpretation

The Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely, in partnership with IMC (Improvised Music Company), has announced acclaimed drummer and composer Stephen Davis as their new musician in residence this November.

Jazz might be an impecunious minority pursuit but at least it's cool, and possibly morally and aesthetically superior to rock and pop

 Gărâna Jazz Festival  (Gărâna, Romania. 5-9 July 2023 Festival Round-Up by Oliver Weindling) The Side Effects. L-R: Stian Carstensen, Marius Neset and Thomas Stronen. Photo credit Michal Sykora The Garana festival has now reached its 27th edition. In the Romanian Carpathian mountains, south of Timisoara, which itself had a major festival just the previous week…

In trio, the Danish trumpeter sings, swings, flurries and abstracts over tunes by Rodgers & Hart, Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian and others

From all-night artsy dinner parties sprinkled across Paris’ landmarks to late-night feasting in Andalusia, here are some European culture dates for your diary.

Mark Lockheart is a multi-award-winning tenor sax player who first made his name working with seminal band Loose Tubes in the eighties, and whose mastery of mo…

A stellar line-up of the pioneering remix festival’s founding musicians and some specials guests make for three memorable nights in Norway

Richmond, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2022 -- Bassist and composer Eva Kess doubles down on her already formidable artistic development with "Inter-Musical Love

Alyn Shipton looks back at quarter-century of one of the biggest events in the UK jazz calendar – the Cheltenham Jazz Festival – and discusses its success with programmer David Gaydon