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Anat Fort: And If | CD review

4950 days ago
Guardian Music(ECM)Tel Aviv pianist Anat Fort made her debut for ECM six years ago, with no less a drummer than Paul Motian in the band. In fact, it was Motian's enthusiasm for her graceful folksiness (via Keith Jarrett and Israeli traditional songs) with free-ja... more info

Robbie Jansen obituary

4984 days ago
Guardian MusicSouth African alto saxophonist who fought apartheid through his musicRobbie Jansen, who has died aged 60 of emphysema, was a self-taught alto saxophonist, flautist, singer, arranger and composer who played a key role in South Africa's Cape jazz scen... more info

friday afternoon updates

4985 days ago
Totally FuzzyBuns O'Plenty said... Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) - Soweto (1975) http://bunsoplenty.wordpress.com strahinja said... THE GERMS – (GI) STEVE WINWOOD – Keep On Running SISTER SLAGDE – We Are Family COLON WILLIE & RUBEN BLADES – Siembra MAR... more info

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Jazz in Ramadan, Istanbul: August 14-31

5000 days ago
All About Jazz"Jazz in Ramadan," a unique jazz festival will take place in Istanbul between 14-31 August; two beautiful historic Sultanahmet venues will be the settings for eight concerts: the courtyard of the Archeological Museum and the gardens of Topkapi Palace... more info

Benny Powell obituary

5020 days ago
Guardian MusicJazz trombonist with Count Basie's orchestra and music educatorUniversally admired as both performer and educator, the trombonist Benny Powell, who has died aged 80 following surgery, was best known for his lengthy engagement with the prestigious Cou... more info

Six Strings / Six Guitars

5035 days ago
Guardian MusicQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonRichard Thompson had been, in the words of a friend working on the Meltdown team, "like a kid in a candy store all day" about this gig.No wonder. Including the festival curator, there were half a dozen guitar gods up on st... more info

Abdullah Ibrahim | Classical review

5111 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonThe musicologist Wilfrid Mellers once described Abdullah Ibrahim, the much-loved and hugely influential South African composer and pianist, as a musician of both the old world and the new – "on a razor edge between hazard and h... more info

Live music picks of the week

5117 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Besnard Lakes, On tourA long, atmospheric build-up; a period when you wonder if it's ever going to get going; and finally, the whole thing builds up quite a head of steam … that's not only the plan for most songs by the Besnard Lakes, but f... more info

John Etheridge/Chris Garrick: Men on Wire | CD review

5118 days ago
Guardian Music(Flying Blue Whale)Chris Garrick is one of the world's leading orthodox jazz violinists. His range stretches from Stephane Grappelli's flirtatious urbanity, through a barn-dance robustness, to a classical fastidiousness with slow romantic music, and ... more info

Ian Carr Celebration | Jazz review

5145 days ago
Guardian MusicQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt was a tough task to make a celebration of the life of the gifted trumpeter, composer, author, teacher and broadcaster Ian Carr fit into one night. Carr cut his teeth on the vivid, early-60s Tyneside jazz scene that also... more info

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