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George Wein invited Marshall Brown, bandleader, who impressed at the 1957 Newport...

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Finally ..... June 1958 - Brussels Airport Zavetem: The trip to Newport would start for fourteen...

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Marshall Brown and George Wein joined, spring 1958, within a few weeks span, dozens of auditions .....

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It must be one of the most pure ways to improvise: the duet. Call and respond are the basic elements of jazz...

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Last year Graham Dechter, a talented guitarist in his twenties, released his latest album Takin'...

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Guillermo Iacona met Oscar Alemán in the 1960s and took guitar lessons. He was invited to play with...

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Back in the US Marshall Brown selected, with the help of his extensive notes, he made during the...

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The dawn and rise of the jazz orchestra is the subtitle of Eddy Determeyer's latest book Big Easy Big Bands....

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In spring 1958 George Wein and Marshall Brown hopscotched Europe conducting auditions on a back-breaking schedule ..... They heard hundreds upon hundreds of musicians, amateur, professional,...

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The legacy of Django Reinhardt and the inspiration drawn from the music and playing of this...

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Rein De Graaff, Dutch bebop piano player for over fifty years, celebrates his 70th...

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When George Wein and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Brown took off for Europe in mid-winter (1958) to...

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Rein De Graaff, celebrated Dutch jazz bebop piano player, accompanied with his trio dozens of...

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Amina Figarova and her husband Bart Platteau moved one and a half year ago to the other side...

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The Spanish group Gypsy y Los Gatos Rumberos continues the string-swing tradition from Django...

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Ruud Jacobs, Dutch bass player and producer for over fifty-five years, was selected in 1958 to play...

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Curiosity hipped the cat ....... The cat in question is Joe Alterman, a pianist with a swinging touch - with these words the liner notes of Joe Alterman's second album start. Newly minted from...

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Most of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker and Bill Evans early recordings have been reissued...

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Mike Del Ferro leads a busy life with concerts and work shops .. not only in his native country Holland,...

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Eric Ineke, one of the best Dutch drummers, time keeper for over 45 years for hundreds of jazz...

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Recently Virginia Mayhew released two albums, both dedicated to two icons in jazz: Mary Lou...

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Sumi Tonooka is one of those modern jazz piano players rather unknown in this part of the world. Since her...

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One of the most important guitarist in the post-Django period, one of the treasurers of Django...

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The North Sea Jazz Festival belongs to the top music festivals of the world. Although the...