[Music] How Salah Ragab Became an Undisputed Icon in Egyptian Jazz

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

There was no more important person in the realm of Egyptian jazz than drummer, bandleader and one-time collaborator with the legendary Sun Ra, Salah Ragab. Bandcamp Daily features the artist here.

[Music] Funked Up East #28 – The Evolution of Czecho-Slovakian Jazz

February 8, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

A magnificent podcast out of Estonia, this current session by Funked Up East features smooth, sultry Czech and Slovak Jazz.

Track List:

Czechoslovak Radio Jazz Orchestra – Passacaglia
Karel Velebný – Ztráta Nalezeného Syna
SHQ – Epitaph for George Dillon
Jiøí Mráz – Danyáda
Karel Krautgartner – 31° ve stínu
Rudolf Dasek – Rambles
Václav Zahradník Big Band – Jazz Goes To Beat I
SHQ – Lori
Jazz Cellula – Zmoklá Voda
Jazz Ze Studio A – Ogarské Hry
Gustav Brom – If Only

[Music Performance] PINTOTONICS n + 1 edition January 8, 2018

January 4, 2018January 7, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

P I N T O T O N I C S n + 1 edition January 8 2018

Huis de Pinto
St Antoniebreestraat 69
1011 HB Amsterdam
(020) 3700210 > reservation recommended
www.huisdepinto.nl
www.presentsoundsamsterdam.nl

20:00 doors open
20:30 start 1st set
23:00 end of event

Entrance 10 + 7 (students/cjp)

SET 1 > SOLO
‘SOLAMENTE
Ig Henneman/viola

Intermission

SET 1 > ENSEMBLE

Mirko Montaldi Ensemble &
the ‘Erik Satie/’Vexations’ project

Mirko Montaldi/guitar
Lucio Tasca/guitar
Jasper Stadhouders/guitar

We hope to welcome you!

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Coming up

February 12

Solo set by Maarten Ornstein/bass clarinet

Ensemble set by Blue Lines Trio & Ada Rave

Ada Rave/ tenor sax, clarinet
Michiel Scheen/piano, compositions
Raoul van der Weide/contrabass, compositions
George Hadow/drums

March 12

Solo set by Ab Baars/shakuhachi, tenor sax, clarinet + solo cd presentation

Ensemble set by Janssen & Janssen
Guus Janssen/piano, compositions
Wim Janssen/drums

[Music] The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: July 2017

August 10, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Jazz is in wonderful hands over at Bandcamp. Click this link to see what new treasures you’ll be running into on the platform.

[Music] Estrada Orchestra – Jazzbeatjäätis

August 7, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Estonia’s Estrada Orchestra are a funky jazz combo that blends the best of groups the The James Taylor Quartet with the soundtrack to the old Starsky & Hutch TV series.

[Music] Cosmic Analog Ensemble – Les Sourdes Oreilles

July 14, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

We send a mountain of respect to Charif Megarbane, head honcho of the Cosmic Analog Ensemble, for producing an album that combines the best of jazz, funk, noir, soundtrack music and deep groove. We’re looking forward to more from him!

[Music] Polish Jazz: Era-Defining Records From Behind The Iron Curtain

April 7, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Cezary Lerski lived in Los Angeles last I remember, and his label should be sainted for providing so many re-releases of classic Polish Jazz. This new series is being handled by Languidity Records, and they also do amazing work.

Liza Premiyak of The Calvert Journal has more here.

[Music] Cannonball Adderley – 74 Miles Away

February 12, 2017 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Julian “Cannonball” Adderley was under the influence of North African music during this time period, and one of the musicians featured in this recording, Joe Zawinul, would go on to play with both Miles Davis and Weather Report, a band he formed in the 1970s.