Piano Jazz 2024

"This no-nonsense jazz pianist in the Ellington and Monk vein gets a big, ringing sound out of the extreme registers of the instrument…He manages a thoughtful modernism that coexists more than peaceably with a buoyant, unselfconscious sense of swing." – New York Times. "The pleasure Waltzer generates is bountiful." - Jim Macnie, Village Voice

Collaboration is probably the best way for a musician to improve or discover something new. Doesn't matter, collaborations with musicians or artists of another art form – the more the better. Needless to say, most of the artists understand this concept but the key is not to forget its importance in your daily life. Two friends – Donatas Petreikis and Karolis Šarkus– decided to collaborate. These musicians know each other for many years and spent countless hours on listening to records together, discussions and writing songs. Most of it would usually end up staying inside the studio but this time it was different. They have put all of their ideas with music on paper and out of love for jazz music “Collaborative Jazz Septet”.

Rodrigo Simões' second album, "Jazz brésilien" is the result of two years of research at the jazz master's degree of UdeM, where the artist has evolved under the direction of bassist Alain Caron (UZEB).

The Jamboree once again hosts the premiere of a reference from the famous record collection ‘Joan Chamorro presents…’, in which figures from the categories of Andrea Motis, Joan Mar Sauqué have recorded their first works, Rita Payés, Eva Fernández, Alba Armengou, Elia Bastida and a long et cetera. Disc number 20 in this series is dedicated to Koldo Munné, saxophonist, singer and composer who has been part of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band for ten years. At the Jamboree, Munné and Chamorro will have top musicians: Josep Traver, Marc Martín and Arnau Julià, apart from some surprises that will make this concert a very special evening.

Vocalist Alex Siegers was first given a taste of Australian jazz through her late teacher, the legendary Kerrie Biddell. Siegers later found out about the Australian Jazz Real Book project, which has been preserving important and iconic tunes written by local jazz composers.

The second album from the rapidly rising Italian jazz trumpeter, Cesare Mecca, is a beautiful and mysterious Afro-Cuban jazz world, with romantic trumpeting that is full of dangerous notes!

Every now and again an album appears as if from nowhere that immediately you get, and more importantly gets you. Well, that now and again has arrived in the shape of Look for the Silver Lining by Stella Bass, and album that spoke volumes to me upon first hearing it and my enthusiasm has not diminished after countless hearings.

Die amerikanische Schlagzeuglegende Alvin Queen knüpft mit „Feeling Good“ an den Erfolg seiner früheren gefeierten Wiederveröffentlichungen an, einem fachmännisch zusammengestellten Programm mit dreizehn Songs (neun auf der LP), die amerikanische Musik und Kultur in all ihren vielen Formen repräsentieren. Zwei Musiker, die ideal für das Standardformat eines Piano-Jazz-Trios geeignet sind – Carlton Holmes am Klavier und Danton Boller am Bass – vervollständigen die Gruppe.

Acclaimed vibraphonist Joel Ross returns with his remarkable fourth Blue Note release 'nublues', an album of blues and ballads as refracted through the prism of one of the most creative modern jazz groups of our time.

Mr. Inevitable is a collection of compositions expressing the peaks and valleys of life through music. Each song represents an emotional theme depicting various tropes of the universal human experience. They are written and performed through the lens of my own personal perspectives and the collective interpretations of the musicians on the album.