Like A Jazz Machine Festival (Operderschmelz, Dudelange, Luxembourg. 10-11 May 2024. Review by Oliver Weindling) Daniel Migliosi. Photo credit: Oliver Hochkeppel Like A Jazz Machine cleverly mixes higher profile acts with music of some of the leading and up-and-coming local bands in a five-day festival (I attended days 3 and 4). It takes place in…
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Organic Soulfood, Fifth Column (Opus Jazz Club, Budapest. 26 and 27 January 2024. Review by Oliver Weindling) Antonin Rayon, Jim Hart, Daniel Erdmann Opus Jazz Club in Budapest forms part of the Budapest Music Centre (BMC), a centre for contemporary music in general and for jazz in particular. Built just over a decade ago, there’s…
Gala Kamo Jazz, 32nd edition(Timișoara, Romania. 23-24 September 2023. Festival round-up by Oliver Weindling) The W. L-R: Bruno Heinen, Andrea di Biase, Heidi Vogel, James Kitchman For too many years it has been too easy for us in the far west of Europe to undervalue the jazz scene in Romania. Under communism, jazz bubbled somewhat…
Gaume Jazz Festival(Rossignol, Belgium. 11-13 August 2023. Round-up by Oliver Weindling) Philipe Catherine (left) and his quartet. Photo by Oliver Weindling Gaume Jazz Festival this year celebrated a full return to pre-pandemic sized programme, helped by extending the capacity of its second venue in the park. This is in addition to the village’s church and…