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Kenny Barron

Kenny Barron

Pianist Kenny Barron's June 27, 2019 appearance at the Alfa Jazz Festival in Ukraine's Lviv was a celebration of sublime jazz virtuosity. The revered elder statesmen of jazz piano brought his regular working trio of Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) and Jonathan Blake (drums), augmented by stellar jazzman Marcus Strickland (tenor saxophone) and young lion Riley Mulherkar (trumpet). Their seamless blend of classic bebop and modern explorations spoke of a deep, emotive connection to each note, captivating the Ukrainian audience with lyrical improvisations during this unforgettable concert.

2025-12-20 04:42:31 +0000 UTC2025-12-20 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(17m)
Miriam Makeba, J.K. Naimro, Stanley Todd & Al Sanders

Miriam Makeba, J.K. Naimro, Stanley Todd & Al Sanders

Since 1977, Estival is a summer jazz festival in Switzerland, Lugano. Estival offers a thrilling and particularly surprising line-up that explores the rich world of contemporary music whilst promoting the understanding of different cultures, tolerance, and co-existence. Miriam Makeba, also named Mama Africa, was a South African singer, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil-rights activist. Her career flourished in the US, where she released several albums. Makeba was among the first African musicians to receive worldwide recognition. She brought African music to a Western audience, and popularized the world music and Afropop genres. Her performances at Estival Lugano is beyond incredible. Her voice, the power and the soul summarizes her musicality in 40 minutes, together with her band and extremely talented backing-vocals.

2025-12-20 03:59:19 +0000 UTC2025-12-20 04:42:31 +0000 UTC(43m)
David Linx

David Linx

This might come unexpected, but the Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO) is not the kind of jazz orchestra that sticks to standards. They prefer to achieve the highest level by composing original music, creating unique arrangements, and playing inventively as well as passionately. In fact, it really is jazz with a dynamic orchestral sound, with a classic strength in which each musician is also a brilliant soloist. Call it an ‘orchestrated passion for jazz' that incites BJO to create world-class music. Founded in 1993 by Frank Vaganée, Serge Plume and Marc Godfroid, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra is recognised and has been subsidised by the Flemish Government since. Brussels Jazz Orchestra is orchestra in residence at Flagey in Brussels. During this project the BJO performs with David Linx. The Belgian jazz singer will resort to any idiom, any language, any time signature. Occasionally he seems to dispense with bar lines altogether, or he will go beyond lyrics, as he abandons his own words for some free-wheeling scat.

2025-12-19 20:44:32 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 22:49:47 +0000 UTC(2h5m)
John Scofield

John Scofield

The North Sea Jazz Festival is the largest indoor music festival in the world, known globally as the event where the past, present and future of jazz are featured within three days. Next to a firm base of jazz as the festival's staple music genre, many others, such as blues, soul, funk, or hip hop, pass by. In 1986, multi-talented American guitarist John Scofield and his band performed an electrifying concert at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. First known for playing with Miles Davis, Scofield shows here that he earned that pedigree.

2025-12-19 19:29:35 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 20:35:35 +0000 UTC(1h6m)
Buddy Rich, Tom Warrington, Bob Kaye & John Marshall

Buddy Rich, Tom Warrington, Bob Kaye & John Marshall

The North Sea Jazz Festival is the largest indoor music festival in the world, known globally as the event where the past, present and future of jazz are featured within three days. Next to a firm base of jazz as the festival's staple music genre, many others, such as blues, soul, funk, or hip hop, pass by. Buddy Rich, one of the most influential jazz drummers of all time, performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival of 1978 with his orchestra. Rich's drumming was known for its remarkable speed and dexterity, which he achieved without any formal education.

2025-12-19 17:59:38 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 19:29:35 +0000 UTC(1h29m)
John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison

John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison

The mere mention of the name John Coltrane evokes a deeply emotional, often spiritual response from even the most casual jazz fan. Dexter Gordon was a fantastic saxophonist. Miles Davis was a genius. Coltrane stood above - he was a visionary, a saint-like figure. By the standards of most jazz musicians, his life was uneventful. Sure, he had a heroin habit for a while, and Miles Davis punched him, but once he'd experienced the “spiritual awakening” described in the liner notes of his 1965 album A Love Supreme, he dedicated himself to his music with extreme single-mindedness. This broadcast of Coltrane's 1965 performance at the short-lived Belgian jazz festival in Comblain-la-Tour features Trane's classic quartet with Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and McCoy Tyner (piano).

2025-12-19 16:59:42 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 17:59:38 +0000 UTC(59m)
Charles Mingus, Jaki Byard, Dannie Richmond & Johnny Coles

Charles Mingus, Jaki Byard, Dannie Richmond & Johnny Coles

Charles Mingus showcases an exceptional concert performed in April 1965 featuring his most celebrated lineup: Jaki Byard (piano), Dannie Richmond (drums), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax) and the great Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute and bass clarinet). Recorded within an eight-day span, less than three months before Dolphy's death, the three concerts showcase Mingus's visionary leadership and the band's incredible depth and diversity with unique performances and arrangements of classics including ‘So Long Eric' and the groundbreaking ‘Meditations On Integration'.

2025-12-19 15:59:43 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 16:51:06 +0000 UTC(51m)
Buddy Rich, Tom Warrington, Bob Kaye & John Marshall

Buddy Rich, Tom Warrington, Bob Kaye & John Marshall

The North Sea Jazz Festival is the largest indoor music festival in the world, known globally as the event where the past, present and future of jazz are featured within three days. Next to a firm base of jazz as the festival's staple music genre, many others, such as blues, soul, funk, or hip hop, pass by. Buddy Rich, one of the most influential jazz drummers of all time, performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival of 1978 with his orchestra. Rich's drumming was known for its remarkable speed and dexterity, which he achieved without any formal education.

2025-12-19 08:59:55 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 10:29:53 +0000 UTC(1h29m)
John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison

John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison

The mere mention of the name John Coltrane evokes a deeply emotional, often spiritual response from even the most casual jazz fan. Dexter Gordon was a fantastic saxophonist. Miles Davis was a genius. Coltrane stood above - he was a visionary, a saint-like figure. By the standards of most jazz musicians, his life was uneventful. Sure, he had a heroin habit for a while, and Miles Davis punched him, but once he'd experienced the “spiritual awakening” described in the liner notes of his 1965 album A Love Supreme, he dedicated himself to his music with extreme single-mindedness. This broadcast of Coltrane's 1965 performance at the short-lived Belgian jazz festival in Comblain-la-Tour features Trane's classic quartet with Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and McCoy Tyner (piano).

2025-12-19 08:00:00 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 08:59:55 +0000 UTC(59m)
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tim Motzer & Gintas Janusonis

Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tim Motzer & Gintas Janusonis

Jazzfest Bonn is an annual festival of modern and creative jazz music. Every May it presents local and international jazz musicians in concert halls all over the German city. Among the artists of the 2017 edition is Bandit 65, a trio of breathtaking virtuosity, great power, boundless breadth, and astounding beauty. Together with Tim Motzer on guitar and electronics, and Gintas Janusonis on drums and percussion, guitarist and band leader Kurt Rosenwinkel explores the intersection of guitars, rhythm, electronics, soundscapes, free improvisation, and telepathic interplay.

2025-12-19 06:14:56 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 07:40:07 +0000 UTC(1h25m)
Mike Stern

Mike Stern

Guitarist Mike Stern and violin player Didier Lockwood sharing a stage: that promises a good show! After playing for years with Blood, Sweat & Tears, Mike Stern landed a gig with drummer Billy Cobham and then broke through with Miles Davis' comeback band in the 1980s. Didier Lockwood played in jazz fusion band Magma during the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation. Together they perform a unique duo concert at the beautiful antique theatre in Vienne, France.

2025-12-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 06:14:56 +0000 UTC(1h14m)
Jon Hendricks, Judith Hendricks, Kim Lindsay & Mart Ledford

Jon Hendricks, Judith Hendricks, Kim Lindsay & Mart Ledford

Since 1977, Estival is a summer jazz festival in Switzerland, Lugano. Estival offers a thrilling and particularly surprising line-up that explores the rich world of contemporary music whilst promoting the understanding of different cultures, tolerance, and co-existence. John Carl Hendricks is one of the instigators of "vocalese", an art form that aims to add lyrics to existing instrumental pieces and replace several instruments with singing. He flaunts this technique at Estival, where he "scat" while playing double bass. Hendricks is known for his mastery of scat, a form of vocal jazz that uses onomatopoeia rather than lyrics

2025-12-19 03:59:08 +0000 UTC2025-12-19 05:00:00 +0000 UTC(1h)
Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Ben Riley & Larry Gales

Thelonious Monk, Charlie Rouse, Ben Riley & Larry Gales

The idiosyncratic pianist and composer Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) is one of the all-time greats of jazz. His music went largely misunderstood for the first 15 years of his career, after which he was rightly hailed as a genius, and received credit as a founding father of bebop. Several concerts from his 1966 European tour were recorded for television, featuring his quartet of Charles Rouse (tenor saxophone), Lawrence Gales (bass) and Benjamin Riley (drums). His quartet performed Epistrophy, 'Round Midnight, and Lulu's Back in Town in Warsaw for Polish television on April 4, 1966. On April 17, the same quartet performed a short set in Copenhagen for Danish television, featuring Lulu's Back in Town, Don't Blame Me, and Epistrophy.

2025-12-18 22:11:02 +0000 UTC2025-12-18 22:29:22 +0000 UTC(18m)
Franco Ambrosetti, George Gruntz, Steve Coleman & J.F. Clark

Franco Ambrosetti, George Gruntz, Steve Coleman & J.F. Clark

Since 1977, Estival is a summer jazz festival in Switzerland, Lugano. Estival offers a thrilling and particularly surprising line-up that explores the rich world of contemporary music whilst promoting the understanding of different cultures, tolerance, and co-existence. The composer, trumpeter and bugle player Franco Ambrosetti performs with his quintet in his native Lugano as part of the Estival.

2025-12-18 20:29:30 +0000 UTC2025-12-18 21:44:26 +0000 UTC(1h14m)