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Tigran Hamasyan & Mathias Eick

Tigran Hamasyan & Mathias Eick

November Music, a Dutch music festival in 's-Hertogenbosch, showcases today's prominent composers. It programs top-notch ensembles, jazz and world music pioneers, interdisciplinary concerts, and sound art. In 2019, Tigran Hamasyan and Mathias Eick played a duo performance here. Armenian pianist Hamasyan has claimed a category of his own in contemporary jazz. Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick is an undisputed master of his instrument.

2025-12-13 16:59:42 +0000 UTC2025-12-13 18:32:13 +0000 UTC (1h32m)
Tigran Hamasyan & Mathias Eick

Tigran Hamasyan & Mathias Eick

November Music, a Dutch music festival in 's-Hertogenbosch, showcases today's prominent composers. It programs top-notch ensembles, jazz and world music pioneers, interdisciplinary concerts, and sound art. In 2019, Tigran Hamasyan and Mathias Eick played a duo performance here. Armenian pianist Hamasyan has claimed a category of his own in contemporary jazz. Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick is an undisputed master of his instrument.

2025-12-13 08:00:00 +0000 UTC2025-12-13 09:32:30 +0000 UTC (1h32m)
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.

2025-12-13 07:39:31 +0000 UTC2025-12-13 08:00:00 +0000 UTC (20m)
Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk

The personal and conversational style documentary Thelonious Monk: American Composer was the first fully rounded portrait of Thelonious Sphere Monk, a terribly misunderstood man and musician finally given his due as a true original of American music. He was the pianistic ringleader of the bebop revolution and, after Duke Ellington, jazz' first major composer. Appearing on the cover of Time Magazine in 1964, Monk had “arrived” as a top tier name in jazz. Monk - a most original talent - remained a highly productive musician even after thirty years of musical activity, always growing as an artist, exploring his art and extending his range. This documentary, filmed at Minton's Playhouse in New York City, includes conversations with Thelonious Monk III, Ben Riley, Billy Taylor, Orrin Keepnews and Randy Weston.

2025-12-13 06:29:56 +0000 UTC2025-12-13 07:39:31 +0000 UTC (1h9m)
Ahmad Jamal Trio

Ahmad Jamal Trio

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 1989, legendary jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal brought his trio to the North Sea Jazz Festival. Accompanied by James Cammack on bass and David Bowler on drums, Jamal showcased his excellence.

2025-12-13 05:00:00 +0000 UTC2025-12-13 06:14:53 +0000 UTC (1h14m)
Chucho Valdis

Chucho Valdis

Legendary Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés brought his band ‘Jazz Batá 2' to the Malta Jazz Festival on July 19, 2019. The air was thick with anticipation as Valdés took to the stage, revisiting the small-group concept of his mythical 1972 Cuban album ‘Jazz Batá'. The batá repertoire – the deep classical music of West Africa – permeates Valdés' piano solos throughout the concert. Valdés's band consists of Dreiser Durruthy (Batas and vocals), Yaroldy Abreu (percussions and vocals), Abraham Mansfarroll (percussion), Ramón Vazquez Martirena-Bajo (bass guitar). They delivered a performance that reverberated through the historic island.

2025-12-12 22:59:30 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 23:14:26 +0000 UTC (14m)
Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

Brazilian artist Gilberto Gil returns to Jazz à Vienne in France with a new round of singing that is inspired by his latest album ‘Fé na Festa': a mixture of celebration, tradition and even some rock now and then. Gilberto Gil, worldwide known for as musician and the Brazilian minister of Culture, was one of the pioneers of the cultural movement ‘tropicalismo'. This movement, with a strong character of social protest, combines elements of traditional Brazilian culture with modern art forms. Gilberto Gil's new sound clearly has its roots in Brazilian culture, yet it is always inspired by jazz.

2025-12-12 21:14:28 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 22:51:20 +0000 UTC (1h36m)
Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Coe, Derek Humble & Billy Mitchell

Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Coe, Derek Humble & Billy Mitchell

American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was one of the seminal figures of the bebop movement. He fuses all musical forms rooted in African culture, such as music from Cuba, Latin America and the Caribbean, into his music. On November 4, 1970 he played a concert in Denmark with the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, performing Con Alma, Brother K, Now Hear My Meanin', Manteca, Let Me Outta Here, and Things Are Here.

2025-12-12 21:06:18 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 21:14:28 +0000 UTC (8m)
Al McKay & Earth Wind & Fire Experience

Al McKay & Earth Wind & Fire Experience

Every year since 1970, the German city of Burghausen has been hosting one of the largest jazz festivals in the world. During Burghausen International Jazz Week, Burghausen becomes a 'Bavarian jazz mecca': guests from all over the world join the Burghausers to enjoy the most wonderful jazz performances as the colorful hustle and bustle of spectators and musicians shake up the city. One of the bands performing here in 2019 is The Earth, Wind & Fire Experience. In this concert, original Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist, writer and musical director Al McKay performs the band's timeless disco and soul. Together with seven of the thirteen original Earth, Wind & Fire members, he keep hits such as Boogie Wonderland and September alive, touring all over the world.

2025-12-12 19:59:33 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 21:06:18 +0000 UTC (1h6m)
Jazzmeia Horn

Jazzmeia Horn

Vocalist Jazzmeia Horn's 2019 Malta Jazz Festival appearance was a celebration of jazz's future, infused with the soul of its past. Featuring Keith Brown (piano), Rashaan Carter (bass), Irwin Hall (flute and saxophone), and Anwar Marshall (drums), the young singer's performance was a reminder of jazz's enduring power to speak to the heart. Situated at the Valletta waterfront outside Our Lady of Liesse Church, Horn's concert was a truly spellbinding experience.

2025-12-12 19:50:33 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 19:59:33 +0000 UTC (9m)
Michael Mossman

Michael Mossman

Well-known for his exuberant style and intimate familiarity with a vast range of jazz and Latin idioms, Michel Camilo has always had a sixth sense for musical adventure. Camilo was one of the most stimulating jazz pianists to emerge in the mid- to late '80s. His powerful two-handed attack (full of impressive technical skills), his knowledge of both jazz and Afro-Cuban music, and his willingness to constantly take chances turn each of his solos into an adventure. This broadcast was taped during the 1991 Münchner Klaviersommer, when Camilo was playing with his amazing Quintet. He is accompanied by Ned Mann (bass), Cliff Almond (drums), Michel Mossman (trumpet and trombone) and Ralph Bowen (saxophone and flute). Camilo's rise to fame has been swift, and his influences range from jazz musicians like Art Tatum and Keith Jarrett to twentieth-century composers like Debussy and Ravel.

2025-12-12 17:59:38 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 19:32:22 +0000 UTC (1h32m)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

This broadcast is the first part of a concert performed by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris in December 1959. Co-founded in the early 1950s by American jazz drummer Art Blakey and pianist Horace Silver, this hard bop ensemble performed and recorded until Blakey died in 1990. Many jazz greats got their start in this band, including trumpeters Lee Morgan and Wynton Marsalis, saxophonists Benny Golson and Wayne Shorter, pianists Joanne Brackeen and Keith Jarrett.

2025-12-12 16:59:41 +0000 UTC2025-12-12 17:42:57 +0000 UTC (43m)