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13/01/2012 - Ethiopia

Addis Acoustic Project revitalises jazz in Ethiopia

Addis Acoustic Project, AAP for short, is the three-year-old brainchild of composer and guitarist Girum Mezmur.

11/01/2012 - Netherlands

Jazz heaven on the North Sea

BB King, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples and Chaka Khan were all in the Dutch port of Rotterdam last year for one of the world’s outstanding music events, the

25/06/2011 - Culture in France

Paris business district kicks off summer jazz festivals

The La Défense Jazz Festival, an entirely free open-air festival in Paris's business district, which promises to get the summer jazz festival season underway. This year's is the 34th.

Double H and Shirma Rouse in first New Skool Rules festival
07/01/2011 - World Tracks

Double H and Shirma Rouse in first New Skool Rules festival

Dutch rapper Hind Hakki, aka Double H, and soul singer Shirma Rouse are emerging from the teeming metropolis of Rotterdam to bring out rare jazz and rap grooves.

Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln speaks
20/08/2010 - World Tracks

Jazz singer Abbey Lincoln speaks

Last Friday, 14 August, African-American jazz singer Abbey Lincoln died in New York. She was aged 80.

South Africa’s jazz age
13/08/2010 - World Tracks

South Africa’s jazz age

Jurgen Schadeberg's photography of South African jazz artists marked an entire era of the country’s history.

Jazz in Morocco an unusual mix
06/08/2010 - World Tracks

Jazz in Morocco an unusual mix

The former Moroccan capital Fez hosted the Jazz in Riad Festival for the sixth year running in October.

Paris jazz festival swings into the sunset
01/08/2010 - Focus on France

Paris jazz festival swings into the sunset

The Paris Jazz Festival is an annual summer event which presents a programme of free open air concerts in the beautiful surroundings of the Parc Floral every weekend.

Jazz drummer de Johnette meets Mauritanian singer Dimi Mint Abba
30/07/2010 - World Tracks

Jazz drummer de Johnette meets Mauritanian singer Dimi Mint Abba

A remarkable exchange between one of the world's greatest percussionists and a singing diva from the Sahara - veteran Jack DeJohnette met with ...

Blk Jks and Mojos take hybrid sounds round the world
02/07/2010 - World Tracks

Blk Jks and Mojos take hybrid sounds round the world

Two rock/blues bands, from South Africa and Israel respectively, are breaking the mould as they take their hybrid sounds around the world: Blk Jks and the Mojos with Asaf Avidan.

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