Records Revisited: Roy Brooks – The Free Slave (1972)
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Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The term »Jazz« is a slang word for the music that emerged around 1915 in Chicago.
Features
Enji on Jazz and the Art of Finding the Right Words Between Languages
Interview
With James Brandon Lewis, it’s the Music That Makes the Music
Portrait
ganavya, or: The semitone of the aeroplane engine
Portrait
Label Watch: Albert’s Favourites
Portrait
Moor Mother & Lonnie Holley live on May 16, 2025 at the XJAZZ Festival in the Festsaal Kreuzberg
Report
Emma-Jean Thackray doesn’t fit in, with her huge Baggage of Inspiration
Portrait
Marshall Allen: What is a Century in the Face of Eternity?
Portrait
Records Revisited: Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert (1975)
Column
Jaubi are Jazz’s Ship of Theseus
Portrait
Moses Yoofee Trio takes Berlin Jazz to the World Stage
Portrait
How Salenta + Topu recontextualised Classical, Jazz and Improv
Interview
Records Revisited: Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974)
Column
»Marcos, it is great that you don’t think you are a genius.«
Interview
Greg Foat shares how he is living his best life ahead of his new album
Portrait
Records Revisited: Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch! (1964)
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Label Watch: Strut Records
Portrait
Jimi Tenor picks 10 records that shaped, improved and educated him
List, Portrait
Listening to Carlos Niño and learning to live
Interview
Lex Blondin picks 10 Records that Shaped, Improved and Formed him
List, Portrait
Jazz drummer Tilo Weber had to Break Out in order to take a Step Back
Portrait
From J Dilla to the German Jazz Award: Petter Eldh stays on the move
Portrait
Cassie Kinoshi provides the Missing Link between Video Games and Jazz
Portrait
The jazz pianist’s Johanna Summer quest for detours in classical music
Portrait
How Jasmine Myra overcame self-doubt for her new record of delicate Spiritual Jazz
Portrait
Jazz in Berlin: Anything goes, but what remains?
Essay
Alice Coltrane and the Birth of Spiritual Jazz
Portrait
C.A.R. aren’t quite the new CAN, they have their very own drive
Portrait
Powerful visual jazz from Berlin: this is Sun Ark
Portrait
Label Watch: Cortizona
Portrait
Reviews
Makaya McCraven
Off The Record
XL Recordings
Magnetic Ghost Orchestra
Holding On To Wonder
Fun In The Church
Saul Williams / Carlos Nino & Friends
At TreePeople
International Anthem
Mal Waldron
Candy Girl
Strut
Various Artists
Coco María presents New Dimensions In Latin Music
Club Coco
Chicago Underground Duo
Hyperglyph
International Anthem
Norman Connors
Mr. C
Be With
Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
In The Groove
Nippon Columbia
Marcos Valle
Contrasts
Far Out
Organic Pulse Ensemble
Oppression Is Nine Tenths Of The Law
RR Gems
Błoto
Grzyby
Astigmatic
Ulrich Gumpert Quartett
So Einfach Ist Das
Sound Essence
Kokoroko
Tuff Times Never Last
Brownswood
Agustin Pereyra Lucena
Puertos De Alternativa
Far Out
Amanda Whiting
Can You See Me Now
First Word
GoGo Penguin
Necessary Fictions
Xxim
Brandee Younger
Gadabout Season
Impulse
Maxine Troglauer
Hymn
Fun In The Church
Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty & Hahn Rowe
Second
Balmat
Phi-Psonics
Expanding To One
Gondwana
Ben LaMar Gay
Yowzers
International Anthem
Naima Nefertari & Angel Bat Dawid
Journey To Nabta Play
Spiritmuse
Enji
Sonor
Squama
Stanley Cowell
Musa: Ancestral Streams
Strata-East
C.A.R.
Valonia
Bimba
Bennie Maupin
The Jewel In The Lotus
ECM
Organic Pulse Ensemble
Bamboo Noodles
Jazzaggression
Move 78
Game Four
Not On Label
Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet
Hauslive 4
Hausu Mountain
Oscar Jerome
The Fork
Self Release
News
Cosmic jazz and improvised vibrations with the Misha Panfilov Septet in Berlin
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At Überjazz, they certainly know how to celebrate an anniversary in style!
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There’s even more to discover at Le Guess Who? this year!
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Sven Wunder scores the moment between darkness and day on new album
News
Trumpeter Takuya Kuroda improvises elegantly live in Berlin in November
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A Sound That Lingers: James Brandon Lewis Quartet Live in Heidelberg
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Has the Line-Up Just Got Even Better? The Week-End Fest 2025
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Ambitious programme lined up for the 2025 Marburg Jazzsommer
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ganavya performs a Concert between sound and ritual at Enjoy Jazz Festival
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84 years of jazz history: Gary Bartz to play live in Berlin this November
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Molly Lewis live in Hamburg this October: Whistling as art at Knust
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British Jazz rising star corto.alto plays live in Heidelberg this October
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Emma-Jean Thackray’s virtuosity can be experienced live in Berlin in October
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The Brand New Heavies bring their pioneering acid jazz to Berlin and Hamburg
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The FRAMED FEST brings art, sound and healing to Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg
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Clapper returns with vibrant sophomore album »Under the Radar«
News
Quantic has contacted his »homies« and compiled a »DJ-Kicks«
News
Joy Guidry brings her experimental bassoon playing to Cologne
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Terje Rypdal’s 1968 debut album »Bleak House« re-released
News
Outernationals invite you to jam at the G Sessions at Gretchen – with the best of the best
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New Kokoroko Album Celebrates Resilience, Nostalgia, and Musical Openness
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Brazilian legend Marcos Valle comes to Hamburg for a concert
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Mongolian singer Enji tours Germany with her new album
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The Jazzhouse Festival in Hamburg is coming in 2025 with a whole lot of soul
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Teddy Lasry’s cult album »Action Printing« returns on vinyl
News
Jazz, but different: XJAZZ! 2025 brings the fresh Sound to Berlin-Kreuzberg
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The long-lost 1976 album »Stereo Instrumental Music« by influential Ethiopian The Ibex Band has had its second coming
News
Live album by Spiritual Jazz musician Muriel Grossmann is being released soon on new Cologne-based label
News
Tony Scott’s 1973 album »Manteca« reissued for the first time
News