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EFG London Jazz Festival 2025
The EFG London Jazz Festival remains one of the most important events in the European concert season. Organised for many years by the Serious...
Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025)
Just a few months ago, Jack DeJohnette wrote on his Facebook page that one of the defining moments of his musical growth was seeing...
Hip-Hop: From Underground to Show Business
Hip-hop was born as an underground tongue built from crackling speakers, graffiti-covered walls and improvised rhymes on stoops and street corners. It was the...
The Detroit Jazz Festival returns each year stronger than before
The long Labour Day weekend, which includes the first Monday in September (the American counterpart to Europe’s 1 May), is traditionally the final holiday...
Registration is now open for the Jazzahead! 2026 Bremen showcases – Interview with Sybille Kornitschky
One of the most important opportunities offered by jazzahead! is the live showcases: 30–45-minute slots in which a variety of bands perform for artistic...
Interview with Kokoroko
If you want to understand what happens when the rhythmic urgency of Afrobeat meets the velvety depth of soul, listen to Tuff Times Never...
Saihs win the 2025 Conad Jazz Contest
Formed in Florence in 2023, the sextet stood out “for the precision of their arrangements and the balance of their solo contributions,” earning them...
The 29th Annual Vision Festival: The Art of Resistance
With passion, determination, and unwavering faith in art and its purpose – which belong to art itself – Patricia Nicholson Parker has run the...
Henry Threadgill: A Celebration
The event, titled Be Ever Out: The Music of Henry Threadgill, was a celebration of one of the most important contemporary jazz composers. It...
Canta Autori: Karima’s New Journey
How did the idea for this project come about?
Canta Autori was born thanks to the audience. I had always sung international music, but...


