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When: June 10-13 Where: Various venues in Ostrava Tickets: 390-890 Kc per day; four-day pass 1,090 Kc in advance, 1,200 Kc at the site; available through Ticketpro and Ticketportal For more information and a ...

"Nobody can play like Charlie Parker ever, you know, and there are so many hundreds of thousands of people who tried to live the life like him and to try to play his phrases and do it as freely and quickly and ...

Those believing the Norwegian scene is all about Nordic Cool and electro-centric improv might change their minds after hearing The Core's Office Essentials .

Music by the young American composer Eric Whitacre, some dazzling unaccompanied vocal writing from his record "Cloudburst." Also, music from the lauded record "Officium" by the Hilliard Ensemble and ...

"Genuinely knowing ourselves always involves knowing how others see us...The meaning of a culture reveals itself in its plenitude only through encounter and contact with a culture different, even alien to it." ...

Legend saxophonist Jan Garbarek, who is in Sofia for the annual Jazz+ fest, thrilled Bulgarian jazz lovers on Thursday night. via Sofia News Agency

Karl Seglem's solo performance at the 2006 Punkt festival in Kristiansand, Norway prompted the observation that he is, indeed, the Hendrix of the Goat Horn. via All About Jazz

“Landscapes Suite - for Saxophone & Orchestra.”

Tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger Frank Macchia has made a significant album that follows-up his Grammy -nominated Emotions . via All About Jazz

Marilyn Mazur may be best remembered to North American audiences for her work with Miles Davis in the 1980s. via All About Jazz

Subject : The Claudia Quintet On the Claudia Quintet's latest genre-bending album, For , composer and percussionist John Hollenbeck dedicates each of the disc's eight songs to different people, from Norwegian ... via Westword

“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"). Not so with Mazur. On the sparse "Pathway”

We are in the midst of an explosion of duet recordings, pairing instruments not typically associated with musical duos. via All About Jazz

IN ON BLUE: Obsessing with Bernard Herrmann. "Next Generation" Eventide : Music by Michael Nyman, Jan Garbarek, and Philip Glass; Choreography by Helen Pickett; Costumes by Charles Heightchew Gone Again : Music ... via The Phoenix

“Bolero', where he retains a total command of the tenor saxophone even when he reaches its extra-terrestrial registers. 'Brooklyn Serenade”

The Core is one the most exciting jazz bands in Norway today. The group takes the legacy of saxophonist John Coltrane's classic quartet plus the 1960s' 'new thing' innovations of fellow saxophonists Pharaoh ... via All About Jazz

“Water", "Vanity Fair", "Kamasutra”

One stroke on his hybrid East West drum kit and you can hear the echo as far as Europe, Africa and the U.S. Percussion whiz Trilok Gurtu, son of veteran Hindustani vocalist Shoba Gurtu, has been making musical ... via The Hindu

We invite you to join us this Wednesday night as Step Outside ventures into the upper reaches of the European continent to discover the unique sounds of Scandinavia. via WMNF-FM Tampa

More reviews by Jack Massarik Leading by example: Jan Garbarek was more Draculesque than ever Look here too Monk, funk and even a banjo Being a European artist of global stature , Jan Garbarek was a popular ... via This is London

Alice hangs his head as Lemmy steals the show It was an efficient outing at Wembley Arena from scary old singer Alice Cooper, who isn't quite as scary when you realise he's a keen golfer. via This is London

THE Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek tours quite regularly with his four-piece group, but its stable nature has shifted this time with the addition of two new members. via Ic Coventry

Along with special guest musicians Bob James, Andy Summers and Nils Petter Molvaer Deeyah creates an exciting and eclectic new album Ataraxis . via All About Jazz