Teena Marie Interview
On the new-look Blues & Soul website
Read MoreMother India Weekend
INDO-JAZZ - - - A journey through the musical heritage of Mother India in the company of a range of Indian musical masters – classical and contemporary, young and old, Asian and British-Asian.
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Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Havana
The indisputable founding father of “bebop,” Dizzy Gillespie remains one of the most recognizable and popular figures in jazz history. During his heyday in the 1940s, Dizzy was one of the first American jazz musicians to incorporate the electrifying sound of Afro-Cuban rhythms into a big-band setting. Forty years later, the legendary jazz trumpeter was invited to Cuba, the wellspring of his inspiration, to headline the Fifth International Jazz Festival in Havana. The journey, as documented in this star-studded film, was a spiritual and triumphal homecoming for the musical genius.
Read MoreMostly Jazz Festival
Mostly Jazz Festival is the UK’s newest jazz festival and the only, open air, one site festival, exclusively dedicated to contemporary jazz, funk and soul.
Set in the lush surroundings of Moseley Park, Birmingham’s eleven-acre woodland glade only two miles from the city centre. July 3rd & 4th 2010 is set to be a weekend to remember, we hope you can join us there. We’ll be using 2 stages sitting right next to each other to showcase our artists. During changeovers on the main stage you need only turn your head to catch the freshest up and coming talent on our second stage. On Sunday Birmingham Jazz will be hosting the second stage, programming a day of highly talented local Jazz musicians.
for more information go to www.mostlyjazz.co.uk
RE Vibe
We have picked out some special moments from back when we were a printed magazine. Why not try listening to what might have been Carmen Lundy’s first UK interview - yes, listen!
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