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Matthew Ruddick

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Author of Funny Valentine, an acclaimed new biography of the jazz trumpet player and singer, Chet Baker.
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Kind of Jazz - Items filtered by date: June 2017
Friday, 30 June 2017 21:42

Meg Morley – Through The Hours

Solo debut by London based, Australian born pianist reveals new layers on each listen.
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Sunday, 25 June 2017 03:57

Marco Marconi - Trialogue

So much more than a dialogue à trois.
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Friday, 23 June 2017 15:52

Chick Corea - The Musician

Finest keyboardist of his generation gets well-deserved retrospective capturing 70th birthday celebrations.
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Youn Sun Nah is a South Korean jazz singer. She was born to musical parents: her father, Na Young-soo, is a conductor in Korea and her mother, Kim Mi-jung, is a musical actress. She studied French literature at Konkuk University in Korea. While she was working for a fashion company, she was scouted by Kim Min-gi, who was the president of the Hakchon Theater Company. There, she made her debut in a musical called Subway Line 1. In 1995, she decided to go to Paris to study Jazz and chanson. There, she went to some of the oldest jazz schools, including CIM Jazz School, National Music Institute of Beauvais, Nadia and Lili Boulanger Conservatory at the same time. After graduating, she taught students at CIM Jazz School from 2000 to 2001. In 2001 she released her debut album, Reflet. But her mostly self-composed 2002 album, Light For The People was her introduction to wide distribution.  In 2008, she signed a contract with German label ACT, and in 2009, was acknowledged for her musical contributions in France, by receiving Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Her most recent album, She Moves On, was released in May 2017.
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Sunday, 18 June 2017 08:57

Phronesis - The Behemoth

Monstrous collaboration.
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Saturday, 17 June 2017 10:05

Thomas Motter - Somewhere Out There

International collaboration appealing to all connoisseurs of music.
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A dichotomous sub-genre of jazz.
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Sunday, 11 June 2017 00:41

Partikel – Counteraction

All we need is counteraction.
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Van shows his bark is better than his croon in Barcelona.
Published in Gigs
Tuesday, 06 June 2017 02:55

Kaidi Tatham ‎– Changing Times

Kaidi keeps the production interesting with stylish, percussive beats.
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