The JazzFakers are a mix of driven, confused, and curious. They live from endless sound waves that pulse. In 2008, the New York music scene was chaotic and Jazzfakers formed the Jazzfakers quartet. The idea originated from saxophonist/keyboardist David Tamura who runs the New York City Experimental Music Meet-Ups, (former projects of David’s are Charles … Read more
Jazzhole, a New York-based collective that combines soundscapes, electronica and acoustic music, is widely considered to be one of the most important stateside members in acid jazz. The Jazzhole was their debut album. Five more albums followed. Their most recent album, Poet’s Walk was released in 2006. Jazzhole’s core trio of Warren Rosenstein, John Pondel … Read more
The Jazzinvaders are a project of Timothy van der Holst, a Dutch nu-jazz musician and afrobeat musician (aka Phil Martin), (drums/percussion), and Rolf Delfos (horns/saxophone), and Erwin Hoorweg (“piano/organ”). Jan Van Duikeren, Tom Beek (saxophone), and Marius Beets are other members. From discogs
In Braunschweig, in 1993, Jazzkantine, a German music group, was established. It was inspired by Guru’s Jazzmatazz Project. In 1996, their first album Jazzkantine earned them the “Echo Award”, Germany’s most important music prize. Jazzkantine’s music is a mix of jazz funk music and hip-hop music. It combines German rap with music heavily influenced jazz … Read more
Modern Jazz quintett that has a unique, pop-/soul-influenced, fresh and groovy sound. Jazzodrom, an Austrian jazz quintett, was originally formed using the same instrumentation that the Cannonball Adderley Quartett. After playing a lot of Hardbop, Soul Jazz, the band started to compose its own music and created a unique, European-, soul-influenced Jazz with a strong … Read more
Keith Oxman, a saxophonist, remembers Denver as a hub of jazz in the 1980s. There were more than 50 clubs in the area at that time, making it easy to find gigs any day of the week. Oxman states that there were also after-hours jobs. There were also happy-hour jobs. There were also nighttime jobs. … Read more
Louis Banks, also known as Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi, is an Indian jazz pianist who has worked with John McLaughlin and other big names in jazz/fusion. He formed the band Sangam with Ramesh Shotham, percussionist and a group of musicians at the Karnataka College of Percussion in the early 1980s. Their goal was to mix jazz-rock … Read more
The suffix “nitza”, which is found in Bulgarian, at the end a word indicates a feminine gender. It is found in many common words. Some words are associated with food like “lyutenitza”, a tomato-paprika spread, and “nadenitza,” which refers to sausage. Others are words for activities or games such as “krienitza,” (hide and seek), and … Read more
Jazzanova can be many things to many people. The Berlin-based, eclectic group has been producing, composing and remixing music, as well as DJing. Time Out New York describes their “very fertile musical universe” as “lighting a musical firebox” (Straight No Chaser, UK). They have “dominated the jazz-dance scene for the past few decades, both with … Read more
