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American tenor saxophonist Stan Getz earned the nickname `The Sound' and popularised bossa nova in America with the hit `The Girl from Ipanema'. He performed with Marc Johnson, Victor Lewis and Jim McNeely in California's Napa Valley in 1983.

Aki Rissanen's interest in jazz came after he started taking classical piano lessons. His deep interest in improvised music placed him among top jazz pianist in his home country, Finland. Today his name appears among the top European jazz musicians.

A performance from SWART, a jazz group founded by the saxophonist and composer Celia Swart.

Video clips, concert excerpts and interviews celebrating jazz from around the world.

American jazz legend Duke Ellington gives a memorable performance of `Such Sweet Thunder', `Newport Up', `Take the 'A' Train' and many other classics at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, in November 1958.

French composer, arranger and pianist Michel Legrand has had a long and storied career in music. During this 1982 performance in the Belgian town of Spa, Legrand leads his orchestra through a number of original songs.

In May 2014, the Conservatory of Amsterdam hosted a unique conference about one of the greatest jazz composers of the 20th century: Duke Ellington. Musicologists and musicians with a special bond with Ellington and his music speak about his life.

The Pernambucian multi-instrumentalist and cult legend Ze Pitoco leads his Forró do Zé Pitoco ensemble on Da Pá Virada Sessions in a tightly-knit, spirit-lifting set in which the music of Brazil's Northeast meets jazz.

The NYC band Lucky Chops rose to fame when a video of their performance at a subway station went viral on YouTube in 2015. This is their performance at BIRD festival, Rotterdam.

Eartha Kitt sings her favourites.

The song "East of the Sun" was written by Brooks Bowman in 1934. Here, it is sung by Jazzmeia Horn.

Video clips, concert excerpts and interviews celebrating jazz from around the world.

Today, the Seine Sessions revive the happy years of jam sessions, while the cream of jazz, blues, gipsy and funk Parisian scenes occurs on the boards of the legendary restaurant and jazz club Le Réservoir. Entitled World Music, this episode hosted by Eddy King features unique performances by arti...

Portraits of artists, concerts and festivals that offer a window into the world of jazz.. Features artists of varied fame and offers insights into their life, work and own musical interests.

Video clips, concert excerpts and interviews celebrating jazz from around the world.

`Jazz a Vienne' is one of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals. Ever since 1981 it has attracted leading jazz artists, with many of them playing return engagements.

For Misha Mengelberg, the forgetting has begun. The Dutch composer and grand duke of jazz has become submerged in dementia, ending his life as a musician. In 2013, at the London jazz club Vortex, he says his goodbyes to the international stage.

Busstra is a constant wheel of invention, with technique expanded by his creative urge to find something new, an evolving state that adds immeasurably to his art.

Video clips, concert excerpts and interviews celebrating jazz from around the world.

Video clips, concert excerpts and interviews celebrating jazz from around the world.

These portraits of artists, concerts and festivals give a good impression of the jazz world. Both famous and less famous jazz artists will give a new insight in their life. DJAZZ asked them why they wrote that special song, what was the first record they bought and what is his or her most preciou...

Portraits of artists, concerts and festivals that offer a window into the world of jazz.. Features artists of varied fame and offers insights into their life, work and own musical interests.

The Julie Campiche Quartet perform at Schaffhauser Jazz Festival 2018.

The 29th Street Saxophone Quartet is an American quartet founded in 1982 by alto saxophonists Bobby Watson and Ed Jackson, tenor saxophonist Rich Rothenberg and baritone saxophonist, Jim Hartog.

Foot Together is a TorTube episode featuring Dutch jazz icon Hermine Deurloo on the chromatic harmonica, in collaboration with the Dual City Concert Band led by Rini Swinkels. The spirited big band plays swinging and powerful jazz, with the incredible Hermine Deurloo adding a touch of Toots Thiel...

The Morgenland Chamber Orchestra has been an integral part of the Morgenland Festival since 2009. As part of the festival's opening concert, the orchestra perform a collection of pieces that evoke a range of emotions.

Since the 1990's, with each new album, Omar Sosa has been developing his own identity, mixing influences from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.

Among the artists presenting themselves at jazzahead! 2023 is Dutch drummer Felix Schlarmann. To reflect the excitement and variety of the Dutch scene, he has formed a new seven-piece group of contrasting players from different generations.

The talented Canadian trombonist Audrey Ochoa performs jazz music in Bremen, Germany. Ochoa's music serves as a showcase of both her compositional skill and talent on her instrument.