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Michel Meis 4tet with outstanding violinist Théo Ceccaldi was the 6th band featured at SHUFFLE Luxembourg on 11 March 2021. They played some rich and lyrical modern jazz. Their album ‘KaBoom’ will be out this May 2021; here is their ‘Re:build’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idgXty8Rfdo&list=PLvxzHiKNCHiMX_TJRIwYB3XrTUz9SXMZ3&index=10&ab_channel=music%3ALX%2CLuxembourgExportOffice
Claire Parsons and her band, the 5th band featured at SHUFFLE Luxembourg on 11 March 2021, presented a very beautiful set. Her album ‘In Geometry’ was released in 2020. Here is their slow-burn ‘Line. Dot. Curve.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOwRsp03MFg&list=PLvxzHiKNCHiMX_TJRIwYB3XrTUz9SXMZ3&index=8&ab_channel=music%3ALX%2CLuxembourgExportOffice
Benoit Martiny Band, the 4th band featured at SHUFFLE Luxembourg on 11 March 2021, playing their highly energetic jazz-rock. Their album ‘Moon Of Uranus’ was released in 2020 by BYP Records. Definitely a crowd-pleaser, judging by the live online comments!
Their humorous/poignant tune, ‘The world goes to shit but you still play that jazz’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1NFHsVZSP4&list=PLvxzHiKNCHiMX_TJRIwYB3XrTUz9SXMZ3&index=12&ab_channel=music%3ALX%2CLuxembourgExportOffice
‘Lockdown Patchwork’ by Leafcutter John. Made from over three hundred diverse field recordings that were contributed by members of the public. Commissioned by Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival & Leeds Art Gallery, it premieres on 25 March 2021 at 7pm GMT. Likely to be really interesting. ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6VIPYbP7mw&ab_channel=LeafcutterJohn
Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen: the third band featured at SHUFFLE Luxembourg, 11 March 2021.
Reis-Demuth-Wiltgen, a ‘leaderless’ band, played their dynamic, highly danceable sounds. Their album ‘Sly’ came out in February 2021 from Cam…
Greg Lamy, with guitarist Flavio Boltro: the second great band featured at SHUFFLE Luxembourg, 11 March 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWNnrdjSuwg&list=PLvxzHiKNCHiMX_TJRIwYB3XrTUz9SXMZ3&index=5&ab_channel=music%3ALX%2CLuxembourgExportOffice
SHUFFLE Luxembourg, 11 March 2021. Recorded in the Neumunster Complex, Luxembourg. First up: Klein!
Last Thursday SHUFFLE Luxembourg held an event to showcase some of the most interesting jazz Luxembourg has to offer. A…
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Burns Night tomorrow 25th January, so in Burns’ honour here is the SNJO’s instrumental version of the very beautiful ‘My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose’, with spoken intro and recitation by Tommy Smith himself!
Pic by Derek Clark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x288BDg4JxQ&ab_channel=ScottishNationalJazzOrchestra
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A wee snippet of fantastic music from this superb Edinburgh-based band: Trio HLK!!
https://www.facebook.com/triohlk/videos/172757884188029
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The superb Scottish National Jazz Orchestra are holding a very special, 25th anniversary concert, live-streamed from Perth, Scotland concert hall this Saturday 5th December. ??
Photo by Derek Clark. Here’s the Press release: Founded in 1995 by saxophonist and musical director Tommy Smith OBE, the…