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In 1977, when the album “This is Your Life” was released, the Jazz-Funk fever had hit Connors. His brilliant interpretation of “Stella”, the Jazz-Funk instrumental “Captain Connors” and more breathtaking Soul tunes were the ingredients of this one. The album made him one of the big masters of this genre.

Another six years later, in 1976, George Benson had found his unique sound, his trademark. He had thrown the overly intellectual traditional Jazz approach…

Binoche's jury also awarded prizes to the actors playing the two lead roles in the Chinese drama 'Di jiu ­tian chang' about loss and denial. The award winners…

While Jeff Lorber was forced to adapt to what the Americans call Smooth Jazz, to a certain extent, he never dumped the quality. On stages, he delivers it all, including serious Straight Ahead Jazz and the kind of breathtaking Jazz-Funk his career was built on.

Germany's most important film festival is basically the combined equivalent of the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes and the Sundance Film Festival, all in one.…

'Still Not Dead Yet' is the title of the European tour Phil Collins will embark on in spring, just after finishing his previous world tour, which lasted two…

It might sound exaggerated, but Nancy Wilson has actually recorded 65 albums. The first one, "Like in Love" was released in 1959. The last one, "Turned to Blue", came out in 2006. This one got her one of her Grammy Awards, as "Best Jazz Vocal Album".

When I ran a European concert agency and booked 'Real Music' artists such as Incognito, Spyro Gyra and Carleen Anderson quite a few years ago, I came across a…

Needless to say, Charles Aznavour was drowned in awards, both for his singing and acting. In 2006, he launched a big farewell tour. But, as it turns out, that…

“I remember always having to use number 2 pencils to rewind cassette tapes”, says Ada L. Lee from San Francisco. “It was very time-consuming. sometimes I would just toss the tape and go buy another one. I lost some beautiful songs like that.” Ada is not alone with that kind of experience. Earth, Wind & Fire tapes which got tangled up in car…