In 1996 Terrie goes on a year long round-trip through Africa. Although The Ex are supposed to have a sabbatical this year, it’s members are not idle. Singer Sok tours with the troubadouresque punk-folk posse De Kift, bass-player Luc can be heard on the album The Untraceable Cigar of melancholic free-jazz quartet Roof (featuring a.o. [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1996-1998)
July 12, 2010
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1992-1995)
July 5, 2010
In March 1992 The Ex finish their 7″ singles series with a 12″ single that doesn’t fit into the compilation-box. The next period sees The Ex slowly but surely moving more and more towards the jazz and improviational scene. Most of the year The Ex tour extensively with Tom Cora in the U.S. and Western [...]
[Go See] Gerard Mosterd’s Gamelan & Jazz project
May 18, 2010
Dancer Joana Schwing Theater producer and choreographer Gerard Mosterd is working on an new interdisciplinary project in wich he works with the contrast between Asiatic ritual cyclical musical forms and the individualistic improvisation techniques of jazz. On May 20th and 27th during the Tong Tong Festival in The Hague he will give two presentations of [...]
R.I.P. Hank Jones (1918-2010)
May 17, 2010
Hank Jones at North Sea Jazz Festival 2009 Last night American jazz legend Hank Jones passed away. Jones played with artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Artie Shaw, Charlie Parker and Benny Goodman. In 1989 he received the NEA Jazz Masters Award, one of the most prestigious awards in jazz. In 2003 he received the Jazz Living Legend [...]
Artist Exposed: Knalpot
May 8, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9eERE3FpME] The series of Artist Exposed for the ZXZW 2009 fest, highlights the artists you definitely do not want to miss! Click the tag Artist Exposed for more posts! Knalpot will play Sunday 20 September. Knalpot are Raphael Vanoli (guitar/casio/electronics) and Gerri Jäger (drums). At a push it’d be possible to sqeeze Knalpot into the [...]
Jazz is all you need
April 28, 2009
The Guardian has put up another piece on Jazz history, this time focusing on Benny Goodman. Read it here! Ellington’s music and motivation was different to that of Benny Goodman, a white virtuoso clarinetist from Chicago who became a bigger star than Ellington during the 30s boom in big-band swing – a phenomenon as big [...]
No Mono but Nomo
April 9, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrNrLCIPug] You know the Japanese post-rock of Mono, but did you know Nomo? The perfect soundtrack for your Thursday afternoon. Jazzy, electronic, funky, delicious!
SUN RA ARKESTRA live at the Paradox cd!
March 27, 2009
In+ Out Records are an Austrian Jazz label, which released record by all the great names in contemporary jazz. They’ve just release a new cd from Sun Ra Arkestra live at Paradox. The liner notes say this: As “Artists in Residence”, the Arkestra performed on five evenings at the Paradox Music Club from September 15th [...]
George Russell- Stratusphunk
March 25, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUAfV7VtsCo] Check this out cats! George Russell was one of the jazz innovators, inspiring artists like Miles Davis. This video had a very young Bill Evans on piano.
Knalpot
March 2, 2009
Knalpot features the drummer of The Black Napkins, who performed at ZXZW 2008. Check out their live performance at 3voor12.
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Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]