jazz

With top-end videos, Quincy Jones opens 'Netflix of jazz'

Paris - Emirates Voice

Calling it the "Netflix of jazz," legendary producer Quincy Jones is rolling out Qwest TV, a first global platform dedicated to on-demand jazz videos. The site launches Friday evening with some 400 titles available ranging from a previously unreleased documentary of late Swedish piano prodigy Esbjorn Svensson to concert footage from greats in jazz and related genres including blues masterRead more

Pop music ban a hit with Bulgarian radio audience

Sofia - AFP

Bulgaria's public radio has been given a surprise boost in listeners after a copyright war limited the broadcaster to airing music recorded at least 70 years ago. The station has been playing classical music and long-forgotten jazz and folk pieces for almost two months now after its management refused to pay increased annual royalty fees to the Musicautor performers' rightsRead more

Mariah Carey in fine voice and at her diva-ish best for Dubai Jazz Festival

Dubai - ArabToday

"It’s New Year’s Eve all over again … but the real way we should have celebrated," declared Mariah Carey, launching into Emotions at Dubai Jazz Festival — and tackling the elephant in the room head-on. Thursday’s concert was Carey’s first public gig since that over-reported, televised "meltdown" on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, in which she embarrassingly struggled throughRead more

David Bowie remembered as engaging

New York - Arab Today

When David Bowie walked unassumingly into a cozy New York jazz club to hear Donny McCaslin play, the saxophonist admits he wasn't well-versed in the rock icon's vast discography. Bowie, who had a vision for the rhythmic underpinning of what would become his final album, met McCaslin in person a week later and soon emailed him to propose a collaboration.Read more

Drawn to the Biblical history of the Intriguing land of 'Jesus'

London - Arab Today

On the 30 April 2016, the iMaestri Orchestra will be performing the World Premiere of Elizabeth Norden's orchestral piece , "Palestine " in the beautiful setting of The Holy Trinity Church in South Kensington , London. It is a musical memoir that reflects her profound experience of Palestine back in 1998 when she was invited to teach and perform onRead more