Jazz Middelheim is a great jazz fest situated in front of an old mansion in a park just outside of Antwerp – a gathering small enough to provide an intimate atmosphere, but big enough to book some stellar names.
Now in its eighth year the Ystad Jazz Festival (not far from Malmo in southern Sweden) shows that with strong programing and excellent organisation new festivals can grow and create an audience (and future) for themselves.
This year's edition of the London Festival of Korean Music – more snappily titled K-Music – features a wide range of sounds with contemporary twists on traditional Korean folk music across nine dates around the capital from 15 September to 25 October.
Clap your pies on this vid exclusive from award-winning London duo Binker & Moses performing 'Fete By The River', a prime cut from their celebrated sophomore long-player, Journey to the Mountain of Forever, recorded live at the Total Refreshment Centre in Shacklewell on 25 June.
Flying north-west from Oslo on a propeller aeroplane, the first impression of Molde arrives via its surrounding terrain of misty, snow-topped mountains, dotted wooden inhabitations and sea-circled islets.
Joshua Redman (top), looking super svelte in suit and dicky bow, is in a mischievous mood.
After the terrible events on the Promenade des Anglais on the 14 July last year this year's Nice and Jazz à Juan jazz festivals were bound to be tinged with more than a little sadness.
This year's Parliamentary Jazz Awards will take place on 10 October at Pizza Express Jazz Club's swish new venue in Holborn WC1 – the first time the awards have taken place away from Parliament.
As expected, the Gent Jazz Festival performs its characteristic trick of balancing hardcore jazz with outside forms, though this year the splitting of these types into two separate long weekends was less marked.
There's said to be a minor resurgence in swing in the metropolis, with new bands popping up, and that's all to the good.
