By Alex Martynov Two days after their own concert at the biggest ten-day-long Ukrainian jazz festival, Jazz Bezz 2008, I had a chance to talk with Ukrainian bass player Mark Tokar and German drummer Klaus Kugel at an informal setting. Their group with Lithuanian saxophonist Petras Vysniauskas already has some history behind it but only recently was christened Buchkys (which means kiss in Lithuanian). Buchkys was about to perform as a quartet with Romanian pianist Mircea … [Read more...]

Dear readers, the vote is on. Source:  http://www.freejazz-stef.blogspot.com Many thanks for your suggestions. I changed my initial list a little, unfortunately sticking to the CDs that I have reviewed and or know. It's a little difficult to add music I've never heard myself (yet). Here are the fifteen selected records. Everyone can cast one vote. If you want to know more about the selected albums, you can click on the names and you will be directed to the … [Read more...]

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Autor: Kajetan Prochyra Source: Jazzarium.pl Autor zdjęcia: Paweł Owczarczyk Undivided to dość przekorna nazwa dla zespołu, w którym każdy muzyk jest z innego kraju i trochę innej muzycznej tradycji. Jak doszło do Waszego spotkania? Wacław Zimpel: Najpierw poznałem Marka Tokara w Krakowie i zaczęliśmy grać w duecie. Mark już wtedy grał z Klausem Kugelem i zaproponował, żebyśmy się spotkali. Udało się to w Krakowie, podczas koncertu Klausa w Alchemii z Charlesem … [Read more...]