von Stefan Hentz – Im Abseits der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung ist der Jazz längst in die Sphäre der angesehenen Kunstsparten aufgerückt ist. Ein Quantensprung?

by Hayden Chisholm – As „Improvisor in Residence“ in Moers, it is a part of my „job“ as I see it to connect somehow to the people in the town.

by Martin Longley – Coming to Eve Risser’s new Clean Feed album wearing a blindfold, it might not be immediately apparent that she’s crafting a solo improvisation at the piano.

von Stefan Hentz – Es gibt dieses unglaubliche Gefühl, das allem anderen zugrunde liegt. In einem Orchester sitzen, inmitten einer größeren Gruppe von Gleichgesinnten,

by Martin Longley – The first time that I saw, and succumbed to, Pulverize The Sound was when they made a monstrously aggressive, volume-maximised appearance at the 2011 Vision Festival […]

by Martin Longley – There are plenty of big bands playing at the Moers Festival this year, but the Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen almost attains such full size with his […]

We’ve met Sarah and Colin recently at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam and asked them a few questions:

von Wolf Kampmann – Dublin, Ende April 2015. Das 12 Points Festival präsentiert den Stand des jungen europäischen Jazz. Dabei wird Wert auf eine stilistisch ausgewogene Mischung von Free bis Traditional und […]

by Martin Longley – Norway’s sPacemoNkey duo have jazz-derived improvisation at their heart, but have an equal love for electronica, rock, industrial noise and imaginary movie soundscaping.

by Jean and Marcus Baylor – We are Jean and Marcus Baylor and we are supremely excited about our debut Performance at Moers Festival this May!