Programma Place d’Ary rond
Ook deze zomer vindt er in Dordrecht weer een editie plaats van het jaarlijkse Place d'Ary festival. Niet zoals voorheen vertrouwd op het Scheffersplein in het midden van de stad maar - wegens omstandigheden - op een prachtige nieuwe locatie: Het Groothoofd. Absoluut...
Dutch Jazzdag
Friday June 22nd, the Dutch annual Jazzdag meeting will take place once more at LantarenVenster in Rotterdam. Besides workshops, meetings and discussions there will be lots of bands showcasing at several locations. Music & More will be present as well. This year –...
High Energy Modal Jazz
Music & More proudly presents: The Bart Lust Quintet. A new concept had to be invented to name the style of the Bart Lust Quintet: High Energy Modal Jazz. The style and the sound make the most of the intense warmth emanating from the combination of trombone and...
New Jazzinvaders Movies
Here's some news from the Jazzinvaders HQ. As The Invaders keep exploring the universe they decided to re- record some tunes from their third album Blow! This time you can actually see the band perform in a studio setting. Performing live is the ultimate way of doing...
Monsieur Dubois 1999 – 2012
After many disappearances and re-appearances, the definite end has come for Monsieur Dubois. All good things should come to an end, for Dubois it lasted over 12,5 years and now it's time to move on. They want to thank everybody who supported Monsieur Dubois over the...
The Soul Snatchers ‘Scratch My Itch’ Album Release
Finally it’s time to announce the long awaited second full album by The Soul Snatchers: Scratch My Itch. The album will be released on February 9th 2012 in Paradiso (afterwards you can go see D'Angelo) on Social Beats / Unique Records. The album is once again a feast...
Monsieur Dubois: Dance!
In Spring 2011 dutch group Monsieur Dubois released its 3rd album Slow Bombastik. Now it’s time to let a handful of fine producers do their thing and pump up the levels. This EP will be distributed digitally only. However, the title track “Dance [Moto remix]” also...
Licks & Brains goes vocal!
This weekend the band started recording their third album. This time not only steady rhythm and plenty of horns, but also the vocal magic of Laura Vane, Frank Montis (who will also be playing the Hammond B3) and Lodewijk van Gorp. And to top it off the album will...
Great Eyeballs: Elektric Disco Jazz
Elektric Disco Jazz is the second CD from the group Great Eyeballs. This album, released exactly one year after their debut album "Great Songs By ...", was out in January 2012 on ‘The Sand Records’ . They have opted for a concept whereby all the pieces overlap and run...
New Single – Who I Am ft Jimi Bellmartin
The waiting is over. After releasing their debut album 'Sniffin' and Snatchin'' in 2007, The Soul Snatchers are back with a brand new single featuring dutch soul legend Jimi Bellmartin with the track 'Who I Am'. In many ways it's exactly what you would expect from a...
Laura Vane won Giels Mega Top 50
Laura Vane and her Vipertones got off to a great start with their incredible victory at 3fm, NL Radio on Giel Beelen’s Top 50 Covers Show! Last year, some of you may remember, they covered Martin Solveig’s huge global hit ‘Hello’ live on Giel’s show and since then the...
YOU ARE 110%, WE KNOW IT! REMIX LAURA VANE!
Just as the winter starts to finally set in, you find yourself more and more indoors, at home looking wistfully out of the window at the cold naked trees, dreaming of the lighter and longer days… You don’t know what you will do with yourself until 2012 comes round…...
The Jazzinvaders El3ctric OUT NOW
With the passion to push boundaries and to look for new innovative sounds and grooves within the music of The Jazzinvaders different producers worked on remixes of this new release. The jazzinvaders proudly present their remix album “El3ctric” Featuring Jazzinvader...
Live My Life
After the debut album ‘Straightforward Fascination’ released in september, DelMontis has been busy making a name for themselves by doing radio shows and other promotional concerts. They released a single edit from their album’s opener ‘Live My Life’ and after being...
Licks & Brains preparing new album
Licks & Brains are currently in full preparation for their new album, which will be recorded in the beginning of 2012. This album will be something quite different, as it will feature several vocal guests including Laura Vane and Frank Montis (also on Hammond)....
Marnix Busstra’s new album
The new band of Marnix Busstra, called Marnix Busstra's Band, recorded their first CD in October. The band had a very inspiring recording-session on 26 and 27 October, in the E-sound studio in Weesp. The recordings were as natural as possible, trying to capture the...
Buzz Bros Band goes India & China
The Buzz Bros Band is heading for a busy period in November and December. First of all a bunch of gigs in Holland (2 Nov: Cafe Miles in Amersfoort, 4 Nov: Jazz Festival, Heerde, 5 Nov: Twee Spieghels, Leiden), then a two week tour in India (from 8 Nov until 20 Nov,...
Anne Chris News
These past months Anne Chris and her band have been performing (a.o.) in Huis Verloren (Hoorn), Maal3 (Amstelveen) and Cinemarvelous (Alkmaar). As a guestvocalist Anne Chris was invited to join the Jan Learbuch Orchestra in Breda, together with saxophone player...
Azymuth Masterclass
Thursday October 13th the well respected 'samba jazz funk' group Azymuth will be performing in Dordrecht. During a Jazzlab night, Azymuth will play some songs but also tell about their approach, inspiration and experiences while making music over the past 40 years....
Some More Ear Candy
After the release of their single Capsize, it's now time to release a second single from the bands latest album. The band is releasing a special new 5-track EP ‘Some More Ear Candy' on October 15th. This EP throws the radio smacker ‘Sugar Fix' all the light it...
Free Downloads Jaffa
Not long ago, Jaffa released it's debut album 'Echoes'. To promote it a little more they now offer some free downloads so why not get it?! You can download the single 'Stay Out Here' together with 2 remixes by Phil Martin himself and new kid on the block CSPR. Feel...
DelMontis – Straightforward Fascination
Finally: DelMontis’ first album 'Straightforward Fascination' is finished and due to be released on the september 9th (ZenneZ Records). DelMontis is a balanced combination of sophisticated fat grooves, transparent songs and musical freedom. A fascinating mix of songs...
New Soul Snatchers album coming up
You might have thought otherwise but no, The Soul Snatchers are still alive and kickin'. It's been quiet for some time but the Soul Snatchers have not been sitting still! Over the past years they did work on other projects as well and released albums with acts like...
Jaffa getting ready
The new Jaffa album ‘Echoes’ has now seen its world wide release and is receiving some good reviews quote: “Christel Meijer's vocals are indeed exceedingly pleasant and seamlessly integrate into the various musical facets which Jaffa presents on this album”. To...
New slot for Licks & Brains
Licks & Brains is about to record a new album (once more). This time with guest vocalists like Frank Montis and British Soul Singer Laura Vane amongs others. Not only will their songs be recorded with (and goes without saying) special bigband arrangements,...
Official video Sugar Fix
So there it is, a brand new official 'Sugar Fix' video. Over the past few weeks the band did some serious working on a video and they're pretty happy with the result. Of course the video is out there to promote their just released album 'Sugar Fix' but there's more to...
Jaffa promo video
Jaffa is born out of the long existing desire of Dutch vocalist and songwriter Christel Meijer to create music with electronic flair. Being introduced to producer Phil Martin (a.o. The Jazzinvaders) from record label Social Beats opened up the door for this vision to...