Music & More at Jazzdag
Music & More will be attending the Jazzdag fair in Rotterdam on June 24th in Lantaren/Venster. The Dutch Nu-Jazz Movement will be there as well. Please come over to our stand to say hi and to let us inform you about our future plans and current artists roster....
Sugarfix out now Worldwide
Laura and her Vipertones are full steam ahead these days. After some very succesful shows over the past few months at several of the bigger (jazz)festivals, their second album 'Sugar Fix' hit the streets worldwide on June 10th. Especially the press in Germany is...
The Adventure Continues…
After a sabbatical of 1,5 years, The Auratones hit back at Jazz in Duketown in June. The organisation declared that show - attended by over 5000 people- as the revelation of the festival. The Auratones rocked the place with a hard-groovin’ Focus front man Thijs van...
Buzz Bros Band Goes Abroad
The latest cd of the Buzz Bros Band, titled “Ppff unk”, was well received in both the Netherlands and oversees. 'These cats really know how to jam. Nothing but energy and acoustic - it is explosive!' - Birmingham Post. So the band goes abroad once more: in July the...
Sugar Fix – Laura Vane & The Vipertones
Laura Vane & The Vipertones must have stepped into a time machine, how else did they manage to write and record an album of such fine quality and distinction during last years busy touring schedule? 'Sugar Fix' the follow up album to the highly acclaimed...
JOC ft. Jan van Duikeren
With his distinctive sound and energetic and lyrical approach, Rotterdam-based trumpet player Jan van Duikeren (1975) now ranks among a new generation of prominent musicians in the Dutch jazz scene. His extensive musical interests and outstanding versatility have...
Jaffa – Debut Album ‘Echoes’
"Spring is here and Jaffa is about to burst out of the Social Beats studio! Christel Meijer & Phil Martin are releasing their debut album 'Echoes' on May 8th and will already be presenting their jazzy electronic pop tunes coming April, playing two shows in a row:...
Let’s present: The Buzz Bross Band
The Buzz Bros music can best be described as adventurous, freely interpreted electric acoustic funky jazz with an ethnic touch. Does that sound good or what? Guitarist and composer Marnix Busstra is the musical genius behind the band. All compositions played by the...
Music & More @ Jazzahead Bremen
Music & More will be attending the JazzAhead fair in Bremen Germany once more on april 28th/29th. The Dutch Nu-Jazz Movement will be there as well. Please come over to our stand to say hi and let us inform you about our future plans and current artists. Also, if...
Freedom ‘Schijf van Zes’ on Radio 6
Scallymatic Orchestra plays the music of Jimi Hendrix. Do not expect the usual guitar show, however. SO deconstructs and rebuilds the music according to their own laws. In these heavily Scallymatised versions sometimes only the words and melody have been left intact....
The Jazzinvaders & Germany
In 2011 The Jazzinvaders will focus on Germany. Their newest album '3' was recently released and the band is now aiming for many clubs and festival gigs. Their first German gig will be at the legendary Jazzclub in Minden on February 19th followed by gigs in Wels,...
Anne Chris Goes Asia
In february 2011 Anne Chris will go on tour in Asia! The tour starts of in Thailand, where her last CD ‘'Play for Now’' will be released. Following this release there’ll be concerts in Bangkok and Koh Samui, to start off with. After Thailand, Anne Chris will join the...
Great Songs By…
The Jazzinvaders keys player Berthil Busstra started recently a new project: Great Eyeballs. A project which started as a Herbie Hancock tribute band. After playing a while, the musicians started to play their own songs. The chemistry was so strong that the recordings...
JAZZAHEAD! 2011
Monsieur Dubois just finished recording their new album which will be released in April '11. At the same time they will perform at the JAZZAHEAD!, the annual music meeting and largest jazzbusiness event in Europe. From a total of 160 applicants, an international jury...
Licks & Brains in Thailand
The new Licks & Brains album 'The Road' has recently been published in Thailand by Hitman Jazz, a label which focuses on bringing European jazz acts to the Thai market. So if you want your exclusive Thai version of the album, book a holiday and find the album in...
Music & More on Facebook
It took some time to figure out but now it's finally there: The Music & More page on Facebook. As Facebook is becoming more important every day, we decided we couldn't miss out on that one. So if you like what we do and like the artists we represent, please visit...
Jazzinvaders Go Spain
After the recent release of the new CD '3' the reactions have been very positive. It looks like ' a mission accomplished' yet again (for which we own Timothy eternal gratitude ;->) As a result the Jazzinvaders have also found a new music agency in Vienna (MIOOOW...
Jazzinvaders Third
This month The Jazzinvaders will release their lastest album worldwide simply called: '3'. As on all their albums the Jazzinvaders obtain new territory, but only to ignite their appetite. This time the band got their inspiration from the 70’s funkjazz artist like...
Aangenaam Jazz
The track "The Soul Integration" by Monsieur Dubois got selected for the "Aangenaam Jazz..." compilation, an annual cd release meant to promote Jazz to the (Dutch) public. This set of 2 cd's offers a nice mixture of tastes, of upcoming and established jazzartists and...
Remixes and B-sides
For a unique and contrasting take on the original songs from their debut album, Laura Vane & The Vipertones have called upon their 'family' of Soul, Funk and Nu Jazz artists for remixes which will compile the new LP. The group have also been busy throwing out the...
Welcome Pigalle 44
The mark of all great musicians in jazz history is their sense of tradition and progress. Stagnation is the death of jazz, and who would want dead music? - Ornette Coleman. Guitarist Reinier Voet sees his role in gypsy jazz in the same perspective. He doesn’t hide the...
Scallymatic Orchestra plays Jimi Hendrix
"I wish I'd had a chance to play with Jimi. But that's okay - he's playing with Coltrane now." Miles Davis at Hendrix’ funeral, september 1970. Jimi Hendrix passed away 40 years ago, but his music is still relevant and an inspiration to many. Hendrix himself has...
Licks & Brains – The Road Album release
Licks & Brains, one of the Netherlands finest bigbands, is about to release their second album already! Leading Dutch radio deejay Giel Beelen can't stop playing their tunes on Radio6. The album will be released on september 17th and will start with an early...
Diesler – Laura Vane – South Side Morning – Roof Off
Socialbeats, together with Unique Records, are gearing up to release their seventh 7” record in the Best of Seven Series. This latest installment features two artists showcasing their funkiest tunes from their most recent albums. On the A side is Diesler with "South...
Bicio Papao – Compilation
After quite a while Unique finally delivers a compilation containing in-house tracks exclusively. From late-breaking tunes like Diesler’s "Samba Magic" and Al Supersonic’s "United Nation Of Soul" to Unique classics such as Glen Anthony Henry’s "I Don’t Know" or Eli...
North Sea Round Town
This year during NSRT Jazz & Sports will be closely related. From june 25th till July 11th there will be over 200 shows in Rotterdam. This year the 'Grand Depart' (start of the Tour the France) will be in Rotterdam. That alone will cause a big party but it will be...
Artvark Saxophone Quartet is hot this summer!
The next few weeks a lot is happening in Rotterdam (NL) and Artvark is involved with quite some events! Next Friday the 18th of June, Artvark SQ will perform at the closing night of the 41st Poetry International Festival in the main hall of De Rotterdamse Schouwburg....