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Eminent jazz singer Dianne Reeves has won several Grammy Awards, and performed alongside luminaries like Harry Belafonte and Sérgio Mendes. Her appearances in the series Sex and the City and the George Clooney film Good Night, and Good Luck brought her inimitable voice to an even wider audience. The arrangements for the Frankfurt Radio Big Band here are by John Beasley.

Frankfurt Radio Bigband

Jazz icon Dianne Reeves performs a selection of popular American songs backed by the Frankfurt Radio Big Band.

Dianne Reeves

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Kham Meslien, former bassist with the group Lo'Jo, is launching himself on a solo adventure. And what better place to take flight than the Alpine mountains surrounding Cosmo Jazz?

Cosmo Jazz 2023

Double bassist Kham Meslien takes to the heights for the Cosmo Jazz Festival.

Kham Meslien

On 1 March 2020, the Polish city of Katowice would become the epicentre of the jazz world for a few brief moments. Why? A special concert by two giants of contemporary jazz: Ron Carter and Richard Galliano. An exceptional duet to be heard here again and again.

Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa

Two jazz generations united on one stage. Ron Carter and Richard Galliano at the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa.

Richard Galliano and Ron Carter

After years living in France, Chilly Gonzales has rustled up a whole album in hommage to chanson française. The versatile Canadian pianist demonstrates his admiration for the form onstage at the ARTE Concert Festival. 

ARTE Concert Festival 2023

The versatile pianist declares his love for chanson françaises onstage at the ARTE Concert festival.

Chilly Gonzales

An exclusive date in Poland for Ron Carter, who is joined here by Rene Rosnes on piano, Jimmy Greene on tenor saxophone and Payton Crossley on drums. Together, the four artists make up the Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet, and it's the first time they've played together in front of a camera.

Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet pays tribute to Miles Davis at the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa.

Ron Carter New Foursight Quartet

Adi Oasis brings a smooth sensuality to all her music, particularly on latest single Multiply, a song about ovulation. Her vocal lines are as supple as her bass-playing, creating tranquil grooves that are the perfect tonic for sweaty summer city living. 

Elbjazz Festival 2023

Neo-soul bassist Adi Oasis weaves tranquil grooves tinged with elegant melodies and smooth vocals.

Adi Oasis

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From the banks of the river Elbe in Hamburg, Elbjazz has built a reputation on its eclectic lineup, bringing together artists across the jazz spectrum from blues to pop. That approach has seen it become one of Europe's most popular jazz festivals, each year bringing established artists together with up and coming acts in a breezy, cosmopolitan atmosphere. 

Elbjazz returns to Hamburg for what has become one of Europes most popular jazz festivals.

Cosmo Jazz continues to take jazz sounds to new heights. Held every summer in Chamonix, this festival brings together the cream of contemporary jazz in an unusual setting: the majestic Alps. Open-air concerts set against a breathtaking backdrop.

The best from the Alps free festival

Cosmo Jazz

With its eclectic programme the Nancy Jazz Pulsations takes in everything from jazz to electro.

Nancy Jazz Pulsations

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With the Frankfurt Radio Bigband

ALA.NI, Patrice, Celeste, Kareen Guiock Thuram, Kham Meslien and Youn Sun Nah celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone at the Pantheon in Paris. Six artists, six emotional perspectives on the work of this timeless artist.

Resonances at the Paris Pantheon

Six contemporary artists celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone.

Nina Simone

Trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Fred Hersh perform from their album, The Song Is You, at the Italian Piacenza jazz festival.

Piacenza Jazz Fest

Trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Fred Hersh perform from their album, The Song Is You, at the Italian azz festival.

Enrico Rava & Fred Hersch

For the 5th edition of Piano Day, ARTE Concert invites Guillaume Poncelet, Sarah McCoy, Gael Rakotondrabe, Léonie Pernet, Thomas Enhco and Clara Ysé to the Palais de Tokyo for an evening dedicated to this versatile and timeless instrument.

Sarah McCoy | Thomas Enhco | Léonie Pernet

Arte Concert celebrates the piano at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

ARTE Concert presents Piano Day 2024

Guillaume Poncelet unleashes all the emotional power of his neo-classical piano compositions at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. A superb introduction to his album Durango.

Piano Day 2024

Guillaume Poncelet's neoclassical notes bring enchantment to ARTE Concert's Piano Day.

Guillaume Poncelet

After stunning us at the 2017 ARTE Concert Festival, Sarah McCoy returns to our cameras for this year's Piano Day. A concert driven by the bluesy melodies of her album High Priestess.

Sarah McCoy performs a lively concert of soul, blues and folk moods for Piano Day 2024.

Sarah McCoy

Gael Rakotondrabe and Léonie Pernet enlarge and compliment each other's worlds for ARTE Concert's Piano Day. One concert, four hands, tons of talent: Everything necessary to thrill the audience at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, which has been taken over for the occasion.

Gael Rakotondrabe and Léonie Pernet perform their first concert together.

Gael Rakotondrabe & Léonie Pernet

In the rotunda of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, pianist Thomas Enhco and singer Clara Ysé demonstrate their startling piano skills. A meeting of jazz and pop orchestrated for ARTE Concert's Piano Day 2024.

Thomas Enhco and Clara Ysé combine jazz and pop for Piano Day 2024.

Thomas Enhco & Clara Ysé

The NDR Bigband play on home turf here at Elbjazz festival, marking their ongoing collaboration with Cuban pianist-composer Omar Sosa. 17 players in total demonstrate an uncommon versitility as they leap across a variety of styles underlined by the cosmopolitan compositions of Sosa's restless creative spirit. 

Mindblowing bigband from Hamburg's NDR, showcasing their ongoing collaboration with Cuban pianist-composer Omar Sosa.

NDR Bigband & Omar Sosa

Jon Batiste performs at Ground Control! The flamboyant Louisiana native introduces an intimate gathering to the lush world of his sixth album: World Music Radio.

Ground Control

Jon Batiste performs at Ground Control! The flamboyant Louisiana native introduces an intimate audience to the lush world of his sixth album: World Music Radio.

Jon Batiste

Vega Trails is the latest project from double bassist Milo Fitzpatrick and saxophonist Jordan Smart, a duo weaving the raw power of bass with emotional melodies. These two masterful artists skillfully guide audiences through reflections and narratives often tinged with melancholy.

Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2023

A charismatic duo merging Milo Fitzpatrick's double bass with Jordan Smart's saxophone.

Vega Trails

This supergroup featuring Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Vincent Peirani and Emile Parisien perform their Les Egarés project for a special edition of Journeys Through Music.

Journeys Through Music

Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Vincent Peirani and Emile Parisien present their project Les Egarés.

Sissoko, Segal, Parisien & Peirani

Dhafer Youssef demonstrates his total mastery of the oud at Cosmo Jazz Festival. The perfect opportunity to hear some cuts from his 2019 album Sounds of Mirror.

Contemporary oud master Dhafer Youssef at the Cosmo Jazz Festival.

Dhafer Youssef

Performing under a dome with exceptional acoustics, inexhaustible showman Jamie Cullum gives a spellbinding solo concert, mixing up genres from jazz to rock and pop.

Piano solo in Versailles

Jamie Cullum gives a spellbinding concert alone at the piano, mixing up jazz, rock and pop sounds.

Jamie Cullum

Kyle Eastwood brings his quintet together with the Orchestre National de Lyon to pay tribute to the career of his father, Clint Eastwood. A concert combining jazz, classical music and cinema.

Auditorium de Lyon

A symphonic homage to the work of Clint Eastwood by his son.

Eastwood Symphonic

Polish festival Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa pays tribute to the symphonic legacy of Wayne Shorter, led by multi-instrumentalist esperanza spalding. A concert featuring ssperanza spalding's quartet, conductor Clark Rundell and the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra.

Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023

Multi-instrumentalist esperanza spalding pays tribute to Wayne Shorter at the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa festival.

esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter

Fifty years in the music business is a cause for celebration, so Richard Galliano is inviting you to Poland for his jubilee to the Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa festival. The jazzman will be joined by the Polish National Radio Orchestra to perform a Piazzolla concerto, followed by one of his own creations.

After half a century on the jazz scene, Richard Galliano celebrates a beautiful jubilee in Poland.

Richard Galliano and the National Orchestra of the Polish Radio

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Tom Gaebel, with his smart suit, polished shoes and perfect hair, is the German gentleman of swing. As a tribute to his master, Frank Sinatra, he performs with the WDR symphony orchestra, playing all the Sinatra classics including My Way, Strangers in the Night and New York, New York.

100 Years of Frank Sinatra

The internationally renowned bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen performs in an exclusive concert from the Maillon theatre in Strasbourg. Accompanied by drummer Roni Kaspi and pianist Elchin Shirinov, the jazzman presents his forthcoming album Shifting Sands.

Private Session at the Maillon Theatre, Strasbourg

IThe internationally renowned bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen performs from his forthcoming album Shifting Sands.

Avishai Cohen Trio

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Cherise has seen her stunning and soulful voice raise to new heights of recognition in the past few years. After winning at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, she featured in a Disney Christmas camapign alongside jazz legend Gregory Porter and just released the powerful Calling album. Catch her unique talent here at Elbjazz 2023.

Refreshing neo-soul from London artist Cherise, winner of Vocalist of the Year in the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. 

Cherise

The soft, evocative music of jazz duo Svaneborg Kardyb is a welcome balm at the Europavox festival. You might even call it musical hygge. 

Europavox Sessions 2023

Jazz duo Svaneborg Kardyb is representing Denmark at the Europavox festival.

Svaneborg Kardyb

Miles Davis made his comeback on the stage of the very prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in 1984. In his tracklist, the trumpeter includes Time After Time, a cover of a slow song by Cyndi Lauper. And that, for jazz purists who considered Miles Davis a living God, was an act of high treason.

Miles Davis

How the God of jazz, Miles Davis, shocked jazz purists