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The Jean John Quartet ft. Kelly Green
It was a pleasure to see Hotel Kras – Jazz Hram packed for a jazz concert on Friday, March 20, 2026, as the audience in Postojna gathered for the Jean John Quartet featuring Kelly Green. The show took place in the hotel’s bar as part of the ongoing Jazz Hram – Jazz v Postojni concert cycle, organized…
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Sullivan Fortner Trio
Only a few months after appearing at the Ljubljana Jazz Festival alongside vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, pianist Sullivan Fortner returned to Ljubljana with his working trio. The visit came just weeks after he received his third Grammy Award, this time for Best Instrumental Jazz Album for Southern Nights. His current trio — featuring bassist Tyrone…
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Matt Dwonszyk – Live At The Side Door
A Band Built on Shared History With Live at the Side Door, bassist Matt Dwonszyk captures a quintet whose deep musical connection comes from years of playing together. The group—trumpeter Josh Bruneau, tenor saxophonist Matt Knoegel, pianist Taber Gable, drummer Jonathan Barber, and Dwonszyk himself—shares roots in the Hartford jazz scene and the Jackie McLean…
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In the Brass Palace – Kurt Elling & WDR Big Band
Big band remains one of jazz’s most demanding orchestral forms. It requires architectural precision in arranging, a deeply grounded rhythm section, and enough space for improvisation to keep the music alive. When it succeeds, it feels less like a set of charts and more like a carefully constructed structure — foundation, framework, detail, and finally,…
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BEATrio
Béla Fleck | Edmar Castañeda | Antonio SánchezCankarjev dom, Linhart Hall – February 3, 2026 With 19 Grammys, banjo pioneer Béla Fleck lands in Ljubljana with a trio of pure virtuosity. His accomplices? Drum icon Antonio Sánchez, whose polyrhythmic genius fueled the Pat Metheny Group for 18 years, and Colombian force of nature Edmar Castañeda,…
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Amaury Faye – RUST
The final stretch of the year tends to arrive with an overload of releases, making it difficult for new albums to truly stand out. RUST, the latest release by French pianist and composer Amaury Faye, self-released on November 14 and produced by Clearway Prod., did exactly that. What initially comes across as an immediately engaging,…
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Seasonal Swing: The Concert Witness Jazz Christmas Selection
Christmas Jazz Selection CAREFULLY SELECTED TO INSPIRE, RELAX, AND MOVE YOU! We are delighted to have followed so many remarkable jazz artists throughout the year. 2025 has been an especially rewarding chapter for The Concert Witness: a year marked by outstanding concerts, meaningful encounters with musicians, and careful listening to a wide range of new releases…
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Winter Jazz Fest
The New York Winter Jazz Festival proudly announces its 2026 edition: Still We RISE. More than a series of concerts, this year’s festival is a curated visual and sonic experience, an immersive ode to resilience, and a collective proclamation rooted in the timeless words of Dr. Maya Angelou. With official permission from Caged Bird Legacy, LLC,…
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Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets at Zagreb Jazz Festival 2025: A Weather Report Celebration Reimagined
Zagreb, November 16, 2025 — Kino SCBy The Concert Witness When an artist celebrates music, the result can feel ceremonial. When a whole band does it, it becomes communal. Kurt Elling and Yellowjackets stepped onto the stage of Kino SC for the final concert of their European tour with a very specific purpose: to honor the legacy…
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Vincen García
Beyond the Groove: The Soulful Ascent of Vincen Garcia Vincen García stands at the forefront of modern jazz and funk. Celebrated worldwide and ranked among the top ten most-streamed bassists on the planet, he has built an unstoppable digital presence, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views and engagements. Fresh off a…