Desmond appeared only half a dozen times with his "Canadian Quartet" -- Ed Bickert on guitar, Don Thompson on bass, and Jerry Fuller on drums. Fortunately Don Thompson also doubles as a recording engineer, and a number of the club dates were recorded and released. The group also appeared on CBC-TV's Take 30, and were recorded at the Edmonton Jazz Festival.

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Le trio Rosenberg fait partie de la grande famille des Sinti (les manouches de Hollande). Ce sont trois cousins Passionnés par la musique de Django Reinhardt. A la tête de ce trio Stochelo Rosenberg à l'impressionant virtuosité. Derrie`re lui, Nous'che, son cousin a` la guitare rythmique et Nonnie a` la contrebasse. Stochelo ne sait ni lire ni écrire la musique. Il a appris la guitare en e´coutant les disques de Django, en reprenant les accords qu'il voyait ses oncles jouer lors de bœufs sur le camp manouche. C'est un des groupes phares dans le style de Django aujourd'hui.

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Featuring Ray Barretto, Wynton Marsalis, Mal Waldron, Abbey Lincoln, Dianne Reeves, Buddy Guy, Betty Carter...

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German virtuoso Helmut Zacharias, a child prodigy who defied the Nazis and came to be called the "best jazz violinist in the world", has died in Switzerland, his daughter announced Friday. He was 82. He succumbed to Alzheimer's disease at a nursing home in Brissago on the shores of Lago Maggiore in Switzerland. In a career which spanned eight decades, Zacharias charmed audiences with his witty, jazzy renditions of classical motifs and pop themes. His last public performance was in December 1995 when he appeared on a nationally broadcast television show in Germany. ... Biography by by www.wiesenthal.com

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Emy Dragoï’s Etno-Fonia project delves into the heritage of Romanian folk music which he re-interprets using the language of jazz – surrounded by an almost symphonic band. The encounter of these popular and knowing cultures produce an explosive Balkan cocktail, strongly evoking the exuberance of Kusturica’s movies, the virtuosity of Tzigane music and the lyricism of jazz. This new depiction boasts talent and portrays the vitality of the heritage of traditional music given an astonishingly modern treatment. Review by Benjamin GOLDENSTEIN & Patrick FREMEAUX

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Esma, a Gipsy from the city of Skopje, as she calls herself, raised by the late Stevo Teodosievski, revolving the world and broadening the acquaintance of Macedonia and Skopje, last year celebrated 40 years undeniably prolific work. According her achieved acknowledges and successes, she is, indeed the most successful performer of all times. Further more, going deeper into her intimate, private life we become aware that she is our second Mother Teresa. Namely, Esma not having the luck of being a natural mother, she brought up 5 children in her own house, and other 47 are proud the say that Esma is their mother and father. Nowadays, each year, giving concerts around the world, which have never been noticeable in our media; in complete anonymity she raises money for her armaments, educating them, above all providing them blissful and normal life. Never have knocked on state institutional doors, years from now, Esma, lives and works like a benevolent institution being for much replacement for the society. Even her monograph and her web page are sponsored by her own means and again it is not for sale but only given away as a present. Esma lives in democracy, accepting the trade market even in the culture and being a great worker and quality, nothing ever is unconquerable. It is beyond doubts, that she is completely civil and intellectually orientated person, suffering a great soreness in her soul not only because of her husband’s earlier departure from this world but also because living in a society that has a huge trouble understanding magnanimities like her and finding a way to reimburse at least with a crumb of love. Perhaps it is understandable why Esma held her hands upon Vasil Tupurkovski when he stated, “We are all Macedonia”!, finding a bit of hope that after all something is going to be changed. Biographye by Darko MARKOVIC

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