At the end of August, many international musicians and industry people come together in Saalfelden for a jazz festival against the backdrop of breathtaking mountain scenery. Ranging from intense listening experiences to exuberant dance parties, concerts take place on various stages in the city as well as on Alpine pastures. We talked to Mario Steidl, …
For today’s interview we welcome Fiona Ross, founder of Women In Jazz Media, a not-for-profit organisation created to help support and create an equal, diverse, safe and healthy Jazz Industry. WiJM is a team of writers, photographers, painters, musicians, presenters, journalists, producers, editors based around the world. You’ll find links to learn more and follow …
Widely regarded as one of the most talented musicians of his generation, Israeli pianist Shai Maestro has, in a relatively short amount of time, built a reputation as a strong musical personality and an in-demand bandleader and sideman. As part of our jazz interviews series, we talked to him about his cooperation with ECM Records …
For today’s interview we asked a few questions to Jakob Flarer from the Austrian booking agency Saudades Tourneen whose motto is this: Creative, experimental, improvised, avantgarde, progressive, contemporary music is THE MUSIC WE LOVE In “normal” times, Saudades Tourneen organises more than 1,000 concerts per year and has worked with artists such as John Abercrombie, …
If, like us, you were preparing for Jazzahead! last year, we know how disappointing it was to hear it was being postponed to 2021. As one concert after another was cancelled with the onset of the pandemic, we waited anxiously for the inevitable news from jazzahead! No late night hangouts, no informal meetings with our …
If you’re familiar with Jazzfuel already, you’ll know that we try to talk to as many other ‘industry’ people as possible to extract great advice, strategies and insight that you can use as an independent musician. Of course, releasing music and getting international press coverage for it is a hot topic. Today’s guest – Patrick …
If you want to discover more about the thriving Polish jazz scene, Donos Kulturalny, by jazz journalist Krzysztof Komorek, is a great place to start! Krzysztof joined us for a short interview to share his long and varied experience in covering this music. He is not only the founder of the Donos Kulturalny blog, but …
Originally published March 2021 For today’s interview we’re joined by a real jazz legend with a career in contemporary music which stretches back nearly 50 years. NEA Master Dave Liebman emerged in the 70s performing saxophone (and sometimes flute) with artists including Miles Davis, Elvin Jones & Chick Corea. Alongside an illustrious career which includes …
If you’re looking to get your new music to the widest possible audience – as well as use it to get gig bookings later – press coverage is a very important focus. In order to run our own press outreach campaigns better, as well as advise musicians who go down the DIY route – we …
For today’s interview we welcome Don Lucoff, a jazz music industry veteran who’s worked with some of the biggest artists and labels in a career spanning more than 30 years. Don Lucoff is the founder and president of the American PR agency DL Media Music. Since the beginning of operations in December of ’88, DL Media has …