“Payton’s clarion trumpet, as well as his genre-defying solos, stood at the center of the music making… Payton bent notes beyond recognition… No descriptive label or category could be affixed to Payton’s solos, which were as brashly original as they […]

The way American singer Gregory Porter has worked on his solo career these past years is impressive. By performing a lot, and leaving a lasting impression with each concert, he has built a huge fan base. Porter’s warm and mature […]

Dutch saxophonist CANDY DULFER continues to push boundaries with the November 2016 release of her new album ‘Together (is all we got)’. The album was inspired by all that’s great in jazz, disco, soul, dance and r&b, but is also […]

36-year-old pianist and singer Jamie Cullum, from Britain, is a top-notch showman. He’s renowned for jazz with a hint of pop and rock. He’s been a regular at the Festival since 2004, the year of his consecration with the album […]

Embassy of Israel in Georgia                               Trumpeter Avishai Cohen — voted a Rising Star three years running in the DownBeat Critics Poll — has earned renown as a musician with an individual sound and a questing spirit, an ever-creative player-composer open […]

“The Colombian plays the harp like hardly anyone else on earth. His hands, seemingly powered by two different people, produce a totally unique, symphonic fullness of sound, a rapid-fire of chords, balance of melodic figures and drive, served with euphoric […]

GRAMMY® award-winning singer-composer-bassist Esperanza (Emily) Spalding is announcing spring and summer tour dates for her newest project Emily’s D+Evolution…  Rekindling her childhood interest in theatre, poetry and movement, this new project delves into a broader concept of performance. Originally conceived the day before […]