Archive for July, 2009

George Russell R.I.P.

Posted by Dennis Wiesch on 29 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Music

We feel very sorry for the loss of one of Americas greatest Jazz composers and producers of all time. With his work, George Russell was next to Rudy van Gelder and Teo Macero one of the most influential producers who was involved into Jazz music.

In all the years he worked with several great artists like [...]

Montreux Jazz Festival - July 6th: SMV - July 9th: Raphael Saadiq

Posted by Markus Muffler on 18 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Between the Beats, Concerts, Music, Uncategorized

This year’s program of the Montreux Jazz Festival once again is fantastic. Every year Claude Nobs seems to surpass himself with his festival. Nowhere in the world, you can see and listen to so much high quality music in such a great setting.
I was lucky to spend two unforgettable concert nights in Montreux last week. [...]

Designers of jazz album covers

Posted by Dennis Wiesch on 17 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Between the Beats, Design, Music, Uncategorized

Some time ago, my girlfriend discovered the great website www.hardformat.org, a blog about music and design. On this page you can find great picture galleries about record covers from music genres like Jazz and others and much information on the photografers and designers of these pieces. Hardformat exists since two years and was founded by [...]

Concert review of Blur @ Hyde Park, July 3rd 2009

Posted by Dennis Wiesch on 14 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Concerts, Music

Last Friday the long waiting came to an end. After six years of silence they finally stood together on one stage again. It’s the band that in the 1990ies like no other band influenced especially the british pop and rock music for ever. I’m talking about Blur. And there could not have [...]