Between the Beats

This week you can win a CD of Cal Tjader. Just register for our newsletter, and you will take part in our prize draw among all of this weeks new registrations. The winners will be informed Monday, 23rd March.

Cal Tjader (1925 - 1982) was an American vibraphonist and one of the most influential artists in [...]

Tags: Cal Tjader, Latin Jazz, Mambo, Newsletter, Stan Getz, Tito Puente, Verve Records

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MPS stands for Musik Produktion Schwarzwald (Music Production Black Forest) and had its headquarters in Villingen, a small town in the beautiful Black Forest in the southwest of Germany.

It was founded in 1968 by Jazz-Lover Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and very quickly became one of the most influential Jazz Labels in the 70s and 80s worldwide. In [...]

Tags: album features, Dave Pike, Ella Fitzgerald, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Jazz, Monty Alexander, MPS, Musik Produktion Schwarzwald, Newsletter, Talkin´ Jazz

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If you register now for our newsletter, you will automatically participate in our price draw. This week will give away 5 copies of the Donald Byrd CD »Free Form« (Blue Note Records).

Byrd is definitely among the most influential trumpet players. Born in 1932, he played with almost every »big name« in jazz during his career (Thelonious Monk, John [...]

Tags: Blue Note, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Lottery, Newsletter, Rudy van Gelder, The Blackbyrds

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