There is a proper procedure for taking advantage of any investment. Music, for example. Buying music is an investment. To get the maximum you must listen to it for the first time under optimum conditi…

From the first tones of this new label compilation, you know you’re in for a treat. Vienna-based Affine records delivers no half-baked affair here, with 14 exclusive brand new tracks (or version…

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to announce our fourth Beyondjazz compilation! More than four years after volume 3, we are dropping a new one. In the year our podcast turns 10 and we recorded ep…

Maybe you’ve never heard the name Richard Spaven before, but chances are big you’ve heard the man play, maybe even live. He’s been a household drummer for so many artists: Mark de Cl…

Erdbeerschnitzel (German for “a slice of strawberry”) aka Tim Keiling usually produces house/electro music, but for this EP on the 4lux label he went for a midtempo approach. The sound in …

Remember waiting for two long years for Irfane’s Just A Lil’ Lovin’ to be officially released back in 2005? Well, I do. Here are some more recent tracks that may never see the light …

Back in 2007 Ricky-Tick Records introduced Stance Brothers and their album Kind Soul, a gritty instrumental soul / funk setting masterminded by and fully canned by Teddy Rok at his home studio. Fast f…

A lot of you readers may not know, but a few years ago Beyondjazz released three compilations, aptly called Beyondjazz vol. 1-3. They featured members of the community site we had running back then, a…

Summer’s here in full effect, and as usual it brings along the Gent Jazz festival in the first half of July. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see a lot of gigs this year due to an already bus…

Two weeks ago, José James & Jef Neve performed their For All We Know album at De Roma in Antwerp, Belgium. We’ve heard it was pure beauty and pity ourselves for not being there. But if any …