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Ludovic Beier (Django Festival Allstars): ''Manouche means 'free man,' and gypsies have been travelers since they migrated west from India to Europe.'' (DownBeat March, 2026)

The Things They Say!

This is a good opportunity to say thanks to BSH for their support of the jazz scene in the North East (and beyond) - it's no exaggeration to say that if it wasn't for them many, many fine musicians, bands and projects across a huge cross section of jazz wouldn't be getting reviewed at all, because we're in the "desolate"(!) North. (M & SSBB on F/book 23/12/24)

Postage

18383 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 18 years ago. 247 of them this year alone and, so far this month (Mar. 17 ), 57

Reviewers wanted

Whilst BSH attempts to cover as many gigs, festivals and albums as possible, to make the site even more comprehensive we need more 'boots on the ground' to cover the albums seeking review - a large percentage of which never get heard - report on gigs or just to air your views on anything jazz related. Interested? then please get in touch. Contact details are on the blog. Look forward to hearing from you. Lance

Friday, March 06, 2026

Montreux Jazz Festival Franschhoek expands programme with Curators of Sound DJs

The following paragraph is from a press release for the above shindig.

Among the highlights are broadcaster and vinyl connoisseur CandyFlip, celebrated record collector Charles Leonard, and genre-crossing tastemaker Kay Faith, alongside globally recognised DJ and producer DJ Zinhlehouse music pioneer DJ Kent as well as cultural connector and legendary selector, DJ Kenzhero. Their presence underscores the festival’s belief that music culture today is shaped as much by selectors and DJs as it is by instrumentalists and bands. 

This last sentence made me realise that there were no more straws left in the stack, That was the last one. Has it never occurred to the organisers that without instrumentalists and bands the selectors and DJs would have no music to play or will AI save the day?

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