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"Godfather of swing" Ray Gelato will be getting pulses racing at the Half Note jazz club (halfnote.gr), with a set drawing on the golden age of the genre, in the 1950s. Tickets range from 20 to 30 euros and can be purchased at the door or in advance from viva.gr.

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World-renowned jazz and blues performers are part of the line-up of the 9th edition of the Brasov Jazz & Blues Festival that will take place September 2-5. "This is a special edition of the festival that brings to fruition the concept of a complete music festival.

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On its 24th year, the International Ankara Jazz Festival will take place as an online festival due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Works are almost completed for the festival to take place between April 30 and May 10.

Meeting with its audience with a different theme every year, the festival underlines important issues within jazz.

Innovative Greek trip-hop, downtempo and freestyle DJ and composer Giorgos Bratanis, aka Cayetano, will perform at the Zappeion Hall in the heart of Athens, accompanied by Nikos Bartzokas on percussion and Resoloot on electric guitar, on Friday, January 31, as part of the St Paul's Sessions series of live events organized by Groove Productions.

Its lilts and grooves can feel like nostalgic rhythms from a bygone era, but jazz remains a thriving contemporary art form and its proponents still flock to New York hoping to catch a break.

Austrian lawyer-turned-musician Waldeck will take the stage at Athens's Fuzz Club on Friday, March 15, with an upbeat program of cerebral music that blends downtempo electronica, swing from the 1920s and 30s, funk, dub, tango and trip-hop.