Jazz, blues and nostalgia, by Sjaak Roodenburg.

inJazz Radio #6 Dutch Jazz Competition and New Music

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Sing your mother language For a long time, jazz musicians thought they had to sing in English. This past decade though, countless jazz vocalists have proven this really is an out of date idea!

Hans Mantel browsing through the jazz-archives of Radio Netherlands Worldwide

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In this Dancing and the Blues episode, Ben van den Dungen talks to a great musician. An ambassador of or for the Dutch music scene with a glittering international career. She already has two Grammy nominations to her name. A courageous woman, adventurer, initiator, producer and trumpeter: Maite Hontelé.