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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'>E-Mail:
dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com</span></font></p>
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color="#333333" face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#333333;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>New contact
information?</span></font></i></b><font color="#333333" face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Arial;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>New major AWARDs in </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>PARIS</span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>The new "Piano Kings" album by
French master drummer <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Guillaume</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Nouaux</span></b> together with the international
soloists <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Chris</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Hopkins</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Rossano</span></b>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sportiello</span></b>, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Louis</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Mazetier</span></b>
and others has just been awarded two of the most prestigious French jazz prizes
in Paris:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>"PRIX JAZZ CLASSIQUE
2020" de "l'Académie du Jazz" (founded 1955)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.academiedujazz.com/palmares-2020.html"><font color="#333333"><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:#333333'>http://www.academiedujazz.com/palmares-2020.html</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><b><font
size=3 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>"GRAND PRIX DU DISQUE
2020" du "Hot Club de France (</span></font></b></span><b><font
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;
color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>founded </span></font></b><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><b><font
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;
color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>1932)</span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.hot-club.asso.fr/debatnew.php?nl=868&fbclid=IwAR3I2KhE-e9Nv0P7ae37GTCTiIg0nTFcTkVKkW3eWRI_18h4I0Gc9iBdXe0#868"
target="_blank"><font color="#333333"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#333333'>http://www.hot-club.asso.fr/debatnew.php?nl=868#868</span></font></a></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><font
size=3 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></span></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Other winners and finalists in other categories are:</span></font></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Maria Schneider, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade, Fred Hersch, </span></font></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Andreas Schaerer, Grégory Privat, Paul Desmond, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers,</span></font></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK5"><font size=2 color="#333333"
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>Dave Blenkhorn, Harry Allen, Wycliffe Gordon, Jean-Pierre Bertrand and many others - C</span></font></a><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>ongratulations!</span></font></pre>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=321
height=321 src="cid:image001.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"><img border=0 width=268
height=321 src="cid:image002.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK3"><font
size=3 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Recently - also in </span></font><font
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>Paris</span></font><font color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> - the new album</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>CHRIS HOPKINS </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>meets the</span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> JAZZ KANGAROOS: </span></font></b><b><i><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>LIVE!
Vol. 1</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>received the "Couleurs Jazz Hit": </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>A team whose homogeneity makes a
significant contribution to the success of a project, which values a tradition
that is far from evoking a sterile reconstruction of the past and at the same
time fits our time in the most authentic way.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=330 height=321
src="cid:image003.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=5
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=5
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>NEW ALBUM</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=4
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'>* </span></font></i><i><font
size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'>Relaxed, timeless,
entertaining, classy, swinging *</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>CHRIS HOPKINS </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>meets the</span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> JAZZ KANGAROOS: </span></font></b><b><i><font
size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>LIVE!
Vol. 1</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=1
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:4.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b></p>
<div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none;
border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=5 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;
font-weight:bold'>Tour & CD-Presentation: </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none;
border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=5 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;
font-weight:bold'>27. September - 19. October 2021</span></font></b></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:4.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>AUDIO</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font><font size=2 color="#333333"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lj0tu6y0PR5rrDS_PR_Apb1rNas6LfCYA"><font
color="#333333"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#333333'>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lj0tu6y0PR5rrDS_PR_Apb1rNas6LfCYA</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>:</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#333333"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1vPBv6Q36oH0OOTPzTyZZgYAAqe1xCqg"><font
color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'>https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1vPBv6Q36oH0OOTPzTyZZgYAAqe1xCqg</span></font></a></span></font></p>
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color="#333333" face=Meta-Normal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><a
href="https://shop.echoesofswing.com/cgi-bin/his-webshop.pl?f=NR&c=84&t=temartic"><font
color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=342 height=340 src="cid:image004.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Available directly from the
artist:</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> <a
href="https://shop.echoesofswing.com/cgi-bin/his-webshop.pl?t=temindex_en"><font
color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'>https://HopkinsJazz.com/shop</span></font></a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>or through:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, TikTok,
Apple Music uva.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>"Jazz Kangaroos" press
coments from around the world:</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>DAN MORGENSTERN (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>USA</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><span class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333"
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>(</span></font></span><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>the doyen of American jazz critics, f</span></font><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>ormer chief editor of DOWNBEAT magazine as well as </span></font></span></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><span class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333"
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>director of the </span></font></span><em><i><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:normal'>INSTITUTE</span></font></i></em><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> OF </span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>JAZZ STUDIES</span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> at </span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Rutgers</span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>State</span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>University</span></font></span><span
class=acopre><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> and multiple GRAMMY winner)</span></font></span></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Love the Jazz Kangaroos! Every tune is
among my favorites.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=4 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>COULEURS JAZZ (</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>France</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
size=4 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300'>*** AWARDED the COULEURS JAZZ HIT in Paris!
***</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>A team whose homogeneity makes a
significant contribution to the success of a project, which values a tradition
that is far from evoking a sterile reconstruction of the past and at the same
time fits our time in the most authentic way.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=116 height=113
src="cid:image005.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>Mit 4 Sternen**** für Musik und Klang ausgezeichnet</span></font></b></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>FONO FORUM (Germany)</span></font></b></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Entspannte Leichtigkeit. Erfrischend unprätentiös<</span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><img border=0
width=226 height=70 src="cid:image006.gif@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>GÖTZ ALSMANN,
Entertainer/Jazz-Connaisseur(Germany):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Großartig!<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'><img border=0 width=208 height=38
src="cid:image007.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=maroon face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:maroon;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK4"><b><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>Mit 4 Sternen**** für Musik und Klang ausgezeichnet</span></font></b></a></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>STEREO (Germany)</span></font></b></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Ein mächtig swingendes Live-Stelldichein.<</span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=189 height=40
src="cid:image008.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>Mit 4 Sternen**** ausgezeichnet</span></font></b></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL (Great Britain)</span></font></b></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>All in all, highly enjoyable small-group jazz of top quality, with more volumes presumably to follow.<</span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=132
height=64 src="cid:image009.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;
font-weight:bold'>BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR - TOP 5!</span></font></b></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ HOT CLUB</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> du BASSIN d’ARCACHON (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>France</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=113
height=113 src="cid:image010.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>THE JAZZ RAG (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Great Britain</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Pure delight throughout: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>American multi-instrumentalist Chris
Hopkins, based in </span></font><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Germany</span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>, here plays piano in the company of an
Australian trio on a live session from </span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Hattingen</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> in 2019. Throughout the album </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Hopkins</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> never loses his sense of melody, even when
he turns on the after-burners... This is the perfect ‘live’
recording. Sound quality is good, the performance has an immediate freshness
and, best of all, there is a palpable sense of enjoyment between players and
audience – which inevitably spreads to the CD listener. </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>Roll on, Volume 2!<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=226
height=52 src="cid:image011.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>CRESCENDO (Germany):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Entspannt, packend und zeitlos<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=201
height=57 src="cid:image012.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>Mit 5 von 5 Sternen**** ausgezeichnet</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>ACTION JAZZ (France)</span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>'Can’t we be friends' begins the album, a question to which we immediately answer yes! To have such friends offering you their talent would be a chance.</span></font></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>The American pianist and leader Chris Hopkins, living for a long time in </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Germany</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>, is a master of the genre.</span></font></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Pure Swing, always alert. Very good classical jazz, for all audiences<</span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=76
height=76 src="cid:image013.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>Mit 5 von 5 Sternen**** ausgezeichnet</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>IN MUSIC (Germany)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>>Ein virtuoser und begeisternder Vocal-Swing Jazz,
wie man ihn so furios selten live zu hören bekommt.<</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=151 height=54
src="cid:image014.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>WAZ KULTUR (Germany)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>>Die unbändige Freude, mit der sich das Quartett
durch das American Songbook und Eigenkompositionen spielt, dabei die
unterschiedlichsten Stile auskostet, überträgt sich magisch auf den Hörer.<</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=113 height=40
src="cid:image015.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ QUAD (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Belarus</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Great sound, dynamics and swing, and it
seems, the musicians themselves received no less pleasure from the performance
than the audience. Judging by the fact that Vol.1 is mentioned in the title,
allows us to hope for the release of new albums of this project in the
future.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=160 height=45
src="cid:image016.gif@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></pre>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
class=py34i1dx><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JUST
JAZZ MAGAZINE (</span></font></b></span><span class=py34i1dx><span lang=EN-GB>Great
Britain</span></span><span class=py34i1dx><span lang=EN-GB>)</span></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
class=py34i1dx><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Chris Hopkins is
an extremly talented Pianist. </span></font></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
class=py34i1dx><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>An excellent and
well recorded CD. Highly recommended.<</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=151
height=62 src="cid:image017.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ SOCIETY OF </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>PENSACOLA</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>USA</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>A fun CD which should appeal to a wide
audience, especially those who love melody and swing.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=154 height=113
src="cid:image018.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>SWINGING HAMBURG JOURNAL (Germany):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Locker und relaxt in einer so mitreißenden Interpretation,
die sofort gefangen nimmt und belegt, dass es Jazz gibt, der ganz eindeutig
klassische Musik ist, ohne den geringsten Anflug von Nostalgie: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>frischer, zeitloser Jazz mit swingend-intelligenten
Improvisationen.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=176
height=113 src="cid:image019.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>NYHETER (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Norway</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Empathic and great swing music anno at
any time. When it is performed by four front-end musicians who obviously love
this music, it is easy to have fun and find this as a travel companion for dark
and sour autumn evenings. Otherwise in the year also by the way.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=140
height=19 src="cid:image020.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>DOCTOR JAZZ MAGAZINE (The </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Netherlands</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>The kangaroos are distinguished by a
wide variety of styles and influences. We also know pianist Chris Hopkins as
the alto player of his chamber jazz combo Echoes of Swing. While his alto
usually sounds full, round and lyrical, his piano playing is playful and
adventurous. George Washingmachine also sings, when was the last time you heard
a vocal version of Russian lullaby? When he dims the lights - 'When Lights Are
Low' - Tony Bennett appears to be grinning broadly in the shadows.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=198
height=38 src="cid:image021.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>OBERALLGÄU KULTUR (Germany)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Witzig-spritziger und lässig-origineller Gypsy Swing<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'><img border=0 width=189 height=32
src="cid:image022.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>ERA JAZZU (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Poland</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>An excellent opportunity for good swing
fun, in which both cheerful songs, jazz standards and the mood of jazz
introduce the joy of making music together.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=140
height=38 src="cid:image023.gif@01D71A96.5242E010"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>CD HOT LIST (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>USA</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>A relaxed and decorous jazz celebration
with an unusual lineup. Highly recommended.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=151 height=48
src="cid:image024.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>SWING FM (France)</span></font></b></p>
<pre style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>A very musical, very invigorating, very swinging record.</span></font></pre><pre
style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>The good and real jazz is still alive. Thanks to Chris Hopkins and three dynamic kangaroos!<</span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=151
height=73 src="cid:image025.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>RHEINISCHE POST (Germany)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Jazz auf die lässige Art<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=184
height=76 src="cid:image026.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ HOT (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>France</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>The synthesis is particularly successful
on 'Russian Lullaby' where Hopkins and Washingmachine compete in verve and
swing while, even in the evocation of Django, Blenkhorn's playing remains very
steeped in blues. George Washingmachine is also a singer, who does not lack
character, and this undoubtedly contributes to his success.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=212 height=57
src="cid:image027.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>NRW JAZZ (GERMANY):</span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>>Es macht einfach Freude, wie variationsreich Hopkins
mit seinem Quartett unterschiedliche Stilistiken und Grooves des
'traditionellen Jazz’ bedient… und dies auf eine
sympathisch-gewitzte Art („sophisticated“) in einer frischen und
erfrischenden Neuinterpretation.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=149
height=76 src="cid:image028.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>THE SYNCOPATED TIMES (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>USA</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>The quartet performs ten jazz standards,
sounding relaxed at all tempos including a few cookers. While one is
occasionally reminded of Stephane Grappelli and Teddy Wilson in the solos of
Washingmachine and Hopkins, they both display their own styles within the swing
tradition. The violinist’s friendly vocals and some nice spots for
Blenkhorn’s electric guitar (inspired at times by Charlie Christian) and
bassist Elton (whose steady on-the-beat accompaniment keeps the music swinging)
make their collaboration a particularly enjoyable listen. </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>What’s not to like?<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=117 height=75
src="cid:image029.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>AUSTRALIAN</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>MUSEUM</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Australia</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>):</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>A jazz combo of top soloists present a
very inspiring record of swinging, intelligent and melodic improvisations with
the soul of jazz. You just can't keep your feet still during the irresistible
drive of this quartet - a rousing interpretation, which immediately captivates.
Fresh, timeless jazz, without the slightest hint of nostalgia.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=255
height=95 src="cid:image030.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK2"><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>WESTFÄLISCHER ANZEIGER (</span></font></b></a><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Germany</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Inspirierte Improvisationen in ungewöhnlicher Besetzung. Die
vier harmonieren perfekt.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=255 height=57
src="cid:image031.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>MUSENBLÄTTER (Germany)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'>>Höchst vergnüglich, wunder- und stimmungsvoll, swingend, temperamentvoll.
Ein mitreißenden Programm arrangiert, in das man sich genußvoll fallen lassen
kann, ein knappes Stündchen, das einfach nur Freude macht – und fraglos
unser Prädikat verdient, den Musenkuß. Mit Ungeduld warten wir auf Vol. 2!<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'><img border=0 width=227 height=59
src="cid:image032.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZ IN (France)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Jazz & Radio à l’ère du numérique</span></font></p>
<h3 align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Avis de sorties 2020</span></font></b></h3>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=94 height=94
src="cid:image033.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JERSEY</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'> JAZZ (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>USA</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>> These cats are having a ball playing
this music! </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Chris Hopkins, American-born but a long-time
resident of </span></font><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Germany</span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>, is also an accomplished alto saxophonist,
but sticks to the piano for this concert. Washingmachine is a swinging
violinist in the Grappelli tradition, and he vocalizes with the kind of jazz
sensibility that so many musicians who play this music possess. Elton provides
strong rhythmic support and shines particularly on the Oscar Pettiford jazz
classic, “Blues in the Closet.” Blenkhorn is an eclectic player, a
straight-ahead swinger who lets you know that he has absorbed plenty of Django
Reinhardt. Put them together and these cats are having a ball playing this
music. You will be similarly pleased when you listen to it.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=149 height=75
src="cid:image034.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>NOTES DE JAZZ (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>France</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>We are swept away by this 'Live!'
recording. This is exactly what it takes to remind us if need be that life may
be difficult for us, but it is always happy. All of this is very well done and
it's one of those little pleasures that we love to hear again.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'><img border=0 width=227 height=31
src="cid:image035.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>JAZZRYTMIT (</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Finland</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>)</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class="d2edcug0hpfvmrgzqv66sw1bc1et5uqlrrkovp55a8c37x1jkeod5gw0nxhoafnmaigsh9s9d3f4x2emfe6kdd0rmau55g9wc8b282ybiv3no6dbjq4qci2qa3bd9o3vknj5qynhoo9gr5idhzawbc8m"><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>>Relaxed, timeless playing<</span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=151 height=67
src="cid:image036.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>MIDWEST</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> RECORDS (</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>USA</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>> When it comes to a date with </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Hopkins</span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> lurking in the bytes, you can always expect
the unexpected. Facing off here against a crew led by George Washingmachine,
the unexpected is a swing program played straight. Like a crew playing the Hot
Club on Django's off night, their groove is right in the pocket and song list
has a few tent poles but veers delightfully from the tried and true giving the
musos a chance to add their flourishes without purists complaining. Seeing as
how this set is a good 80 years outside it's métier, you couldn't come up with
a better sounding you-are-there date. </span></font><font size=2 color="#333333"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Well
done</span></font><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>.<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0 width=189 height=49
src="cid:image037.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
class=py34i1dx><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>ONLINE-KUNDENREZENSION
(Germany)</span></font></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>>Eine der best klingendsten Live-Aufnahmen die ich
kenne. AUDIOPHILE. </span></font></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'>Und der Jazz geht richtig ab. </span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Top Empfehlung. *****stars<</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<div style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none;
border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none;
border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=5 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;
font-weight:bold'>Tour & CD-Presentation </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none;
border:none;padding:0cm'><b><font size=5 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;
font-weight:bold'>27. September - 19. October 2021</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none;
border:none;padding:0cm'><i><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;
font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><b><font size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>CHRIS
HOPKINS </span></font></b><b><font size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;
font-weight:bold'>meets the</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color="#993300"
face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#993300;font-weight:bold'> JAZZ KANGAROOS</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><i><font size=5 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'>* </span></font></i><i><font
size=5 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'>Relaxed, timeless, entertaining,
classy, swinging *</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><i><font size=5 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'><img border=0
width=454 height=198 src="cid:image038.jpg@01D71A96.5242E010"></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><b><font size=4 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>>
A hip, swinging affair: Cool Vocals - Hot Music <</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><b><font size=4 color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>From
Frank Sinatra to Django Reinhard and beyond</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>featuring</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>George Washingmachine/AUS (vio/voc)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>David Blenkhorn/AUS (g)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Mark Elton/AUS (b)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
padding:0cm'><font size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
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size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
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size=4 color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:#333333'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=4
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'>Best wishes</span></font></i></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333;font-style:italic'>CHRIS HOPKINS &
Friends</span></font></i></p>
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color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
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color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-weight:bold'>ChrisHopkinsJazz</span></font></b></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Echoes of Swing Prod. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Waldenburger Straße 19 B</span></font></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>44795 </span></font><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Bochum</span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>GERMANY</span></font></p>
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color="#333333" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Tel: +49 - (0)234 - 9 731 751</span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri;color:#333333'>Fax: +49 - (0)234 - 9 731 752</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB>https://www.facebook.com/ChrisHopkinsJazz</span></a></span></font></p>
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color=maroon face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:maroon'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChrisHopkinsJazz"><font
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<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri'>German Record Critics' Award</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri'>Prix de l'Académie du Jazz, Paris</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri'>Swinging Hamburg Jazz-Award</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri'>Downbeat (USA): 4 stars</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri'>Rondo Magazine: 'masterpiece'</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Piano-News: CD of the month</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Nomination for the 'BMW World Jazz Award'</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz (du Hot Club
de France)</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Keeper Of The Flame</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:#993300;text-align:center'><font size=2
color="#993300" face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Jazz-Pott Award (Best Progressive Artist)</span></font></li>
</ul>
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color=blue face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=1
color="#333333" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#333333;font-style:italic'>Ab dem 25. Mai 2018 gilt die neue
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