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Utopia is the amazing new release by MSM Schmidt. On his 5th album he collaborated again with Jimmy Haslip and Mitch Forman as Producers. Michael Schmidt visited us in Cologne and explains about creation and recording of the album.

Celebration of our episode #100. We invited some guests to our cozy studio and enjoyed a nice evening and some background stories from our 6 years of JazzrockTV.

Adam Nitti (Bassist, Composer and Producer) released his new album "Not Of This World". An amazing fusion album not only for bass players. It features remarkable drummers like Keith Carlock (TOTO, Steely Dan, Sting), Sonny Emory (Earth Wind & Fire) and Kirk Covington (Tribal Tech).

Jarrod Lawson performed an outstanding show at Altes-Pfandhaus in Cologne. The singer, composer and piano player was touring through Europe with his Band 'The Good People'. Jarrod and his band bring in a fresh and unique approach and sound.

Reviewing and listening new CD releases from Achim Seifert Project, Alberto Rigoni, Nick Vintskevich and Kal David Band.

Interview with the 7 times Grammy awarded Producer, Composer, Arranger, and Bassist Kevin "Brandino" Brandon. He talks about his passion, teaching bass, his roots and being a professional bass player.

The Frank McComb Trio live in Bonn at the Pantheon Casino. We met Frank while his tour over Germany and Europe. His latest album (EP) just got released and quickly reached #1 on the UK Soul Charts.

We met Robert Trujillo for an interview at the Warwick BASS CAMP 2014. He talks about his beginnings in music, the Fusion and Jazzrock roots, the upcoming Metallica album and the Jaco Pastorius movie.

We had the the german trumpet player Nils Wülker at our studio for an interview about his new release "UP", featuring Max Mutzke, Sasha, Xavier Naidoo, Jill Scott, Lauren Flynn u.a. Also see our review of Bill Meyers and the cool new release of the german band Katharina Maschmeyer Quartett.

More new and cool CDs. We are checking the amazing CDs by TRISTAN, JERRY DE VILLIERS JR., WOLFRAM KLUG and the very impressive video and music DVD "Project One" by Another Thought.