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european jazz

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 16:43:05 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

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European jazz emerged as a distinctive approach that blends American jazz traditions with local folk music, classical influences, and regional sensibilities from across the continent. Characterized by spacious arrangements, Nordic melancholy, and often introspective moods, it emphasizes atmosphere and compositional sophistication over virtuosic displays. The sound ranges from cool, crystalline piano trios to avant-garde experimentation, unified by a uniquely European aesthetic that values subtlety and emotional depth.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
31		1961-06	Django Reinhardt	DJango Plays Standards	european jazz gypsy jazz instrumental jazz jazz guitar
77		1968	Nedley Elstak Trio	The Machine	contemporary jazz european jazz
98		1972	Passport	Second Passport	european jazz live recording	live recording # 50
70		1973	Kenny Wheeler	Song for Someone	big band european jazz
97		1973	Jan Garbarek - Bobo Stenson Quartet	Witchi-Tai-To	european jazz jazz
56		1977	Francois Jeanneau	Techniques Douces	european jazz
5		1983	Charles Loos Trio	Secret Laughs	belgian european jazz jazz jazz piano
73		1984	Trio Karel Boehlee	Switch	contemporary jazz european jazz jazz piano
26		1986	Houben Loos Maurane	HLM	european jazz
20		1987	Pierre Bertrand	Festival	big band european jazz jazz
41		1987	Klaus Ignatzek Group	Don't Stop It!	european jazz
45		1988	Act Big Band	Extrêmes (feat. Joe Lovano, John Ruocco) [Version 2012]
35		1989	Jasper Van't Hof	Brutto Tempo	european jazz
57		1989	Klaus Ignatzek Group	New Surprise	european jazz contemporary jazz
89		1989	Jasper Van't Hof	Solo Piano	contemporary jazz european jazz jazz piano solo piano
65		1989	Rein de Graaff - Dick Vennik Quartet, Rein de Graaff - Dick Vennik Sextet	Jubilee
11		1989-06-01	Jürg Hager	Clarinet Calligraphy	clarinet european jazz
32		1990	Diederik Wissels Trio	Tender Is The Night	belgian european jazz jazz piano
49		1990	Scapes	Changes in Time	contemporary jazz european jazz
83		1990	Combo Belge	Soyons moderne	belgian european jazz
90		1991	Nueva Manteca	Afrodisia	european jazz latin jazz
68		1991	Ben van den Dungen, Jarmo Hoogendijk Quintet	Run For Your Wife
6		1992	Rade Soric Trio	Nahend	european jazz jazz piano
36		1992	Rein de Graaff Trio	Tenor Conclave	european jazz
51		1992	Barney Wilen	Le Grand Cirque	cool jazz european jazz jazz
22		1993	Jasper Van't Hof	Eyeball	contemporary jazz european jazz
47		1993	Tommy Kotter	Ritual Dance	contemporary jazz european jazz
62		1993	Peter Guidi	Beatiful Friendship	european jazz
14		1994	François Raulin	Ostinato (Piano solo)	european jazz jazz jazz piano piano solo piano
3		1995	Gassmann-Battaglia-Zwiauer-Gatto	An Italian Affair	contemporary jazz european jazz
88		1995	Eric Legnini	Rhythm Sphere	belgian european jazz jazz piano
93		1995	Tomasz Stańko Quartet	Matka Joanna	european jazz instrumental jazz piano
91		1995-12-01	Klaus Doldinger	Doldinger in Südamerika	big band european jazz
1		1996	Wolfgang Fuhr	Song Of India	european jazz modern jazz
72		1996-09-19	Close Erase	Close Erase	european jazz jazz norwegian
34		1999	Close Erase	No. 2	european jazz jazz norwegian
61		2000	Graham Collier	Songs for My Father	european jazz
82		2000	Rob van Bavel	Solo Piano: Jazz at the Pinehill	european jazz jazz piano
84		2000	Entra Live	Live Lights	contemporary jazz european jazz
9		2001	Hans Peter Salentin	All John	european jazz jazz lounge modern jazz
16		2001	Hans Peter Salentin	4th Dimension	european jazz jazz
39		2001	Thomas Siffling	Groovin' Vol. 1	european jazz
33		2002	Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Rein de Graaff, Marius Beets, Eric Ineke	After Hours - Live at De Pompoen
37		2003	Graham Collier	Charles River Fragments	contemporary jazz european jazz
44		2003	Sal La Rocca	Latinea	belgian european jazz
55		2003	Jasper Van't Hof	Axioma	contemporary jazz european jazz jazz piano solo piano
59		2003	Jasper Van't Hof	Canossa	european jazz jazz piano
43		2005	marcel richard 4tet	Kammermusik	european jazz jazz modern jazz
63		2005	Guy Cabay	On the Jazz Side of My Street	european jazz vibraphone
69		2005	Cees Slinger	Then and Now	european jazz
15		2006	Hans Peter Salentin	Sitting At the Lake	european jazz jazz
48		2006	Oktoposse	Oktoposse geht fremd	european jazz jazz modern jazz
54		2006	Norbert Gottschalk	Solo	european jazz vocal jazz
86		2006-10-04	Jukka Perko	Retrospective	european jazz finnish jazz
30		2006-10-28	Dirik Schilgen	Jazzgrooves	european jazz jazz modern jazz
100		2007	Jan Johansson	Piano	european jazz jazz jazz piano piano swedish	jazz piano # 49
10		2007	Al Funduq	Porta del Vento	european jazz
76		2007	Pascal Schumacher Quartet	Silbergrau	belgian european jazz
81		2007	João Paulo	Memórias De Quem	european jazz jazz jazz piano piano solo piano
87		2007	Contrabande	éponyme	contemporary jazz danish european jazz jazz
52		2007-10-24	Oprachina	The jazz farm	avant-garde jazz contemporary jazz jazz	avant-garde jazz # 19
25		2007-10	Mikko Innanen & Mika Kallio	Scratch	european jazz finnish jazz
28		2008	Saarikorpi Brom	Water Music	european jazz finnish jazz
12		2008	Stéphane Collin	L'enfer, en trois mouvements
92		2008	Steinar Raknes	Tangos, Ballads & More
96		2008-01-11	Marcin Wasilewski	January	contemporary jazz european jazz jazz modern jazz piano trio	modern jazz # 28 piano trio # 80
67		2008-11-19	Mikko Hassinen	Traveller	big band european jazz finnish jazz
85		2008-12-01	Kari Ikonen & Karikko	Oceanophonic	european jazz finnish jazz jazz piano
42		2008-12-16	Young, Shy & Handsome	YS&H
58		2009	Mathilde Renault / Jonas Knutsson	Louana	contemporary jazz european jazz
80		2009	Tokka	Kantonen-Herrala-Hassinen	european jazz finnish jazz jazz piano piano
79		2009-07-06	Partisans	By Proxy	contemporary jazz european jazz
95		2011-04	Oprachina	OPRA CHINA	avant-garde jazz bass contemporary jazz double bass european jazz instrumental jazz chillout jazz saxophone modern jazz	jazz bass # 7 chamber jazz # 39 jazz saxophone # 47 double bass # 88
99		2011-04	Oprachina	Oprachina	contemporary jazz european jazz bass jazz chamber jazz drum europe instrumental italiana	oregon # 35 double bass # 38 drum # 64 chamber jazz # 74
94		2011-11-11	Sunna Gunnlaugs	Long Pair Bond	european jazz jazz piano jazz
78		2011-12	Kvalda	Blindfold	european jazz female vocalists finnish piano contemporary jazz finland jazz jazz piano modern jazz pop vocal jazz
23		2012	Matthias Bergmann	Matthias Bergmann & Clemens Orth - Portraits in Three	jazz
40		2012	Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra	CCJO plays SLAYER - DO YOU WANNA DIE	big band european jazz heavy metal modern jazz
53		2012	Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra	Odyssee	big band european jazz jazz modern jazz poetry
19		2015	Manuel Hermia Trio	Austerity (feat. Manuel Hermia, Manolo Cabras, Joao Lobo)
27		2016	Lorenzo Di Maio	Black Rainbow	european jazz jazz
75		2017	Ben van den Dungen	Heart of the Matter	european jazz
2			Raffaele Olivieri	Improvvisamente la luna	bass bossa nova clarinet european jazz gypsy improvisation piano quartet soprano swing tango	quartet # 19
4			Gruppe Fez	Fez	avant-garde jazz european jazz jazz jazz fusion
7			Lüdi solo	Lucendro	contemporary jazz european jazz
8			Bye-Ya!	Dos	contemporary jazz european jazz
13			Salentin & Scheffler	Light of Speed	contemporary jazz european jazz jazz
18			Nicolas Simion	Unfinished Square	european jazz jazz romanian
21			Samuli Mikkonen	Kom ・ Live	european jazz jazz modern jazz
24			Jasper van 't Hof	Un Mondo Illusorio	european jazz pipe organ
38			Thomas Rotter Quartet	Two worlds	european jazz jazz
46			Bye-Ya!	Bye-Ya! The Latin Jazz Quintet	contemporary jazz european jazz jazz trumpet
50			Kostas Theodorou	Echotopia	european jazz
60			Jazz Track	Wake Up	european jazz
64			Poutaja	Demo 2007	european jazz finnish instrumental jazz
66			Cologne World Jazz Ensemble	Armenische Tänze	european jazz
74			Thomas Rotter Quartet	Traumzeit	brazilian european jazz jazz latin jazz
17			Chazz!, Eridc Vloeimans, Dick de Graaf, Niko Langenhuijsen, Eric Calmes, Hans Eijkenaar	Passing The Bar
29			Ivan Polyanskiy	Ivan Polyanskiy Band (feat. Vigan Kuci, Stefan Rey and Danilo Vujovic)
71			Ben van de Dungen, Jarmo Hoogendijk , Rob van Bavel, Harry Emmery, Eric Ineke	Speak Up

Related genres

• jazz
• contemporary jazz
• modern jazz
• jazz piano
• belgian
• piano
• finnish
• big band
• instrumental
• solo piano