25-year-old, 5-time Grammy winner Samara Joy looked right at home as she stepped out in front of the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall for her much-anticipated Proms debut. Joining her were the septet who’ve accompanied her on [...]
Rudy Linka, Artistic Director of the Bohemia Jazz Fest, is as surprised as anyone: “The people here are amazing,” he smiles, pointing to the richly diverse crowd filling the square in front of the stage in Hluboka nad Vltavou. “It’s [...]
The Parliamentary Jazz Group has extended voting to Friday 25th July 2025 at Midnight. (Release begins): “Voting is now open for the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline set for Midnight on [Friday [...]
International visitors to this year’s Ambleside Days festival in the Lake District include ZEFFIRELLI’S PROGRAMME Thursday 4th September 7.30pm John Etheridge guitar & Vimala Rowe vocal Second set 9.00 pm approx: Tim Garland saxophone, Asaf Sirkis Percussion and Gwilym Simcock [...]
If you wanted to assemble a dream team of British improvising musicians, there’s a good chance that the ones on this album would feature high on your short-list of possibles. This is Olie Brice’s fourth release as a bandleader/composer, not [...]
Three days/nights with a staggered programme of strict set times across 16 different stages, all within one large mainly undercover complex, needing just one ticket to see any of the performances, makes for one of the largest and most user-friendly [...]
This was the only U.K. visit of John Scofield’s Long Days Quartet, the name apparently inspired by the long summer days of this July tour. It was also an opportunity for Scofield to reconnect with John Medeski. Talk from the [...]
Kings Place today announced the launch of the Kings Place Jazz Orchestra (KPJO), a project-based ensemble led by composer and trombonist Callum Au. Comprising top UK jazz musicians and emerging talents, KPJO aims to inspire young artists and uphold Kings [...]
Ten Years ago tonight, on 17 July 2015, John Taylor had a sudden heart attack on stage at the Saveurs Jazz Festival in Segré in Maine-et Loire in France (Sebastian writes). He was playing as part of bassist Stephane Kerecki’s quartet [...]
Evolving from the ambitions of Robert “Sput” Searight (drums) and Nate Werth (percussion), the collective Ghost-Note is now highly regarded for their so-called deep-pocket funk and sophisticated percussive forwardness, since their formation a decade ago. Their sound reminds one of [...]
Walking through the grand Palace Hotel in the charming market town of Buxton, Derbyshire, guests are met with impressive chandeliers and a magnificent staircase, boasting an intricate, rouge patterned carpet. There is a sense of intrigue and excitement amongst the [...]
An impressive array of artists and premieres has just been announced for the 62nd Jazzfest Berlin, which will run from 30 October to 2 November. The full programme will be released on 11 September, and tickets will go on sale [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist and composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba. His new album, First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club, a collaboration with saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Eric Harland, was released [...]
To my knowledge, nobody’s ever contemplated a special award for ‘Most Laid-Back Jazz Track’. But, should the category ever come under consideration, here’s my early nomination: ‘Hangin’ Around Boudon’, recorded in Paris, France by the Dicky Wells Orchestra on Wednesday [...]
In the middle of yet another heatwave in London, closing the BST Hyde Park 2025 festival, Stevie Wonder reminded us that love, light, and song aren’t just words, they’re a way of life. At 75, the legendary songwriter and spirit-lifter [...]
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