Sammy Nestico (1924-2021) passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 96. Four bandleaders and arrangers pay tribute to one of the best-known (and most frequently-played) big band arrangers: Denny Ilett: By 1967 one could be forgiven for thinking [...]
Andy Hague has been a mainstay of the Bristol and South West’s jazz scene for over 25 years. One of the finest trumpeters (and drummers!) to emerge from that part of the world, Hague is also a tireless educator; leading [...]
In the third of Jon Turney’s weekly series reflecting on tracks that have stayed with him over the years (introduced HERE), he visits the BIMHuis in 1975 for this live recording of The Highest Mountain by Clifford Jordan & The [...]
Climbing In Circles (Ubuntu Music) is the “culmination of a slow-burning three-year project” by Nottinghamshire-born drummer Will Glaser in his trio with Matthew Herd and Liam Noble. He explained the background to John Fordham: I liked Will Glaser from his [...]
Part of what we do at UKJazz News, Sebastian writes, is to give a platform for musicians to write about music and musicians they admire. In my view, a gold standard for this was set by Gareth Lockrane who wrote [...]
British jazz singer Tina May celebrates the songs of Scottish born saxophonist/composer/arranger and songwriter, Duncan Lamont (1931-2019 – TRIBUTE). And there’s no better vocalist for this role. Her ability to tread carefully and gently into a persona along with the [...]
These two titans of the baritone saxophone team up for a straight-ahead session with joyful noises and blazing virtuosity to the fore. Ronnie Cuber (b. 1941) and Gary Smulyan (b.1956) have been leading their field for decades, and it seems [...]
