“An international, collaborative experiment” is how Festival Director describes Jazzfest Berlin 2021. Ahead of the opening of the festival on Thursday 4 November, a further press release has been published, developing further the theme of this year’s hybrid digital event, [...]
The “Inside…” series is as simple as it is flexible. Since 2020 it has allowed an “outstanding artist from the Berlin avant-garde / progressive / experimental jazz scene” to select and present a project. For its second series of “Inside…” [...]
The annual RNCM Saxophone Day in Manchester has previously attracted US stars such as Chris Potter and Eric Marienthal as headliners. This year the evening concert will be given by an undersung local hero, who has recently joined the conservatoire’s [...]
The Jazz Guitar world is incredibly sad today – we have lost a giant. Pat Martino was one of the greatest who ever lived. As is evident from the tributes which are emerging by the hundred, including from some of [...]
