There is a provocative confidence about the way Philippe Ochem programmes the Jazzdor Festival. Underlying this 36th edition – judging by the concerts on the first weekend that I attended, see also round-up of the first three concerts – is [...]
The Scottish Jazz Awards are back with shortlists that reflect a year of strong album releases and the continuing rude good health of a youthfully inventive scene that is learning from the examples of the more experienced musicians who also [...]
Saxophonist Helena Kay is joining the City Music Foundation Artist Scheme. The full announcement is HERE The other awardees are: Connaught Brass, Ensemble Hesperi (baroque group), Harriet Burns (soprano) James Larter (percussion) Joy Lisney (cello) Laura Perešivana (soprano) Olivia Boen [...]
The Ivors Composer Awards 2021 Nominees for Jazz Composition are announced The presentation The Ivors Composer Awards take place on Wednesday 8 December at the British Museum.
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Jazzfest Berlin was founded in 1964 in West Berlin as the “Berliner Jazztage” with an activist spirit informed by the civil rights movement. Dr Martin Luther King sent a speech when the festival opened, a fact pianist Jason Moran reminded [...]
Danish pianist, composer, and arranger Kathrine Windfeld is a rising star of European jazz. In January 2020 she won the “LetterOne ‘RISING STARS’ Jazz Award” Europe Edition. This prize involves a tour to several top festivals in Europe. This will [...]
Planck Walker was on this occasion a quartet led by alto saxophonist Sam Norris, a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music jazz course and featuring three graduates of the Guildhall jazz course: pianist Jay Verma, bass player Ali [...]
