The fact that there was no stand for the UK at jazzahead! in 2023 was much commented on. Yes, there was a Scottish stand run by Creative Scotland (and there will be one again in 2024), and many UK participants, [...]
This is stunning: an album so filled with beauty, emotional impact and hope comes round once in a blue moon, but Parchman Prison Prayer – Some Mississippi Sunday Morning is such an album. Despite the title, this isn’t by an [...]
Ontario-born, British Columbia-raised, London-based singer Lauren Bush, a finalist in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2016, is about to release her third album. Tide Rises explores themes of “self confidence and being ‘okay’ in yourself, plus new beginnings,” says [...]
There are special evenings when you can both hear and feel the heartbeat of a community. The room is full of admiration, gratitude, respect and love, and the right people are centre-stage. Last Thursday’s ‘Trevor Tomkins Tribute Concert’ – brilliantly [...]
Mondays With Morgan is a column in UKJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Therein, he dives deep into the jazz that moves him – his main focus being the scene in nearby [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry figures who work with and hire musicians who [...]
