UK Jazz News

December 4, 2023

One of the themes of the Scottish Jazz Weekend seemed to be celebrating the younger generation, and after the Ewan Hastie Trio the night before came the Mackenzie, Ewins, Wright Trio to open the concert on Saturday lunchtime. They explained that they [...]

This week’s edition of Mondays with Morgan is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Cory Weeds, a renowned saxophonist and composer who runs Cellar Music Group and books Frankie’s Jazz Club in downtown Vancouver. Home Cookin’, his new [...]

“Very comfortable and free of inhibitions…” French singer-songwriter Mina Agossi has a remarkable story to tell about how she has emerged from a tough time happier and stronger. She is enjoying the kind of creative freedom she has never had [...]

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This week‘s Mothers in Jazz features Brazilian vocalist Claudia Villela, who grew up surrounded by music in her grandmother’s home, beginning to make music herself when she was only a year old. After relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area, [...]

Yes, this is THE Dave Stewart – songwriter, producer and guitarist; probably best known for his and Annie Lennox’s pop band, Eurythmics. But readers already half-raising an eyebrow of scepticism, fearing an over-engineered piece of techno-fusion can relax: this album [...]

If Fergus McCreadie is in any way burdened by the heavy weight of popular and critical expectation, this highly assured solo piano debut shows nothing of it. Often regarded as the improvising pianist’s ultimate challenge, the unaccompanied recital forces the [...]

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