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March 11, 2024

Here is an announcement made earlier today which has appeared on the Brasserie Zedel website: There is more information on the Spice Jazz Soho Facebook page: “SpiceJazz Soho is relocating to Crazy Coqs Piccadilly from Wednesday 3rd April. Changes continue [...]

Part of ‘Giant Steps: #womentothefore’

Alejandra López is a Spanish double bass player and composer who, at only 19, is a new talent in improvised music. From a very young age, she was surrounded by a musical family. She completed professional studies in classical piano [...]

Jazz Café POSK, 23 Mar

Composer / producer/vocalist/ multi-instrumentalist Xantoné Blacq and his all-star band including Troy Miller will explore and celebrate the jazz funk music innovations and collaborations of Herbie Hancock @ Jazz Café POSK on Saturday 23rd of March. “The influence of Herbie [...]

Part of 'Giant Steps: Women to the Fore'

Matylda Gerber is not only a saxophonist, composer, member of the bands Ślina and sneaky jesus, co-organiser of the Wrocław Improvised Orchestra, winner of awards from Jazz Forum magazine and the Jazz Association Melomani… she’s also a scientist and practitioner, [...]

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist Taylor Eigsti. A prolific leader and sideman, Eigsti has played with a massive cross section of the jazz landscape – most closely Terence Blanchard, Gretchen Parlato, Ben Wendel, [...]

There are second – and third – acts in American lives and Charles Lloyd is the living proof. His latest album, released on what will be his 86th birthday on Friday 15 March, is a triumphant two CD or LP [...]

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Lisa Hilton is an American pianist whose music draws on classic American jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, and Count Basie, as well as blues heroes Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. She is a prolific composer [...]

Part of ‘Giant Steps: Women to the Fore’

Eight European jazz publications are marking #IWD 2024 with portraits of rising female jazz stars across Europe in series called Giant Steps: #Womentothefore. This interview was done by Jacek Brun of jazz-fun.de (*). Miriam Ast is an international jazz vocalist, [...]

Brought together by their affection for Sonny Rollins’ piano-less trios, QOW Trio is bursting with exuberant, energetic playing and imagination. Their second album manages to make what might seem a tired format lively and exhilarating: it positively fizzes with excitement. [...]

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