On the final day of registration for this year’s Jazzahead, Nicky Schrire reflects on the value of the event, and on the build-up over the past two years which has led to a more cohesive and substantial UK presence. One [...]
Anything by trumpeter Kenny Dorham instantly commands attention, and this Record Store Day release, on vinyl from Resonance Records, immediately moved to the top of my wish list. Resonance has a flair for finding and releasing rare sessions, unheard since [...]
The acorn was a discussion between Jonathan Nason and John Bowman, two residents of the village of Kings Bromley, a few miles north of Lichfield in Staffordshire. The sapling was a modest jazz club which first met a year ago [...]
Jazzdor, based in Strasbourg, fosters a spirit of collaboration and co-operation across national boundaries. In addition to its annual ‘home’ festival, it added Berlin more than 15 years ago. The Budapest festival is a relatively new addition, run in partnership [...]
American clarinettist Sam Sadigursky has released 11 acclaimed albums as a leader (New Amsterdam Records, Brooklyn Jazz Underground, and Adhyâropa Records), and appears on over 60 albums as a side musician, including on numerous Grammy nominees and winners, most recently [...]
