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'Portraits in Jazz', UK Premiere. Sunday 9 March, Milton Court, 7 30pm.

“A musical love letter and tribute to the masters of jazz I had the chance to study and work with…” Helen Sung, acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, and a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, looks forward to joining Guildhall Big Band on [...]

New book 'Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong'

The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with two-time Grammy-winning Louis Armstrong historian, author, and archivist Ricky Riccardi. His latest book, Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong – the third in a trilogy about the [...]

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...appearing at Afro Futures Festival. Rich Mix. 6 March 2025

The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble’s bandleader and arranger Sean Khan spoke to UK Jazz News about the ensemble’s unique mix of folk music and jazz, the involvement of folk legends Dave Pegg and Jacqui McShee, and the programme he’s [...]

UK Debut of Mauro Sigura Electric Quartet. Watermill Jazz, Dorking. 25 February

Italian Mauro Sigura is a jazz oud player and recent winner of the international 7VirtualJazz contest. Although he has played across the world, he has never played in the UK and brings his Electric Quartet – with Marcello Peghin, Pierpaolo [...]

Taking over from Ted Nash at Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Morgan Enos writes: “Apologies for this one-off Tuesday publication — instead of the column’s titular Monday. But my interview with saxophonist and educator Alexa Tarantino needed to be lined up with Tarantino’s touring schedule….” Last year, longtime Jazz at Lincoln [...]

Pascal Le Boeuf is an American composer, jazz pianist, and electronic artist. His track “Strands” from the album “Are We Dreaming the Same Dream” with the Akropolis Reed Quintet and Christian Euman won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition at [...]

Today, 2 February 2025, would have been Martin Hummel’s 70th birthday. In this tribute, jazz pianist, composer, author, and retired university professor Darius Brubeck remembers a “great enabler” with respect and gratitude and – inevitably – in sadness. The principle [...]

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Thursday 13 February 2025

For the second in the series of four concerts that saxophonist Helena Kay has been invited to curate at the venue the saxophonist’s quartet will be revisiting Golden Sands, Kay’s second album. It’s the opening act, improvising folk duo Norman&Corrie, [...]

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New album 'Poncha', launch 22 February 2025 at World Heart

One of the most in demand jazz guitarists on the UK scene today, Nick Costley-White is gearing up to release his third album Poncha (Ubuntu Music), which will be celebrated with a not-to-be-missed live show at the intimate World Heart [...]

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'Brightlight' at Ronnie Scott’s, 17-19 March 2025

Double bassist/composer Avishai Cohen, one of the most celebrated jazz musicians touring the world right now, is about to hit the road again to showcase music from his new album, Brightlight, released last October on Believe. As Cohen explains, Brightlight [...]

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