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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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Saxophonist and composer Mark Lockheart is looking for a certain kind of simplicity on his new album for Edition Records – with help from an all-star 12-piece band. “I like that it makes me smile, this album”, says Mark Lockheart, [...]
In addition to her role as an artist manager, Lisa Buck is the driving force behind an impressive grassroots jazz movement growing in Calgary, Canada, with aims for musicians including fair pay, sustainability and gender-balance. When the only jazz club [...]
Asha Parkinson is a saxophonist and composer with a passion for cross-cultural dialogue and a heartfelt mission to find “the universal love which connects everything.” Asha Parkinson is a woman with strong ideals, on a mission to connect cultures through [...]
Canadian-born drummer Katie Patterson is a multi-award-winning international performer based in London. She throws her huge energy into a variety of different projects: some with friends, some to educate, some fun and some challenging. Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, drummer [...]
Clara Green is a Stockholm-born jazz vocalist, composer and educator based in London. She is a former member of Pete Churchill’s London Vocal Project, in which she performed and recorded alongside Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Nikki Iles, Dave Holland… The [...]
Latinx powerhouse Eliane Correa is a composer, producer, MD, festival organiser, pianist and so much more. At the time of this interview for International Women’s Day she was, for example, touring as a soloist with the World of Hans Zimmer. [...]
Sarah Weller is a multi-talented force in the music scene, both on and off stage. Last year, she took up the post of Head of Music at Ronnie Scott’s. With her vast knowledge of the jazz musicians and bands who [...]
