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“‘The song’ is still at the heart of everything I do, and one of the greatest joys of my life is when I am required to arrange new repertoire – to frame songs in such a way that the listener [...]
Jazzfest Berlin started in 1964, and has announced the full programme for its “Jubiläumsausgabe” (Jubilee Edition). As the release states: “The past, present and future also interact in the diverse concert programme of the anniversary edition, and over the four [...]
Brown’s Hotel has been called the jewel in the crown of luxury hotels in London. …and on Tuesdays to Thursday evenings from 1 October to 19 December, its welcoming Drawing Room, which is normally known as one of the poshest [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’ interview with trumpeter, composer and bandleader Marquis Hill. Hill’s new album, Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox, was released 30 August. It features Hill’s core quintet: vibraphonist Joel Ross; pianist Michael King; bassist Junius [...]
Ulysses Owens Jr. is a drummer, educator and producer. As a bandleader, he has performed internationally and recorded albums with big bands and smaller ensembles. His most recent album, “A New Beat”, features his Generation Y quintet and is modelled [...]
“He had the chops to explain music to other musicians and to laypersons. No one else did what Dave did. He knew the way things worked because he had slugged away in the trenches just as he’d knocked on record [...]
The Jazz Repertory Company will present ‘Jazz in New York: The 1930s’, with Kerry Shale as presenter, and Vimala Rowe performing the songs of Billie Holiday, at Cadogan Hall, on Sunday 29 September at 6:30pm. Richard Pite writes: On Sunday [...]
Jazz Café POSK opens its autumn season with the inaugural POSK Festival of Jazz Voice on 4 and 5 October. It will feature a unique performance of an “Inspirations” programme by Norma Winstone “with songs that she seldom performs on [...]
Lisa Buck is an artist manager, an artistic director and a key figure in the dynamic jazz community in Calgary, Canada. She started the successful house-concert series “BuckingJam Palace” where world-class jazz musicians quietly appear in Calgary one night a [...]
“Marv’s total commitment to everything he did musically was truly humbling and I feel incredibly lucky that he graced so much of my music (and others) with his wonderful playing.” Saxophonist Mark Lockheart writes in tribute to his “dear collaborator [...]
