From picturesque Norwegian tram rides to late-night London listening sessions, Kamasi Washington’s music has soundtracked moments of stillness, heartbreak and growth for musician and radio presenter, Rowan Flack. As she traces the spiritual and emotional depth of Washington’s discography, she [...]
Since 2005, Sligo Jazz Project has hosted Europe’s largest and most inclusive jazz summer school alongside its internationally renowned jazz festival, bringing some of the finest names in international jazz to the Irish town of Sligo. This year, they will [...]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival returns to the city with over 100 events spread over ten days between Friday 11 and Sunday 20 July. As well concerts featuring international stars like Julian Lage and rising British talent such as Joe [...]
It was the opportunity of a lifetime. Two students at the Royal Academy of Music – pianist Will Inscoe and saxophonist Zach Sholapurkar – were offered the chance to join legendary guitarist John McLaughlin and his band for a gig [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist, composer, arranger, educator, and lecturer Eric Scott Reed. His new album, Out Late, featuring trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth, [...]
Composer and violinist Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon. Her vibrant sound universe lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music, jazz, Arabic music, and improvisation. A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow, [...]
A thirty-minute tenor saxophone improvisation in his smallholding’s barn has become Phil Bancroft’s latest album, Testimony, released at the end of April on Phil’s own Myriad Streams platform. Shortly after its release he spoke to UK Jazz News about his [...]
As with a book, you can’t judge a jazz album by its cover. But when the artwork is as lovely as that adorning Sandra-Mae Lux’s Seasons In Jazz, you can’t help feeling we’re already halfway home… Sandra-Mae Lux is one [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’ review of the U.S. premiere of Carla Bley’s Escalator Over the Hill, at the New School in New York City, on May 2. Despite the event being more than a half-century in the [...]
The Euroradio Jazz Orchestra, produced by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is currently celebrating its 60th birthday, with a programme culminating in concerts tonight, 12 May at the Cukrarna in Ljubljana (Jazz Ars All Stars) and on 13 May at the Kontesa [...]
