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For Tim Garland‘s gig at World HeartBeat on 6 September, his Lighthouse Trio – with Gwilym Simcock and Asaf Sirkis – will be joined by Yazz Ahmed. There is also going to be a pre-concert session beforehand in which Yazz [...]
The news of the death of guitarist Russell Malone on Friday 23 August 2024, at the age of just 60, comes as a totally unexpected shock. Fellow guitarist David O’Rourke remembers a friend – and one of the greats of [...]
BOP Jazz Theatre Company will present Jazz Conversations, “a double bill of soulful jazz dance and live jazz music,” at The Place, London, on 20 and 21 September. The programme combines two of BOP Jazz Theatre Company’s best-loved jazz dance [...]
Seven concerts… seventeen (so far) listed musicians. Lists below… Derek Hook started the Ambleside Days Festival, “a Contemporary Music Festival in the heart of the English Lake District”, in 2017. This year’s edition builds to a large ensemble concert [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist Bill Charlap, whose new trio album And Then Again, with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington, was recorded at New York’s Village Vanguard and released 16 August [...]
Anthony Colwyn was a bandleader, jazz trumpeter, singer, dentist and hereditary peer who spoke up regularly in Parliament about the importance and the value of jazz, and did so with knowledge and passion. He died earlier this month. Nigel Tully [...]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and drummer and composer Jonathan Barber. His new album with Vision Ahead, In Motion, released 2 August, features tenor saxophonist Matt Knoegel, guitarist Andrew Renfroe, pianist Taber Gable, and bassist [...]
Swiss drummer Lucas Niggli pays tribute to Irène Schweizer, to her unique role as “the encourager“ and remembers the astonishing flow and incisiveness of her playing… and her laugh. “HA!”. Irene had a way of laughing which was short and [...]
