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Peggy Harvey (widow of Eddie Harvey) and Alec Dankworth (son of Sir John Dankworth) presented the winners of the Dankworth Prizes for Jazz Composition and the Eddie Harvey Jazz Arranger of the Year Award with their prizes at a ceremony [...]
Today’s news from Hamburg is something special for British jazz: “British bandleader, pianist and composer Nikki Iles will be the new Principal Conductor of the NDR Bigband from the 2025/26 season. She succeeds Geir Lysne and will lead the renowned [...]
Congratulations to Jamie Cullum and producer Folded Wing. Jamie’s BBC Radio 2 show is 15 years old this week, and tonight (1 April 2025) there is a 15th anniversary edition. Jamie, who has been supportive of UKJN since we started, [...]
Harry Belafonte was arguably one of the most distinguished musical artists, actors and human rights campaigners of the last 70 years. Born in New York City to Jamaican parents on 1 March 1927, the singer-activist led a life full of [...]
It’s hard to believe that London-born saxophonist Ralph Moore has never been on tour in the UK in his own name; hats off to bassist Simon Woolf for making all of these dates happen. Moore has revisited the country of [...]
Jazz professionals from across the UK are invited to join a free, interactive online session. The session is designed to help people make the most of their visit to jazzahead! 2025, the world’s premier jazz trade fair and showcase festival [...]
Blue Note Entertainment president Steven Bensusan has gone public in an interview with Sky News, outlining his reactions to City of Westminster’s decision not to allow a late license for the proposed club in St Martin’s Lane. Quoting from the [...]
Arts Council England announces today that it will be supporting a UK stand at the world’s largest jazz showcase, trade fair and industry gathering, jazzahead!, which is held in Bremen, 24-26 April, 2025. FULL TEXT OF ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND MEDIA [...]
Preceded by a concert in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, saxophonist Phil Bancroft’s new trio, The Beautiful Storm marks the launch of its debut album, Finding Hope (When All Seems Lost) with appearances at Aberdeen Jazz Festival and the Novus weekend in Edinburgh as [...]
Roy. He was a hero to me, and the fact that I could call him a dear friend is something I never took lightly. My band would often follow Roy’s into Ronnie Scott’s after his two-week residency. I’d always try [...]
