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Scintillating, celebrated Britjazz marvels Empirical call in at Newhampton Arts Centre in Wolverhampton for a keenly awaited gig – with a fresh line-up. The reconfigured band comes to the Midlands minus vibraphone player Lewis Wright, who had been a stalwart [...]
“I have a long relationship with Ronnie Scott’s,” remarks vibraphonist Joe Locke, who next plays there with his working American quartet on October 29, one day before the venerable London jazz club celebrates its 65th anniversary. As on his last [...]
On Thursday 10 October, French guitarist / singer / band leader Benoit Viellefon is launching his new album Out of Dates at The Brunswick, Hove with a concert by his Hot Club. Benoit Viellefon, originally from Northern France, has led [...]
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 [...]
Lyrics by Sting, Joe Jackson and Kent-based singer-songwriter-activist Nina Clark feature alongside those of Great American Songbook contributors Lorenz Hart and Sammy Kahn and the singer himself in Kurt Elling’s latest concerts with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. Kurt Elling, [...]
Shez Raja writes: “I’m thrilled to share the news about a homecoming show that holds a lot of significance for me. “On Saturday 28 September I’ll be performing at Future Yard in the Wirral, NW England – the area where [...]
Sometimes two kindred spirits can follow long playing trajectories and reach similar points in jazz’s vast musical landscape. So it is with saxophonist Jon Lloyd and pianist John Law, who first worked together nearly 35 years ago. Their current quartet [...]
Saxophonist Helena Kay and pianist Zoe Rahman will be appearing as a duo next month, as the first of the the new Jazz Thursdays series which she curates at Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh. Helena Kay will relive a moment from [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
