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Lovers of vintage 1980s American and Brit Funk and funk jazz will be in for a special treat on 22 June when the Saturday Love All-Dayer comes to Broomfield Park in Palmers Green. From 1pm to 9pm, patrons will be [...]
The popular jazz series Out To Lunch, returns this summer for its 14th year. Initially OTL had a mixed programme that included jazz, but by 2012 jazz took over as the sole genre, reflecting what the audiences requested. Kicking off this June [...]
Pianist Geoff Castle (1949-2020), a member of Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Paz and Carmina was a “a pivotal and seemingly ubiquitous player on the British jazz scene” (Roger Farbey). His output ranged from contemporary Jazz & Latin to Folk and Caribbean. [...]
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor is looking forward to her appearance in the series “Nigel Williams & Jazz FM present”, when she will be singing/playing a live session – and in conversation with Jazz FM’s finest, Nigel Williams, for a [...]
One of my obvious takeaways from taking on the role of running the UK’s presence at the jazzahead! trade fair last month is the constant demand for independently-minded UK and UK-connected acts and artists all across Northern Europe. Evidence to [...]
The focus of the SNJO’s 2009 album, Rhapsody in Blue Live, Gershwin’s jazz age classic is being given a fresh re-orchestration by SNJO artistic director, saxophonist Tommy Smith to celebrate its centenary. Two of the concerts will see the SNJO [...]
The Darius Brubeck Quartet (Darius Brubeck – piano, Dave O’Higgins – sax, Matt Ridley – bass, Wesley Gibbens – drums) will play at Jazz Café POSK, Saturday 11 May 2024, their first appearance at the Hammersmith venue. UKJazz News: We [...]
While some well-established city jazz venues may be struggling to keep their doors open, here’s an encouraging story from an unexpected corner of the country. Kings Bromley, a small village in Staffordshire, held its inaugural jazz club night in March [...]
John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits will be performing at a Benefit Concert for the Herne Bay Jazz Festival at the King’s Hall in Herne Bay on 20 April. In this interview, John talks about guitars…Sting…the passing of John Marshall…and starts with [...]
Neil Hughes, Jazz Director at the Buxton International Festival talks about his approach to programming the festival this year, and picks four personal highlights. It’s an interesting conundrum…how DO you follow up from 2023’s “Wynton Marsalis at the Opera House”…? [...]
