Today, 29 April 2021 would have been the 99th birthday of Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron (“Toots”) Thielemans (1922-2016) and plans for the centenary next year are already taking shape in his native Belgium. A dedicated website, toots100.be was launched today. [...]
Voting will take place online this year. The deadline for voting in this year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards will be at midnight on 14 May 2021 and anyone may vote. In addition to the usual categories a pertinent new one has [...]
Pandemic or no pandemic, London-based gig promoters Mood Indigo have not let the grass grow under their feet. With a series of streamed events over the last year, co-organisers Terence Collie and Janet McCunn have kept going throughout the lockdown [...]
Cultural Connections Africa and Serious are announcing a series of streamed events: Streams from Africa will present emerging voices from several countries within the continent, focusing on showcasing contemporary and innovative sounds. The series will also have a selection of [...]
Nishla Smith is an Australian-born jazz singer. As a current City Music Foundation (CMF) artist, she will be performing in Bart’s Great Hall on 19 May as part of the CMF lunchtime concert series. She is also announcing a new [...]
The Europe Jazz Network has just announced the winner for its 2021 Adventurous Programming award, the award’s tenth year… The process behind selecting the winner was in two stages. The first step was that all 160+ EJN member organisations from [...]
OK Aurora, described as “an eight-piece jazz-meets-pop ensemble” are releasing their album ‘Only in Autumn’ in July 2021 on Ubuntu. The album was recorded in the Giant Wafer Studio in Wales… The London-based ensemble is led by drummer Rod Oughton. [...]
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City Music Foundation (CMF) is a charity with a mission to ‘turn talent into success’. The 2021 round of their mentoring scheme is now open for applications from professional musicians, normally at the beginning their careers in in classical, jazz, [...]
