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Award-winning alto saxophonist Sam Braysher is about to release his latest album, That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill, exploring ten of this fascinating composer’s lesser-known tunes. The album launch is on 1 July at Pizza Express in Soho. With [...]
The Strictly Smokin’ Big Band, the only ensemble of its kind in the North East of England, will launch its latest album Strictly Smokin’ and Friends with a live concert at The Fire Station, Sunderland on Friday 17 May 2024 [...]
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 [...]
American pianist-composer Lynne Arriale will be at Pizza Express Dean Street on 8 and 9 April, touring material from her captivating 17th album as a leader, Being Human (Challenge Records). Featuring ten original compositions, Being Human celebrates positive aspects of [...]
In addition to her role as an artist manager, Lisa Buck is the driving force behind an impressive grassroots jazz movement growing in Calgary, Canada, with aims for musicians including fair pay, sustainability and gender-balance. When the only jazz club [...]
Asha Parkinson is a saxophonist and composer with a passion for cross-cultural dialogue and a heartfelt mission to find “the universal love which connects everything.” Asha Parkinson is a woman with strong ideals, on a mission to connect cultures through [...]
Latinx powerhouse Eliane Correa is a composer, producer, MD, festival organiser, pianist and so much more. At the time of this interview for International Women’s Day she was, for example, touring as a soloist with the World of Hans Zimmer. [...]
Sarah Weller is a multi-talented force in the music scene, both on and off stage. Last year, she took up the post of Head of Music at Ronnie Scott’s. With her vast knowledge of the jazz musicians and bands who [...]
International Women’s Day has been a focus for LondonJazz News since Fran Hardcastle started the series in 2011. Our 2024 editor is Kai Hoffman, who has done several of the interviews this year. Features to be published this Friday 8 [...]
