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Sunny Jain’s music is a celebration of cultural diaspora, taking inspiration from the scores of Bollywood classics and Spaghetti Westerns, Indian folk traditions, and improvisation. The result? A heady fusion of jazz, rock, and sheer, unbridled energy. A drummer and [...]
Sarah Weller is the Head of Music at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London.There are few positions in the UK music industry to equal the authority of her position at one of the leading jazz clubs of Europe. With a multi-faceted [...]
For more than two decades pianist Liam Noble has been a key figure on the vibrant British Jazz scene, both as a sideman and leader. He has collaborated with musicians including Dave Liebman, Tim Berne, Tom Herbert and Seb Rochford. [...]
Cat Henry is a British-American creative producer specializing in the visioning and planning of concerts, tours, and public programs. Curator of jazz programs for Hudson Hall, she previously curated concerts for MoMA Summergarden: New Music for New York, from 2005-2015, [...]
Ulysses Owens Jr. is a drummer, educator and producer. As a bandleader, he has performed internationally and recorded albums with big bands and smaller ensembles. His most recent album, “A New Beat”, features his Generation Y quintet and is modelled [...]
Lisa Buck is an artist manager, an artistic director and a key figure in the dynamic jazz community in Calgary, Canada. She started the successful house-concert series “BuckingJam Palace” where world-class jazz musicians quietly appear in Calgary one night a [...]
Cuban-American pianist/composer Fabian Almazan found his musical roots as a child in Havana. Cuba was where he first became involved in the classical piano tradition. As a performer, he has developed a personal voice through the electric manipulation of the [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” reached its hundredth interview in early July. The 100th was with Dee Dee Bridgewater, the 99th was with Norma Winstone, and the 98th was with the creator of the series, Nicky Schrire. The series returns from a [...]
Over the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy and Tony Award-winning Jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of [...]
Norma Winstone is a British vocalist and lyricist whose work spans more than fifty years. Her collaborators on stage and on recordings have included Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Nikki Iles, Fred Hersch and, more recently, Kit Downes and Glauco Venier. [...]
