Huge congratulations to a pivotal figure in jazz in Northern Ireland, Dr Linley Hamilton, on being awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List.
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When I reviewed the first of these shows in 2016, I wrote: “Whisper it quietly, but this could just possibly be the start of a new tradition.” Phew. Got one right. The whole event has a winning formula, it attracts [...]
A good friend to UKJN, Jay Visvadeva, has sent us this sad news this morning, after a day in which premature reports of Zakir Hussain’s death had been rife: “TABLA MAESTRO USTAD ZAKIR HUSSAIN HAS LEFT THE STAGE He passed [...]
Rachida Dati, French Culture Minister has written today: ‘The great Martial Solal has died at the age of 97. He was a legendary pianist and composer, whose name shines in the jazz firmament alongside the likes of Oscar Peterson, Bill [...]
The current, first season of jazz at the Drawing Room After Dark in Brown’s Hotel is slipping away fast. The last night of Week 12 is on Thursday 19 December, featuring Art Themen. That means there are just six more [...]
Blue Note has announced that Branford Marsalis is joining the label. The first release, Belonging, will feature his regular quartet with Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, and Justin Faulkner. Blue Note also point out that Marsalis’s last appearance on the label [...]
Love Supreme Festival has just announced some of the names for the next festival. More releases to follow: Smokey Robinson (first UK show in 15 years) Maxwell (Sunday headliner, UK exclusive) Branford Marsalis Stanley Clarke Lakecia Benjamin Sampa The Great [...]
Winners of the 12th Scottish Jazz Awards were announced last night 28 November at a ceremony at The Savings Bank venue in Glasgow: The Winners are: Rising Star Award, sponsored by Musicians’ Union – Laura Oghagbon Best Instrumentalist Award, sponsored [...]
The other finalists were: Brief bio: Ursula Harrison (22) is from Pontygwaith, South Wales. A prolific composer, Ursula’s band Orbit Street was selected as a Forté Project artist for 2024, recording a new EP, Forest, and performing across Wales and [...]
This is such a strong album. It deserves to win awards, and probably will. Whereas the word multi-layered gets plastered across countless press releases, what Charlotte Planchou and pianist Mark Priore have given us with Le Carillon is the full [...]
