There has been speculation as to how InJazz Rotterdam could be replaced. The showcase for Dutch jazz and improvised music, and also a conference and networking event, closed after its eighteenth edition in June 2024. Orange Jazz Days is a [...]
Bassist Simon Woolf presents a new programme “Jazz Cello” at Sands Films Studio in Rotherhithe on Friday 12 September. UK Jazz News: Could this programme – in whole or in part – be seen as a tribute to the pioneering [...]
The concert at Pizza Express Jazz Club on 22 September is a rare occasion and a must-see for people interested in the art of jazz singing. Judy Niemack (vocals) will be with Barry Green (piano), Tristan Maillot (drums) and Jeremy [...]
The winner of the 2025 Tina May Young Jazz Musician Award from the Musicians’ Company is twenty-three year old Leeds-based singer Lucy-Anne Daniels. She won not only the main prize, which for the first time involved a jury consisting of [...]
It has been truly fascinating to see Grégory Privat on the stage at Ronnie Scott’s not just once but twice this year, in two completely different contexts. The first time was in early April when he was a sideman in [...]
The eminent French jazz broadcaster Alex Dutilh had a very clear view on current trends in European jazz and music related to it when he came back from jazzahead earlier this year (link below). He sees the avant-garde and the [...]
Within the first few seconds of the piano introduction to the first song from Gillian Margot and Geoffrey Keezer, “I only have eyes for you”, I had the glorious sense of having had my expectations fulfilled, the feeling that everything [...]
Jazzahead, ‘the world’s leading industry event in the jazz sector, with around 3,000 trade participants from over 60 nations’, has just made some announcements looking forward to its 2026 edition from 22 to 25 April. COMMENT: The fact that the [...]
We put out a NEWS STORY on 19 August, announcing Nigel Price’s 46-date tour, noting that “Arts Council England have so far declined to support this tour.” Help is at hand. The following has just been announced today 2 September: [...]
Danish saxophonist Cecilie Strange will make her London solo debut appearance as part of this year’s Sounds of Denmark Festival on 25 September at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Dean Street, followed by a performance at Turner Sims, Southampton on [...]
