The new premises licence application for a Blue Note Jazz Club in London at 42-49 St Martin’s Lane – and for the hours requested – was approved by the Westminster’s Licensing Sub-Committee at a meeting on 1 May. Petitioner David [...]
It’s early in the morning, this brain hasn’t had coffee and isn’t fully in gear yet, but I need to explain how some impeccably logical thinking came to fruition last night. Here goes: Theatre from the British Isles has a [...]
Sebastian writes: Nick Smart sent me some intriguing news: John McLaughlin has invited Royal Academy of Music students to fly out to Monaco and to appear with him at La Note Bleue on 11 May 2025, as part of his [...]
Tonight, 24 April 2025, at Koko in Camden Town, the winners of the 2025 Jazz FM Awards were announced – we also list the nominees. UKJN will have a report on the night later… UK Jazz Act of the Year Sponsored [...]
A very quick early-morning perusal of the 2025 BBC Proms programme and I find…. Sat 19 Jul 2025 – 19:00 – Royal Albert Hall – Samara JoyThe Great American Songbook and Beyond with Samara Joy with the BBC Concert Orchestra [...]
If you happen to be the world’s biggest jazz trade fair in Bremen this week…. come and meet members of the UK Jazz News team. Stop by and say hi at stand 6A30. Romy Summers is our advertising manager. She [...]
Ahead of the Jazz FM Awards ceremony next Thursday 24 April at Koko in Camden, the organisers have announced all three of the special or non-competitive awards, recognising “individuals who have not only shaped jazz history but continue to inspire [...]
Mingus lives. But what lives on in the Mingus Big Band? Is it his music…or his spirit? The right answer is probably both. That the two are inextricably linked, and can’t be separated. That was powerfully demonstrated by the final [...]
I have been to three of the ten concerts of Ralph Moore’s “Homecoming Tour” in the past week. It has, quite simply put, been a joy – even if occasionally surreal – to hear and to connect with the real [...]
Peggy Harvey (widow of Eddie Harvey) and Alec Dankworth (son of Sir John Dankworth) presented the winners of the Dankworth Prizes for Jazz Composition and the Eddie Harvey Jazz Arranger of the Year Award with their prizes at a ceremony [...]
