Anastasia Wolkenstein, originally from Magdeburg in the former East Germany, lives and works in Regensburg in eastern Bavaria. Her company, Agentur Wolkenstein, which she has run since 2009, has an artist list that might appear short (Anastasia has been known [...]
The Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra’s “Face to Face” tour was originally planned to take place in 2020. It has… finally…reached its joyous conclusion. Every musician on stage seemed to not just to be proving at every moment a deep belief [...]
‘Cascade’, the first single from pianist Joy Ellis‘s new album Peaceful Place is released today. Why the title…? “because of the cascading left hand piano…” says Joy Ellis
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As part of its preparations for welcoming the worldwide jazz community back to Bremen this year, jazzahead! (28 April – 1 May) has already let it be known that there will be a lot more space for the event. This [...]
Philip Watson’s biography “Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music” will be published by Faber on 17 March 2022. Philip Watson has been a prolific feature writer on a broad range of subjects for [...]
An exceptional line up is announced for Pizza Express Dean Street at lunchtime on 26 March: The performers announced so far are: Norma Winstone (vocals), Ian Shaw (vocals), Pete Churchill (vocals and piano)Iain MacKenzie (vocals), Simon Spillett (saxophone), Karen Sharp [...]
“The Duke was a real joy to work on,” says composer George Fenton, who wrote the music for this completely delightful film, directed by Roger Michell (1956-2021). George Fenton has written scores for over 100 films, and dozens of plays [...]
The winners of the 2021 (sixth edition) Milan-based 7 Virtual Jazz Club Competition are announced by Valerio Pappi There are two categories “Pros & Amateurs” and “Under 25”. Entries for the 2022 edition will open on 1 March – website [...]
7pm Concert in the church: Adorna album launch/ London premiere with Opus Anglicanum 9.15pm: Trio in the crypt with Orlando Le Fleming and Troy Miller This very well-attended two-concert evening at St Martin in the Fields showed very contrasting aspects [...]
PizzaExpress Live are letting us know about some forthcoming dates, including a birthday definitely worth celebrating… that of a cornerstone of the British jazz scene for several decades, and one of the most supportive and encouraging people ever: it will [...]
