“I have a long relationship with Ronnie Scott’s,” remarks vibraphonist Joe Locke, who next plays there with his working American quartet on October 29, one day before the venerable London jazz club celebrates its 65th anniversary. As on his last [...]
In his third and final dispatch from the Amazonas Green Festival in Manaus, Brazil, NYC writer Ted Panken places the focus on American musician Ed Sarath, who “divides his time between teaching, scholarship, performing, composing, recording, speaking, and spearheading leadership [...]
In this second of his three reports from the 2023 Amazonas Green Jazz Festival in Manaus in Brazil, US writer Ted Panken tells the story of the Amazonas Band – an ensemble which has been at the heart of the [...]
In this first of three reports, we welcome New York-based journalist Ted Panken to UKJN. Ted reports for us from the Amazonas Green Jazz Festival, which ran from July 21 to July 30 in Manaus, the capital of the Amazonas [...]
