Two projects, both with Alice Zawadzki in a leading role, come to fruition in the next few days: Alice Zawadzki explains the background to Yiddish glory: Jewish refugees in Central Asia (*) […]
Blow the Fuse (Deirdre Cartwright and Alison Rayner) will be taking over the jazz programming at Lauderdale House, it is announced today. FULL STATEMENT FROM LAUDERDALE HOUSE: (Text begins) We are delighted […]
Bruce Lindsay – Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox Books. 254 pp. £25. Book Review by Rob Adams) Ivor Cutler was a singular talent. He was an author, poet, […]
Brooklyn Marathon Night at Winter Jazzfest 2023 (Various venues in NYC. Review by Dan Bergsagel) In many aspects of our lives, the pandemic can look like a diminishing dot in the rear-view […]
Brussels Jazz Festival 2023 (Flagey, Brussels. Sunday 15 January 2023. Festival report by Jon Turney) This is the second of two reports from Brussels by Jon Turney* The final sessions of this […]
Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Flagey, Brussels. Thursday-Saturday, Jan 12-14 2023. Festival report by Jon Turney) This is the first of two reports from Brussels by Jon Turney (*) Brussels’ cosy indoor jazz […]
“The effect of these cuts will be devastating for Scotland’s classical, jazz and piping scenes.“ Tommy Smith has co-ordinated an open letter from a high-profile list of cultural figures in Scotland, including […]
Guitarist Mark Wingfield pays tribute to Jeff Beck, “master of tonal nuance and expression”, who passed away on 10 January 2023 aged 78. Mark Wingfield writes: This won’t be an exhaustive run-through […]
Georgia Mancio Quartet (Hugh and Marion’s/Eltham Jazz Club. 12 January 2023. Live review by Rob Mallows) Until last Thursday, Eltham I knew only as a junction on the A2, the location of the […]
Dhafer Youssef – Streets of Minarets (Back Beat Edition – Album review by Graham Spry) Over the last two decades, Dhafer Youssef has been one of Europe’s most reliably intriguing and innovative […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
In a Press Release issued today, the jazzahead! trade fair (27-30 April) has announced all of the bands who will be appearing at the 2023 event, the world’s largest. We publish the […]
South Australia-born singer Jo Lawry’s new album “Acrobats” with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Allison Miller, is released on Whirlwind Recordings on 10 February. There is also a UK/ Ireland/ […]
Paul Deats and Rachel Foster of Peggy’s Skylight have dis covered that Nottingham City Council is planning to sell the Peggy’s Skylight building at auction on 23 February 2023, despite the fact […]
Denny Ilett’s Electric Lady Big Band play Jimi Hendrix(Ronnie Scott’s, 6-7 January 2023. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jimi Hendrix always expressed an interest in writing music for a big band but sadly […]
