
READ ELSEWHERE Christies has published and article focusing on the jazz memorabilia in the Charlie Watts Collection – including Charlie Parker’s union card (above) – read more Alyn Shipton wrote in tribute […]
READ ELSEWHERE Christies has published and article focusing on the jazz memorabilia in the Charlie Watts Collection – including Charlie Parker’s union card (above) – read more Alyn Shipton wrote in tribute […]
READ ELSEWHERE Ethan Iverson pays tribute to bassist Richard Davis, who passed away last week at the age of 93 – read more The Rolling Stone tribute to Richard Davis highlights his […]
READ ELSEWHERE “Life on Mars”…”Money”…”Message in a Bottle”. They are all on “Brexit Music” from Baptiste Trotignon (with Gregory Hutchinson and Matt Penman) – listen more / in French Richard Williams writes […]
READ ELSEWHERE Liane Carroll…Anthony Strong…Pizza Express has a new Piano Lounge Downstairs venue in St Martin’s Lane. No admission charge, but tables do need to be booked – read more Gwen Ansell […]
Pianist/composer Laurie Holloway was a great friend of Michael Parkinson for several decades. He was Musical Director on Parkinson’s BBC show from 1998 until 2004, and then from 2004 to 2007 on […]
READ ELSEWHERE A major interview with Rod Argent (Photo above from 2019 by Jham 2000/ Creative Commons) – read more A thoughtful review of the new Wayne Shorter documentary from The New […]
READ ELSEWHERE Dorsay Alavi’s film about Wayne Shorter “Zero Gravity” will screen on Amazon Prime on what would have been his 90th birthday, 25 August – read more …there is a trailer […]
READ ELSEWHERE Life in the moment becomes eternal – a memorial being unveiled in Suleczyno, the site of the Jazz w Lesie Festival. to Jarek Smietana by his daughter Alicja – read […]
READ ELSEWHERE Tony Bennett (Photo copyright John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk) is remembered by Alexis Petridis in the Guardian – read more Ethan Iverson recalls his encounters with Tony Bennett – read more Ted Gioia […]
Last night at Wigmore Hall was all about celebrating and honouring Christian McBride. Here is the full press release: (Full text of press release begins) Christian McBride, the American jazz bassist, composer, […]
READ ELSEWHERE RIP Mick Sexton, who worked for both Mary Greig’s Jazz in London and Sarah Chaplin’s Jazz London Live (image with Sarah above) – read more RIP East German free saxophonist […]
The EFG London Jazz Festival is making a third announcement today concerning its programme. The full programme launch event for with the programmes of all venues will be on 12 September. Our […]
READ ELSEWHERE Neil Spencer of the Observer reviewed pianist Zoe Rahman’s new album, Colour of Sound photo above by Melody McLaren at the 2021 EFG LJF – read more Tony Coe is […]
READ ELSEWHERE Saxophonist Christine Jensen (above with Jim Doxas, Steve Amirault, Adrian Vedady and discusses her new album Day Moon with CanadianBeats – read more RIP Mo Foster at the age of […]
READ ELSEWHERE RIP trad clarinettist Bernie Holden (above), probably the oldest person to graduate from a jazz course (Middlesex Uni in the 2000’s at the age of 69) – read more Saxophonist […]