Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962-1989) (Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, to 5 January 2020. Exhibition review by Dan Bergsagel) The story goes something like this: jazz came from the African-American community in […]
Could Django Bates be about to say farewell to his long-standing Charlie Parker-dedicated project? If so, it won’t be before he joins his Belovèd trio to that other legendary jazz Parker, Evan, […]
Peter Bacon reports: He’s not as well known as Masekela or Ibrahim, but his achievements and influence have been considerable. Which is why his music is being celebrated at the Vortex Jazz […]
Rachel Coombes previews this year’s Soho Jazz Festival: This year the Soho Jazz Festival pays homage to the legacy of Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, who passed away in November last year […]
Sebastian attended a recent meeting of the German Radio Jazz Research group. He writes: RADIO JAZZ RESEARCH The Radio Jazz Research group meets two to three times a year and has the […]
Peter Bacon reports: The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) has announced what it describes as “the most exciting development in its 54-year history”. It’s the NYJO Jazz Exchange, a two-year national project encouraging […]
Having gathered around him some of today’s finest young players based in Europe and the US, the London-based composer and tenor saxophonist Alex Merritt has spent the past week touring some of […]
Judy Niemack – Blue Nights; In The Sundance (Blujazz, 2007; 2009. Review by Frank Griffith) This brace of CDs from a decade back by jazz vocalist Judy Niemack (The Pheasantry, 4 & 5 July) forms […]
Nigel Slee, Creative Director at Jazz North, reports from Huddersfield on the seventh Jazz North Education Conference (declaration of interest: Nigel organised it) : The seventh Jazz North Education Conference took place […]
George Cables (with Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis) – I’m All Smiles (HighNote Records HCD 7322. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) It is probably wrong to be completely swayed by the positive […]
