Keyboard maestro Luke Smith performs with some of the biggest stars in modern music – a recent highlight included accompanying Cat Stevens at Glastonbury – yet he owes some of his formative […]
As Howl Quartet launch their second album, Airglow, one of the band’s two saxophonists, Dan Smith, explains how the group is taking its freewheeling music out to the world. Feature by John […]
Kai Hoffman was inspired by the film ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day‘ to start the Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival. 2023 presents the sixth edition, at which 95% of the events […]
With a new album out and his UK live debut soon, the Israeli pianist Uriel Herman explains how a jazz vision that finds room for Bowie and Mozart has won him a […]
With founding members Terry Seabrook (organ) and Peter Fraize (tenor sax) hailing from each side of the pond, naming the band in honour of the ocean that both separates and connects them […]
‘We want people to come away feeling like they’ve connected with each other more.’ The Common Room(s) is offering a fresh approach to experiencing music and words. A series of eight events […]
“I’m passionate about trying to engage new people in the music, and that is what ‘Our Music in Paris’ is about: sharing a particular story of jazz focusing on Paris.” UK saxophonist […]
‘How often can you go to a concert and see five singers doing their thing with the best big band around?’ The BBC Big Band will take to the stage at Cadogan […]
Swiss-French Jazz guitarist Alex Scheuerer is joined by vocalist Najwa Ezzaher to perform material from their recent album together La Vie En Soul and more at Pizza Express Soho on Monday 10 […]
The Manchester-based Royal Northern College of Music is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year. As part of the festivities, northern-based musicians Dave Hassell (drums) and Andy Scott (saxophone) have been invited to […]
“Once jazz is in your blood, you never escape,” says pianist, singer and impresario Neal Richardson. “I love it and couldn’t bear to do anything else, really.” His second album, The Maximalist […]
Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin…and John Cage are among the influences that Swedish-born pianist Lars Jansson and Danish saxophonist Thomas Agergaard acknowledge on “Garden of Sounds”, their […]
Jazz/soul/funk quintet Tristan makes two return visits to the UK during June and October this year, hot on the heels of the release of SEVEN, the band’s appropriately titled seventh studio album. […]
Described as “both hip and a hoot” by JazzWeekly, Canadian vocalist, songwriter and lyricist Angela Verbrugge Is coming to London’s Pizza Express, Soho on June 3rd and 4th. Originally from Victoria, Ontario, […]
Italian pianist Ilario Ferrari loves working with strings and with his own group. To launch his latest album, Be Yourself, he brings a string quartet and a piano trio to the stage […]
