“My mum was the best mum in the world,” says Tracey Jordan of her mother, Sheila Jordan. Sheila is a vocalist and one of the most revered and adored voices and figures […]
Mothers In Jazz (27): Sheila Jordan
Colin Muirhead (new JazzontheTyne website + broadcasting on Hive Radio)
Colin Muirhead has presented Jazz on the Tyne on Hive Radio since 2019, giving news of gigs and events in North East England and supporting musicians with airplay and interviews. Alongside people […]
Jay Phelps (‘Ear to the Ground’ YouTube Channel)
Canadian-born, London-resident trumpeter Jay Phelps had a jazz radio show on Worldwide FM from 2020 to 2022. Now he has launched a new video series on Youtube, where he follows jazz […]
Mothers In Jazz (26): Elin Forkelid
“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 […]
Mothers In Jazz (25): Kim Nazarian
“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 […]
Jo Lawry (new album ‘Acrobats’ with Allison Miller and Linda May Han Oh, and touring UK/Ire/Switz)
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/ […]
Claire Martin & Callum Au: Songs and Stories (Cadogan Hall, 20 Jan 2023)
This unique collaboration between Britain’s star jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Callum Au’s 50-piece orchestra and big band was originally set for its Cadogan Hall debut in June 2020. Their Songs and […]
Mothers In Jazz (24): Leonor Falcón
“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 […]
World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, SW11. (First season at new concert venue opens 20 Jan.)
Saxophonist Tony Kofi’s award-winning Thelonious Monk tribute quartet, pianists Julian Joseph OBE and Zoe Rahman, Jazz FM Breakthrough Act, drummer Jas Kayser and internationally revered Danish bassist Jasper Høiby…are among the musicians set […]
Aga Derlak (Rebel Spirits podcast series from Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland)
Aga Derlak, one of the talented mavericks in the podcast series Rebel Spirits, which offers an insight into the innovative and progressive talents to emerge in Polish jazz over the past twenty […]
Mothers In Jazz (23): Rosana Eckert
Mothers In Jazz: Rosana Eckert“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 […]
Mothers In Jazz (22): Gemma Farrell
Mothers In Jazz” is a 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 figures […]
Alex Merritt (new album ‘Common Threads’ by Fresh Sound Ensemble, marking Fresh Sounds Records’ 30th anniversary)
Bristol-based saxophonist Alex Merritt has been given a unique honour. He has been commissioned by Jordi Pujol, the founder of Fresh Sounds Records in Barcelona, to record and produce a double album […]
Andrea Rinciari (new album ‘The Takeover’)
London-based guitarist Andrea Rinciari’s new album The Takeover (Soho Live), released at the end of November, is a collaboration with two musician friends from France – drummer Martin Cazals and saxophonist Thomas […]
Mothers In Jazz (21): Sara Serpa
“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 […]
