Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is offering music fans the chance to access part of its programme – even if they can’t get to Scotland’s capital city in person. Rob Adams reports: […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Digital Hub
Paul Edis Sextet (Debut for new group + premiere of new work ; PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 19 July)
County Durham-born pianist/composer Paul Edis is best known for his work as Musical Director and co-songwriter for Jo Harrop – they are originally from the same town, Chester-Le-Street; Paul Edis is now […]
10 Tracks By Henry Threadgill I Can’t Do Without…by Liam Noble
In the latest of LJN’s series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about composer and multi-reedist Henry Threadgill, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016 and an NEA […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival ’22 Online Festival Pass launched.
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has a special offer: a digital pass offering online access to twenty of the concerts during the festival. The full list of the concerts available via the […]
Jerry & The Pelican System, ‘Sariani’ (Jazz Café POSK, 2 July)
Jerry & The Pelican System aka Jerzy Mączyński, a young Polish jazz and experimental saxophonist and composer, will present music from his latest release “Sariani”, combining electronic ambient textures with a deeply […]
Gwilym Simcock – ‘2022 Version’ of The Impossible Gentlemen to play at Buxton (9 Jul) and Ambleside (3 Sep)
The Jazz Weekend of the Buxton International Festival 2022 will present something of a coup, the first appearance since 2015 of The Impossible Gentlemen, in what is described as a “2022 version” […]
Sarah Chaplin (jazzlondonlive.com) Interviewed for her 200th Radio Show
Sarah Chaplin, who runs the jazzlondonlive.com listings website, which since 2017 has been the online successor to Jazz in London, also does a weekly jazz radio show for Brooklands Radio (DAB and […]
The Jazz Repertory Company Presents: ‘It’s Trad Dad’ (16 July, 3pm, Cadogan Hall)
The Jazz Repertory Company (JazzRep) is back. It returns to Cadogan Hall with “It’s Trad Dad”, a popular show celebrating “a black and white snap of a different Britain on the brink […]
Arun Ghosh (‘The Canticle of the Sun’)
The idea for a spiritual jazz reimagining of St. Francis of Assisi’s mystical prayer The Canticle of the Sun was sparked when award-winning clarinettist and composer Arun Ghosh was browsing a second-hand […]
Jazz at the Oxford Tavern (Monday nights in Kentish Town)
“A truly great listening room for jazz.” Bassist John J Williamson, originally from Saltburn on the North Yorkshire coast, and pianist David Ferris, who grew up in Cornwall are now involved in […]
Agata Kubiak (Project Launch for ‘The Other’, POSK, 8 July)
Violinist, singer, composer Agata Kubiak was born in Mława in Northern Poland and grew up in Grudziadz. After graduating from the Stanisław Moniuszko Conservatoire there, she moved to the UK in 2007, […]
Birthday Greetings to Darius Brubeck at 75
Today, 14 June 2022 marks the 75th birthday of Darius Brubeck. Friends and colleagues from around the world show their admiration, gratitude, respect and love for a popular, influential musician and a […]
Jakub Klimiuk Quintet (Jazz Cafe POSK, 25 June)
Polish guitarist and composer Jakub Klimiuk will perform with his quintet at Jazz Cafe POSK on Saturday 25 June. This new project combines modern jazz with the influences of Scandinavian improvised music, […]
10 Tracks by Lee Konitz I Can’t Do Without…by pianist Liam Noble
In LJN’s series where musicians tell us about tracks by their idols that have inspired them, pianist Liam Noble writes about Lee Konitz. He starts with a moment when there was suddenly […]
10 Tracks by Kate McGarry I Can’t Do Without…by vocalist/composer Nicky Schrire
In LJN’s series where musicians write about their inspirations and idols, London-born, South African-raised and Toronto-based vocalist/composer Nicky Schrire writes about Kate McGarry: Nicky Schrire writes: Some jazz vocalists can interpret the […]
