British musician Teena Lyle plays vibraphone, congas, percussion, electronic percussion, timpani, piano and synth, B3 Hammond organ, recorders, acoustic guitar and also sings. Before doing a gig in San Francisco, on tour […]
Nabou Claerhout celebrated the release of her band’s debut EP, Hubert, at the end of 2019. Her band NΔBOU have been together since 2016 and are working on releasing a full album […]
One of the leading talents on the UK Jazz scene, improvising vocalist and composer Brigitte Beraha is a force to be reckoned with amongst women in jazz. In celebration of International Women’s […]
Pelin Opcin has become the go-to-woman for bringing a fresh, modern approach to jazz. Currently Director of Programming for Serious, she’s making decisions that are helping to reshape the face of jazz […]
Sebastian’s regular London Column in April-May edition of the German Magazine JAZZTHETIK, with Estonian singer Kadri Voorand on the cover, looks at Canadians in London: What is it about Canadians that makes […]
‘Jackson Miller’ is a new band, the brainchild of drummer, composer and sound designer Rodney Green, which will be in London for the first time this Sunday. In this project he takes […]
Surrey has a new jazz festival, and its wide-ranging mix of star names, concerts, film, talk, workshop and a young musicians’ showcase makes for a very impressive inaugural programme. Lauren Bush finds […]
Jeff Williams’ trio Bloom featuring pianist Carmen Staaf and bassist Michael Formanek has eight UK tour dates and a workshop in May. In this feature he explains how this trio was formed. […]
MoonMot is made up of six musicians from the UK and Switzerland who all thrive on the energy of free improvisation and melodic deconstruction. Their music has been described by singer Elina […]
Saxophonist/composer Karen Sharp has a new album Another Place with a recently-formed trio featuring Simon Thorpe on bass and Colin Oxley on guitar. Release date is 7 February and the album launch […]
Her band’s sound has African roots, jazz links and is contantly shape-shifting. Bex Burch tells John Fordham about the past, present and future of Vula Viel’s ‘messy minimalism’: For those convinced that […]
Piec Art, a basement jazz club just off the main square in Kraków recently celebrated its 20th birthday. Owner Władysław Dadak spoke to Mary James about its history and his plans for […]
Neil Hughes is familiar to the jazz community as a promoter. He started The Cinnamon Club in Altrincham (South Manchester) in January 2003. The club puts on around 80 gigs a year […]
The 2020 edition of the Ideas of Noise festival finds it expanded into an eight-day extravaganza embracing different genres of left-field music, art and performance taking place across Birmingham and the West […]
Trumpeter Byron Wallen has a new album Portrait: Reflections on Belonging, his first as leader for 13 years. He is also about to set off on an extensive tour with his band Four […]
