Marton JuhaszPhoto Credit: Alex Ventling Swiss-Hungarian drummer and composer Marton Juhasz is a musician with a strong aesthetic and very clear musical and thematic concepts. The Berklee alumnus has played with an intriguing […]
Adam OsmianskiPhoto Credit: Wong Horngyih When Pittsburgh-born, London-based drummer Adam Osmianski went to Brazil 12 years ago he says that he “absolutely caught the bug for Brazilian music”. He was amazed by […]
Hubert LawsPublicity photo Flautist Hubert Laws, who featured in the early work of the Jazz Crusaders, Gil Scott Heron and Jaco Pastorius and who teamed up with Ron Carter and Jack DeJohnette […]
Nomfuno XaluvaPublicity picture NOMFUNDO XALUVA is a jazz vocalist hailing from Port Elizabeth and now based in Cape Town, South Africa where she performs, records for Universal Music, and teaches at the […]
Sarah Jane MorrisPhoto: Richard Kaby Jane Mann met English soul jazz diva SARAH JANE MORRIS in the star’s green room at Ronnie Scott’s before one of her recent sold-out shows, reviewed here. […]
Kim MacariPhoto: © Steven Cropper/www.transientlife.uk/ Trumpeter and general jazz activist KIM MACARI is becoming a plate-spinner extraordinaire. Gail Tasker met her to find out how she does it all: “The nice thing […]
Sandra MarcyPhoto: Debra O’Connor In celebration of International Women’s Day, Daphne Bugler chats to Music Manager SANDRA MARCY about her life, her career, jazz music, and being a woman in the music […]
Sunna GunnlaugsPhoto: © Hans Vera “When opportunities don’t necessarily fall into your lap, it’s good motivation to go out there and create them for yourself,” says SUNNA GUNNLAUGS, musician, composer, festival director […]
Tania Giannouli, 2019Photo credit: Pinelopi Gerasimou Greek pianist and composer TANIA GIANNOULI studied classical piano, Advanced Theory and Composition at conservatoires in Athens. Her albums, particularly Rewa from 2018, have increasingly been […]
Sara GazarekPhoto: Shervin Lainez SARA GAZAREK is a vocalist and educator based in Los Angeles. Hailed by the LA Times as ‘the next important jazz singer’, she seamlessly combines the intimacy of […]
Debbie Forwood is the Development and Communications Manager for NYJO. She spoke to Matt Pannell about this ever-expanding hothouse for young jazz talent and the steps it is taking towards “Levelling the […]
Josephine DaviesPhoto credit: Tor Hills Shetlands-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader Josephine Davies has received acclaim for her work with the trio she leads, Satori. The Downbeat review referred to her ‘irrepressible tunefulness’. […]
Françoise ClercPhoto supplied The Bureau Export (French Music Export Office) is an important piece of the jigsaw of support for French music, and by any standards is a major operator. In a […]
Bex Burch at Cafe Oto, London, 2019Photo credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Percussionist BEX BURCH leads ‘Ghanaian minimalist’ band Vula Viel. She talked to Alison Bentley about studying music in Ghana; working with […]
Sylwia BiałasPhoto: © Garry Corbett Sylwia Białas is a Polish-born vocalist, composer, lyricist and producer who moved to London in 2014 from Wurzburg, Germany, where she studied jazz singing and music production […]
