“I love him, I think this is very exciting music, and I think the fans are going to love it. We finally found those tapes from Ronnie’s!” says Zev Feldman, Archival Music […]
Zev Feldman of Resonance Records (‘Bill Evans Live at Ronnie Scott’s’)
Katriona Taylor (new album ‘Blind Passion’ and livestreams 28 Nov + 20 Dec)
Vocalist Katriona Taylor has a new album out, Blind Passion, celebrating the music of blind artists, and including songs by Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Diane Schuur and José Feliciano. The singer, who […]
Global Competition for Jazz Musicians: Interview with Valerio Pappi of 7 Virtual Jazz Club
“The uniqueness of the Global Competition for Jazz Musicians stands in its being fully online, in having a jury representative of the entire world, and a voting system that leaves solely to […]
Gabriel Latchin: ‘I’ll Be Home For Christmas’
Gabriel Latchin has a track which has reached nine million plays on Spotify. After the success of a Christmas concert last year, the pianist, who has rapidly become a fixture on the […]
‘It’s Trad Dad!’ (Cadogan Hall, 21 March 2021)
On 21 March 2021, Jazz Repertory Company will return to Cadogan Hall, London, with two performances of a show called It’s Trad Dad featuring the seven-piece Barber, Bilk and Ball Stars. Richard […]
Jerry & The Pelican System
Jerry & The Pelican System is a project led by young Polish saxophonist and composer Jerzy Mączyński. The avant-garde musician will perform via a stream of a concert recorded in Poznań at […]
Patrick Cornelius – New Album ‘Way of the Cairns’ (Whirlwind)
‘Everything was driven by friendship,’ says Texas-born, New York-based alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius of his quartet Acadia. The group’s new album Way of the Cairns, also inspired by the natural beauty of […]
New Series “Live From Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio” (first session 14 November)
A brand new series of livestreams from Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey starts tomorrow, Saturday 14 November 2020. An all-star quartet (Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Isaiah J. Thompson and […]
Sarah Gillespie’s new edition of paintings: ‘Ramona’ (proceeds to Help Musicians UK)
Vocalist and songwriter Sarah Gillespie, in partnership with the UK charity Help Musicians, is launching her second collection of limited edition paintings, ‘Ramona’. Feature by Rosa Sawer As in her first collection […]
Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas 2020
It may have been the year when the bin went out more than you, but the Albert Hall is aiming to defy Covid gloom to mount a season of socially distanced festive […]
Tom Smith (new album ‘Gecko’ – Basho Records)
“I want to try to take listeners on journeys they’ll remember,” says saxophonist and composer Tom Smith, whose debut album Gecko (Basho) has just been released. Profile by John Fordham: For a […]
Q&A with Peter Johnstone, director of ‘The Magic of Art Blakey’
On Monday 16 November at 12:30pm, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is livestreaming “The Magic of Art Blakey”, a tribute to the legendary jazz figure from an octet directed by Peter Johnstone. […]
Preeti Dasgupta (The ‘Jazz at Karamel’ EFG LJF Programme: 13-22 November)
Sebastian writes: At a time when a lot of live gigs have been cancelled, there was suddenly a positive buzz coming from Wood Green N22 last week. Musicians who had been booked […]
Pianist Deschanel Gordon (606 Club / EFG London Jazz Festival 16 November)
Pianist Deschanel Gordon, it has just been announced, is a finalist in the 2020 BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020. He has been described by one critic (*) as “a percussive player of […]
John Butcher (co-publication with Citizen Jazz)
In normal circumstances, saxophonist John Butcher would be working as improviser and composer, exploring feedback, unusual acoustics and non-concert locations. But his last live performance was on 15 March 2020, and as […]
