“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 […]
Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals, all recorded in Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley in California. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CDs. The entire […]
Swedish multi-instrumentalist Håkan Nyqvist was for many years an in-demand big band trumpeter, most notably with the James Last Orchestra – in fact, a semi-viral video making the rounds on social media […]
“He was an incredible film composer, incredible jazz song composer and an incredible jazz performer: we were trying to represent all three of the sides to Richard on this album,” says American conductor […]
Fraser Smith says of bebop music: “I just love listening to that style, and playing with people who love it too. And I think the more you get into it, the more […]
“The heart and soul of the music comes from an experience of people rising out of oppression. Many cultures, including the culture of Armenia, share that experience. Hopefully our music can resonate […]
Mondays With Morgan is a new column in London Jazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. He will be diving deeply into the jazz that […]
Saxophonist, composer and arranger to the stars John Altman has upcoming live shows Feature by John Bungey: The hidden man of music is emerging from the shadows. John Altman‘s career can read […]
“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 […]
Sebastian writes: The instrumentation of Deadeye is a Hammond trio, consisting of Kit Downes, Dutch guitarist Reinier Baas and German drummer (the uncannily Doppelgängerish!) Jonas Burgwinkel. But, as Tony Dudley-Evans pointed out […]
American (now German-based) pianist Richie Beirach has enjoyed a career spanning five-plus decades, over the course of which he has played in the bands of Chet Baker and Stan Getz, been part […]
“Our goal is to reach people through melodies and our musical ‘conversation,’ so that even people who know nothing about jazz feel the music on a visceral level.” US Pianist and composer […]
Pianist Gabriel Latchin “For my money, London-born Gabriel Latchin is the best straight-ahead jazz pianist to appear in the past few years,” wrote Dave Gelly in 2020. Latchin is about to release his fourth […]
Mondays With Morgan is a new column in LondonJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. He will be diving deeply into the jazz that moves […]
“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 […]
