Sara GazarekPhoto: Shervin LainezSARA 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 singer/songwriter […]
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 HillsShetlands-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’. In […]
Françoise ClercPhoto suppliedThe 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 typical […]
Bex Burch at Cafe Oto, London, 2019Photo credit: Monika S. JakubowskaPercussionist BEX BURCH leads ‘Ghanaian minimalist’ band Vula Viel. She talked to Alison Bentley about studying music in Ghana; working with bassist […]
Sylwia BiałasPhoto: © Garry CorbettSylwia 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 and […]
Alison BentleyDrawing by Jo Sandelson. All Rights ReservedAlison Bentley has been a jazz singer for over 25 years. She has taught jazz and singing in many places, including Oxford Brookes University. After […]
Cecilia StalinPhoto credit: Kat PfeifferCecilia Stalin is a Swedish-born, London-based jazz singer and vocal improviser, educator, activist and traveller. On 8 March at POSK in London, she will be celebrating great female […]
Simon Lasky and his 2018 British Composer AwardPhoto credit: Mark Allen for BASCAPianist SIMON LASKY is having an eventful year. Not only did he win the British Composer Award for Jazz Composition […]
Will Britain be outside the EU on 30 March? Or won’t it? Either way, what better way to indulge in a little Europhilia than with the Jazz Repertory Company’s new show: Paris […]
Seamus Blake, London2018Photo credit: Monika S. JakubowskaSaxophonist SEAMUS BLAKE, a major force in contemporary jazz, has recorded a new album on the Whirlwind Recordings label with a new band, The French Connection. Guardians […]
Jazz Voices is a new festival that focuses on the power of the singer and the emotions contained in the lyrics of jazz songs. Held over the weekend of 5 to 7 […]
Aaron Diaz and Andrew Woodward with Kari Eskild HavenstrømPublicity pictureELDA is two Birmingham-based musicians, pianist Andrew Woodhead and trumpeter Aaron Diaz. They have a new album out which features Norwegian vocalist Kari […]
John TurvillePhoto Credit: Rob BlackhamThe pianist John Taylor, who died three and a bit years ago, left behind not only a discography of great recordings and a fine catalogue of compositions, but […]
Jazz Standards Progressions BookPublicity Photo Front Cover“Without music, life would be a mistake.” US musicians Ariel J Ramos and Mario Cerra quote Nietzsche on their educational website, mDecks.com. The two have developed […]
