The Jive AcesPhoto Credit: Sandra VijandiJive and swing band The Jive Aces have been honing their irrepressibly joyous sound and getting audiences on their feet for over 20 years. Ahead of their biggest […]
Dave O’Higgins and Max Ionata at the 606 Clubwith Luca Santaniello and Ross StanleyPhoto still from videoTenors of Our Time is a new album in which two British jazz musicians, Dave O’Higgins […]
“Music is a healing force” – Eddie HendersonPhoto credit: © Mochles SimawiLegendary American jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson has performed in The UK several times this year, including his two unforgettable London performances: […]
Orphy RobinsonPublicity photoThe Shape of Jazz to Come is a two-day mini-festival taking place at the Vortex Jazz Club on 18-19 December. A high quality billing includes Meg Morley Trio, the final […]
Yolanda Ingley IIPublicity pictureSinger/songwriter Yolanda Ingley II lives in Melbourne Australia. She grew up in the UK, living in London in the 1970s; she still visits regularly with her music and life […]
Simon ThackerPublicity PhotoGuitar virtuoso, composer and teacher SIMON THACKER hails from East Lothian. He has a deep involvement in Indian music, and this month sees the release of an ambitious new (double) […]
ICP member Mary Oliver (violin, centre)with Ernst Glerum (bass, left) and Tristan Honsinger (cello, right)Publicity photo by Francesca PatellaOne of Europe’s most enduring and characterful ensembles, the Instant Composers Pool (ICP) orchestra […]
Deelee DubéPhoto credit: Bob MeyrickSouth London vocalist DEELEE DUBÉ was the winner of the 2016 Sarah Vaughan Competition in New Jersey, with a judging panel that included Dianne Reeves and Christian McBride. […]
Alyn CoskerPublicity PhotoThe Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s resident drummer, Alyn Cosker brings his own group to London for two gigs this month. As well as much experience at home with SNJO, with […]
Alison RaynerPhoto Credit: Jane C ReidThe Alison Rayner Quintet (ARQ) was named Jazz Ensemble of the Year in the recent Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Alison spoke to Gail Tasker about the band’s past, […]
Laila BialiPhoto credit and © Rockie Nolan/ ACT MusicIn the past ten months since LJN last interviewed Canadian vocalist/pianist Laila Biali (link below), she’s been busy touring her latest, eponymous album around […]
Paweł BrodowskiPhoto credit: Hans KumpfThere was a time in the early 1950s when jazz was illegal in Poland. It was played only by a group of enthusiasts secretly in the catacombs. Now […]
Peter YoungPhoto courtesy of JazzFMPeter Jones writes: Highly respected radio presenter and disc jockey Peter Young died on Thursday evening 1 November after a long battle with diabetes. Known as ‘PY’, he was […]
A Christmas show doesn’t have to be cosy – it can be swinging, unpredictable and even edgy, as John Fordham explains:Back in the distant day, before war engulfed the planet in 1939, […]
John Korsrud directing the Hard Rubber Orchestraat the Orpheum in Vancouver in 2017Photo credit and © Diane Smithers“To the best of our knowledge, this is the last large work Kenny Wheeler created,” […]
