Orphy Robinson has written: LINKS: 1) The main fundraising page for Jason’s recovery fund is HERE. PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY 2) (*) Vortex Booking Link Cafe Oto Booking Link
Buxton International Festival has just announced: “Buxton International Festival will present Wynton Marsalis in, for him what is, the most intimate of settings, the turn of the century Opera House. To close […]
Mark Small (*) pays tribute to the massively influential guitarist and educator Mick Goodrick. On 16 November 2022, American jazz guitarist Mick Goodrick, a sought-after performer and educator who deeply impacted three […]
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute has announced a second series of seven episodes of its acclaimed Rebel Spirits podcasts highlighting the strength and variety of Polish jazz. The first episode of the new […]
Edinburgh-born, Glasgow-based bassist Ewan Hastie has won the 2022 BBC Young Jazz Musician competition. The BBC’s press release is reproduced in full below. (BBC Press Release in full begins) Double bassist Ewan […]
Tenor saxophonist, flautist and composer Tori Freestone won the The Ivors Composer Award for Jazz Ensemble for her composition “Birds of Paradise”. The piece features Freestone on flute/triangle, vocals by Brigitte Beraha, […]
The GRAMMYs ceremony (the 65th) will take place on 5 February. Here are the nominees, first in the jazz categories, and then some jazz related names in other categories from a very […]
The winners of the 2022 Jazz FM Awards were announced earlier this evening. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Norma Winstone IMPACT AWARD : Jools Holland GOLD AWARD: Marcus Miller BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR : […]
Jazz Refreshed put out a statement yesterday 13 October: Some of you may have heard about our brother Jason Yarde. He suffered a massive stroke on stage in France but luckily doctors […]
Sebastian writes: Sad news to report. One of the most effective and consistent supporters and enablers of jazz in the UK, Brian Blain, died on Sunday 9 October at the Marie Curie […]
The three “Gifted” Special Awards for the Jazz FM Awards are announced today 12 October 2022, ahead of the main ceremony next week They are: GOLD AWARD : Marcus Miller IMPACT AWARD: […]
The absolutely unforgettable presence of a man and his baritone sax sound…. In Sadness. (Mingus Big Band. Bern, 2002. Other solos from Luis Bonilla (above) and Kenny Drew Jr.) Ronald Edward Cuber. […]
The Grizzly Jazz Foundation owes its name to the nickname of its founder Dr. Andreas Hoeft (1954-2020), a leading figure in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology in Bonn, who was also a […]
“I have truly been lucky.” Bassist Oli Hayhurst was a member of Pharoah Sanders’ European Quartet for over a decade, alongside pianist William Henderson – then Benito Gonzalez from 2019 – and […]
The programme of Jazzfest Berlin 2022 is announced and tickets go on sale this morning. The press release begins: “After the two hybrid festival editions with digital bridges to New York, Johannesburg, […]
