LJN continues to log and to publish the correspondence instigated when Nigel Price and 68 other signatories wrote to the DCMS, and here we publish a letter from John Spellar MP, on […]
Serious has announced the next cohort of participants in its Take Five Talent Development programme. They are Charlotte Keeffe – Trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, voiceDominic Canning – Piano/ SynthMarcus Joseph – Alto SaxophoneMidori Jaeger – Cello / Voice […]
“The Jazz”, which takes place downstairs at the King’s Head in Crouch End on Sunday afternoons, is going through a tricky transition. There are contact details (a Facebook group and an email […]
Sebastian attended the awards ceremony for the Deutscher Jazzpreis 2022 at the Metropol-Theater in Bremen, on the eve of jazzahead! 2022. We list the winners in all categories ( the full list […]
A quick inspection of the 2022 Proms schedule just released reveals (so far*) just two jazz-related events: 28 August. The South African Jazz Songbook (LINK) “Celebrated South African trumpeter, conductor and SAMA […]
The country that has arguably given the world the best big band / jazz orchestra arrangers… now has a National Jazz Orchestra. The inaugural concert will be in Calgary on 28 April. […]
Sebastian writes: A sudden addition to the Wigmore Hall calendar today is Roscoe Mitchell on 28 June. (Quoting release) “Tuesday 28 June 2022 7:30PM Roscoe Mitchell saxophone; Plus special guests to be […]
We published the letter from Nigel Price to the DCMS on 13 April. Now, a week later, responses following on from that letter have also been made public. We publish them here: […]
Serious/ EFG London Jazz Festival is announcing today the first wave of artists for its 30th festival. These include: Abdullah Ibrahim at the BarbicanMelody Gardot and Jan Garbarek Group – both on […]
BBC Radio 3 has kindly sent out a press release amalgamating the station’s three programmes to mark the Mingus centenary over the Easter weekend, a few days ahead of the day itself, […]
“ “We have already seen several clubs close their doors permanently and the future of dozens of others is now hanging by a thread. We cannot allow this vital part of our […]
The results of the Vocal Jazz Competition at the 2022 Riga Jazz Stage are announced today 1st Prize Louise Balkwill (UK) 2nd Prize Valentina Fin (Italy) 3rd Prize Paula Saija (Latvia) The […]
The winners in the four jazz categories were: Chick Corea’s Akoustic Band, Esperanza Spalding, Ron Carter/Jack DeJohnette/Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Eliane Elias/Chick Corea/Chucho Valdés and the Christian McBride Big Band. Full nominee list in […]
The French culture minister Roselyne Bachelot (in the centre of the photo above) awarded seven French female jazz musicians with national honours on Wednesday 30 March 2022: Saxophonist Géraldine Laurent received the […]
Record producer Paul Jolly released almost two dozen albums by Tina May. Here he writes in tribute to the vocalist who has passed away far too early, on Saturday 26 March 2022. […]
