Today, 29 April 2021 would have been the 99th birthday of Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron (“Toots”) Thielemans (1922-2016) writes Juliette Kay, and plans for the centenary next year are already taking shape […]
Tomorrow’s Warriors are marking their 30th Birthday with live events. Today’s press release (29 April 2021) lists the events: Cheltenham Jazz Festival – 1st and 2nd May with Xvngo and Maddy Coombs, […]
Serious are announcing that tickets for Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye trio at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, on Sunday 12 June 2022, will go on sale on Thursday 29 April 2021 at 10am […]
Voting will take place online this year. Juliette Kay reports: The deadline for voting in this year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards will be at midnight on 14 May 2021 and anyone may vote. […]
“Following a year of internal changes to determine the future vision for the charity, we can happily confirm the arrival of a brand-new Chief Executive and an exciting team of Music Directors […]
The planets align for a triple bill! – writes Tim Garland: I was all set to write this article solely about MAYDAY C4 – a hugely ambitious and worthy clutch of compelling talks […]
Cultural Connections Africa and Serious are announcing a series of streamed events, writes Juliette Kay Streams from Africa will present emerging voices from several countries within the continent, focusing on showcasing contemporary […]
The visionary musical ideas of Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman and Anthony Braxton meet the spontaneous creativity of the Edinburgh-based Russian artist Maria Rud in one of the architectural gems of […]
A happy ending of sorts, for now, to the saga of Tony Kofi’s stolen alto, writes Sebastian.. Saxophonist Tony Kofi will be playing at the 606 Club for International Jazz Day in […]
The 7Virtual Jazz Club is a global online competition for both professional and amateur musicians and/or bands. London Jazz News interviewed the organiser Valerio Pappi last November here. This year’s competition is […]
The Europe Jazz Network has just announced the winner for its 2021 Adventurous Programming award, the award’s tenth year, writes Juliette Kay The process behind selecting the winner was in two stages. […]
OK Aurora, described as “an eight-piece jazz-meets-pop ensemble” are releasing their album ‘Only in Autumn’ in July 2021 on Ubuntu. The album was recorded in the Giant Wafer Studio in Wales, writes […]
Berklee College in Boston has announced that 10 women have been awarded the Score Compilation Grant, which allows recipients to create digital collections of their scores in the Berklee Library. The grants […]
Sebastian writes: A film which has picked up THIRTEEN different awards at film festivals, and which has very strong jazz connections is on release on digital platforms from today 5 April 2021. […]
A new organisation has been set up to address racial inequality in the music industry and create opportunities for Black musicians and professionals, writes Peter Slavid Peter Slavid writes: It may seem counter-intuitive […]
