Pianist Deschanel Gordon has won BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 We interviewed him earlier this month (Link Below) Here is the full text of the BBC’s Press Release Twenty-two-year-old Hackney-born jazz […]
LondonJazz News provides by far the most extensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Here is a list of the 2020 EFG LJF reviews completed so far by our writers. Most-reads so […]
It is announced today that Pat Metheny has signed a label deal with BMG’s Berlin-based Modern Recordings label. As the press release states, “the deal marks his first new label home in […]
Last night, 12 November 2020, the Bremen Theatre in Copenhagen hosted the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2020. In this celebration of Danish jazz there were musical performances, awards and speeches. Eight awards […]
It was the appearance of this picture on the Bobby Hutcherson Facebook page that started me thinking, writes Sebastian: The picture shows Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in a former role as a […]
It has been announced that Ronnie Scott’s Club’s application has been successful and that the club has been awarded £1.27m from the Culture Recovery Fund. The DCMS statement and the Ronnie Scott’s […]
The EFG London Jazz Festival extensive programme of live concerts and special events will now be streamed online from venues across London. Many of the online events will be free to view […]
The five finalists are announced today 6 November for the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020. A socially-distanced Final will take place at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 14 November, and the final will […]
Sebastian attended a virtual press conference given by Reza Ackbaraly, CEO & Co-founder of Qwest TV. The origins of Qwest Tv stem from a Quincy Jones meeting Reza Ackbaraly at the Jazz […]
The nominees in the Ivors Composer Awards (formerly British Composer Awards) 2020 have been announced. ‘Winners revealed in an exclusive live ceremony broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 1 December’. We list […]
Pizza Express Live have issued a statement about their four venues (Dean Street, Holborn, Pheasantry, Birmingham): Here is the statement in full: “We’ve taken the difficult decision to cancel all shows at […]
The Jazz FM Awards ceremony (with OANDA) took place via livestream from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club earlier this evening, 27 October 2020, presented by Marcus Brigstocke JAZZ FM AWARDS 2020 WITH OANDA […]
The programme for the 6th Cambridge Jazz Festival has been announced. Most events are free to view and will be streamed online – see below for the full listing and more details […]
A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help pianist and keyboardist Steve Hamilton following surgery to remove his right kidney, writes Rob Adams. Hamilton, who lived and worked in London for a […]
The winners of the 8th Scottish Jazz Awards were unveiled on Sunday 18 October at a virtual ceremony hosted by Suzanne Bonnar and Luca Manning. WINNERS Rising Star Award sponsored by Musicians’ […]
