Chris de Saram “Little did we know at the time, but those opportunities Chris afforded us would stick as some of the sweetest moments of our musical careers,” write trumpeter/composer Reuben Fowler, […]
Randy WestonPhoto credit: Bob Travis / Creative Commons Peter Bacon writes: The pianist Randy Weston died peacefully on Saturday morning at his home in Brooklyn. He was 92 and, according to his […]
Paolo Losi Peter Jones writes:Paolo Losi, the London-based jazz pianist, died yesterday at the age of just 46. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack. Musicians throughout the capital have […]
JasminePublicity picture Peter Bacon reports: Two Leeds-based bands, Jasmine and Slow Loris, are the latest beneficiaries of the Jazz North Introduces scheme which offers high-profile exposure at leading jazz festivals in the […]
Union DivisionPublicity collage Peter Bacon reports: It seems that guitarist and composer Moss Freed has been a busy man in the past few months. His latest e-newsletter has landed so if you […]
Chris de Saram Sebastian writes: Wakefield Jazz and Norvaljazz have announced this morning the sad news that Chris de Saram died on Tuesday 21 August. With typical thoroughness, Chris had asked that his […]
Aretha FranklinPublicity photo / Public Domain In this tribute, singer Jacqui Hicks recalls the moment last week when she heard of the passing of Aretha Franklin, and remembers Aretha’s inescapable and irreplaceable […]
Aretha Franklin at the Obama inauguration in 2009Photo Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force, Public Domain Aretha Franklin’s family have issued the following statement today: “In one of the darkest moments of our […]
It is announced this morning that Hamburg-based Bauer Media is to acquire JazzFM. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Here is the Bauer Media press release in full: The Bauer Media Group […]
Sheila Jordan – who will be celebrating her 90th birthdayPhoto credit: OhWeh/ Creative Commons Pizza Express has just announced its most extensive programme ever for the EFG London Jazz Festival: 45 gigs […]
Ken PickeringPhoto from @coastaljazz The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival @coastaljazz put out this sad message on Saturday 11 August on its Twitter account: “Today is the worst, saddest day. After a […]
Congratulations to Andrew Robb, originally from Edinburgh, who has just won first prize in the jazz bass competition at BASS2018 LUCCA, the sixth European Bass Congress. All the events of this year’s […]
The Drayton Court Festival ad DuskPhoto credit: John Ross Photography Dick Esmond, who for many years ran the Ealing Jazz Festival, and Andrew Butcher have announced the programme for the third Drayton […]
Gwyneth Herbert with Ned Cartwright at one of their four showsin Rochester in 2018. Sam Burgess is off-camera.Photo courtesy of CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival The ‘Made in the UK’ concert series […]
Matthew Herbert’s Brexit Big BandPublicity picture The Anglo-Saxons will be heading for Saxony in the Autumn. Peter Bacon reports on a German jazz festival honouring British jazz: Leipziger Jazztage presents its 42nd […]
