At the Launch: Pentti Puhakka (helsinki Jazz), Bogdan Benigar( Druga Godba),Kenneth Killeen (Improvised Music Company), Pierre Dugelay(Périscope),Karolina Jules (Wytwornia Foundation), Oliver Weindling (Vortex)Sebastian writes:Jazz Connective, a new and interesting project which combines […]
The outdoor crowd in MontrealPhoto credit: Victor Diaz Lamich/ FIJM Sebastian writes: The main programme for the concert halls at the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival, by most measures the world’s largest, is announced […]
BBC Proms Launch imageImage credit: BBC/Tim BurtSebastian writes: The programme for the 2019 BBC Proms season has been announced, so I’ve picked out some of the jazz and jazz-related-ish concerts. Prom 54: […]
A hothouse of a different kindFree-to-use imagePeter Bacon reports:Manchester Jazz Festival – or mjf as it is trendily, lower-casedly known – has opened the doors of its hothouse project, an opportunity for […]
Graham CostelloPhoto credit: Jannica HoneyRob Adams writes: In an imaginative and admirably proactive venture, saxophonist Matt Carmichael has compiled a Spotify playlist of mostly current music from a Scottish jazz scene that […]
Some of Llandudno’s line-upPublicity montagePeter Bacon reports:Llandudno Jazz Festival offers a wide selection of jazz in rural surroundings over the weekend of 26-28 July 2019 with a warm and lively host in […]
Tommy SmithPhoto: Derek ClarkTommy Smith is helping to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh. Rob Adams reports:Saxophonist Tommy Smith has been invited to give four concerts at the Queen’s […]
Poppy Koronka writes: INNtöne Festival is back and has announced its programme for 2019, which promises a few days of jazz-filled bliss in the Austrian countryside. A boutique festival which takes place […]
Scott Walker in the 1960’sPublicity PhotoDick Hovenga is a Dutch music journalist who writes for several print music magazines and is also the founder/editor/lead journalist of http://www.writteninmusic.com, widely considered to be the […]
L-R: Maximilian Hirning, Leo Betzl, Sebastian WolfgruberPhoto credit Ralf DombrowskiThe winners of the 11th International European Burghausen Young Jazz Prize, worth EUR 5,000 are Trio LBT (Leo Betzl, piano, Maximilian Hirning, bass […]
Meraki: Jonathan Silk, Jacky Naylor and Nick JurdPublicity pictureMeraki is a trio led by pianist Jacky Naylor, featuring double-bassist Nick Jurd and drummer Jonathan Silk. They are about to embark on an […]
Michel Petrucciani as captured by David Sinclair, one photograph from his amazing archiveMalcolm Sinclair, photographer David Sinclair’s son, has just put out the following statement:My father, David Sinclair, died peacefully yesterday, 25 March, […]
Charlie Watts with Scott Hamilton and Dave Green in a publicity shot for Jazz 625Peter Bacon reports:A one-off TV show is not really any compensation for the jazz radio time that the […]
John HughesPhoto: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.ukPeter Bacon pays tribute:The death has been announced of John Hughes, founder and musical director of Walsall Jazz Orchestra. He had been suffering from prostate cancer. He was […]
Trish Clowes’ My IrisPublicity Photo by Brian HomerSebastian writes:The ten successful bands who will perform in the Made in the UK Showcase at the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival on 21 -29 […]
