Ivo Neame, nominated in the Jazz Composition for Small Ensemble categoryPhoto from BASCA website Peter Bacon reports:The nominees for this year’s British Composers Awards have been announced. The jazz categories look like […]
Ginger Baker at Bristol in 2013Photo credit: Ruth Butler London Borough of Culture 2019 Waltham Forest, local record label Byrd Out and headline sponsor Adnams are working together on a new venture, […]
Jazz Ensemble of the Year: ARQ (from left): Diane McLoughlin, Buster Birch, Alison Rayner, Steve Lodder and Deirdre CartwrightPublicity picture Peter Bacon reports: The winners of the 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced […]
George CrowleyPhoto: Whirlwind Recordings Sebastian writes: Saxophonist George Crowley, who runs Friday night jazz at the Con Cellar Bar, will be running a new gig at the Empire Bar, next to the […]
Madeleine PeyrouxPublicity Photo Sebastian writes: Festival Director Ros Russell’s introduction to this fourth Cambridge International Jazz Festival sets the tone of a festival which she and the team around her have brought […]
Alexander HawkinsPhoto credit: © Francesca Patella Peter Bacon reports: The Emulsion Festival, the celebration masterminded by Trish Clowes and Tom Harrison of all that is adventurous and open-minded in music, reaches its seventh […]
Hamiet BluiettPhoto from Roberto’s Winds website Peter Bacon reports: Baritone saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett died yesterday morning, 4 October, after a long illness. His grand daughter Anaya had previously raised funds towards his […]
James Davison receiving the WCOM medal from Lady Tessa BrewerPhoto credit: Melody McClaren Sebastian writes: The six finalists for this year’s Musicians’ Company Young Jazz Musician Competition were saxophonist Alex Hitchcock (Helena […]
Issie Barratt (4th from right) and others from the Power Listat BBC Studios in Maida ValePhoto from ceremony posted extensively elsewhere BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour announced its “Top 40 Music Power […]
Peter Bacon reports: Long-term commitment to jazz music from the big world outside it is not an everyday occurrence so it is worthy of hurrahs to note that EFG Private Bank has […]
Peter Bacon reports: Jazz singer and broadcaster Claire Martin and conductor, composer, trombonist/singer Scott Stroman are among 11 individuals being celebrated for their “exceptional talent in the UK music industry” with Gold […]
Peter Bacon reports on some changes at the Vortex: I’d forgotten about painting parties – when you got all your friends round, handed them each a brush, and rewarded them for revitalising […]
The 2016 WinnersPhoto credit: Hayley Madden This year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday 16 October at Pizza Express Live in Holborn and the nominees have just been announced: […]
Dave Holland, Jazz Artist In Residence at the Royal Academy Of MusicPhoto from Dave Holland’s website Peter Bacon reports: Three very different big band experiences are in the what’s on schedule at […]
Stan Sulzmann and the Neon Orchestra at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham in 2013Photo: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Peter Bacon reports: Audiences at five concerts around the land have the opportunity to celebrate not […]
