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 […]

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall in the recording studio for Love Is Here To StayPhoto: © Mark Seliger Peter Bacon reports: Happy 92nd birthday today to Tony Bennett! As part of the […]

Tomasz StankoPublicity picture Peter Bacon reports: The death has been announced of the Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. He was 76 and had been suffering from lung cancer. He died earlier today in […]

Sons Of KemetPhoto: © Pierrick Guidou Peter Bacon reports: Sons Of Kemet, the quartet led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, with Theon Cross on tuba, and drummers Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick, is […]

Sebastian writes: The Galway Jazz Festival 2018, which will present over 120 musicians from 12 countries in more than 60 events across the city between 4 and 7 October, has announced its […]

Maria SchneiderPhoto credit and © Kyra Kverno The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships are the highest honours in jazz in the USA. They are conferred on “individuals who have made significant contributions to […]

The opening night of the very first Herts Jazz Festival in 2011Photo credit: Melody McLaren The eighth Herts Jazz Festival will take place at the Broadway Theatre in Letchworth Garden City from […]

The second Artist-in-Residence at JazzFest Berlin:Mary HalvorsonPublicity photo by Amy Touchette Sebastian writes:  In advance of the full festival programme announcement on 3 September, the Berlin Jazz Festival has announced its first […]

Vijay IyerPhoto: ECM Records Peter Bacon reads the long list: Pianist Vijay Iyer, bandleader Maria Schneider, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant and label boss Manfred Eicher are the thoroughly deserving headline-grabbers in this […]

Chick Corea Akoustic BandPublicity picture Peter Bacon reports: The full line-up for the fifth annual Ronnie Scott’s International Piano Trio Festival has been announced. It will run in the legendary Soho club […]

Jonny MansfieldPhoto credit: Royal Academy of Music Peter Bacon reports: This year’s Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize, its eighth annual award for a graduating jazz musician at the Royal Academy of Music who […]