The Scottish Jazz Awards are back with shortlists that reflect a year of strong album releases and the continuing rude good health of a youthfully inventive scene that is learning from the […]
Scottish Jazz Awards 2021 – Nominees Announced
Helena Kay becomes City Music Foundation artist
Saxophonist Helena Kay is joining the City Music Foundation Artist Scheme . The full announcement is HERE The other awardees are: Connaught Brass, Ensemble Hesperi (baroque group), Harriet Burns (soprano) James Larter […]
Ivors Composer Awards 2021 Nominees Announced
The Ivors Composer Awards 2021 Nominees for Jazz Composition are announced Alex Paxton for Bye and Corncrack Dreams (the latter commissioned by Nevis Ensemble and North Uist Distillery) Brigitte Beraha and Dave […]
Pat Martino: Memories from David O’Rourke
David O’Rourke has written this personal tribute in gratitude to Pat Martino (*). The Irish guitarist and arranger has lived in New York since the 1980’s. These personal recollections show vividly how […]
Pat Martino(1944-2021). A Tribute by Ant Law
The Jazz Guitar world is incredibly sad today – we have lost a giant. Pat Martino was one of the greatest who ever lived. As is evident from the tributes which are […]
“I think it is a great opportunity for any musician.” (Showcase Applications for jazzahead! closing on 4 November 2021)
The organisers of jazzahead!, the world’s leading jazz trade fair, have put out a reminder that applications for the showcase festival 2022 are still open for just one more week. We also […]
Winners at the 2021 Jazz FM Awards
Here is the list of winners at the 2021 Jazz FM Awards, awarded earlier this evening at Under the Bridge in Chelsea: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Tony Bennett GOLD AWARD : Courtney Pine […]
Winners at the Drake Yolanda Awards
Sebastian writes: I often word-search press releases which I receive for the word “Jazz”. And believe me, it can sometimes be a dispiriting exercise. Not today. The following release from Rupert Burley’s […]
RIP Robin Morton (1939-2021)
Rob Adams writes: Robin Morton was a hugely influential figure on the folk and traditional music scene in Scotland and across the world, and yet if he’d followed his initial musical dream, […]
RIP Willie Garnett (1938-2021)
Sebastian writes: The sad news has just reached us that saxophonist Willie Garnett passed away yesterday 15 October 2021. As one musician has just described him to me, “he was the nicest […]
Keith Tippett’s last performance available on disc – and now on video
Keith Tippett’s very last performance was a duo set with Matthew Bourne on 12 Oct 2019, at Union Chapel in London. It is available as part of a two-CD set or as […]
Anthony Wood: a Tribute by Chrissie Murray
Chrissie Murray (*) remembers Anthony Wood, the trailblazing champion of improvised music who tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident on 15 September 2021, age 73. Anthony Wood, inspirational promoter of […]
Monday Lunchtime Gigs Resume at the Spice of Life, Soho (from 4 October)
Richard Pite is looking forward to the return of the Monday lunchtime sessions at the Spice of Life in Soho, starting on 4 October with Enrico Tomasso. Richard writes: The Spice (6 […]
Jazz is Back at Lauderdale House, Highgate (starts 21 October)
The Thursday night Jazz at the House series at Lauderdale House in Highgate, programmed by one of LJN’s heroes Brian Blain, will start again on 21 October. The full programme and a […]
“Scenes of Now”: Programme for Jazzfest Berlin 2021 Announced
*The programme for the 58th Jazzfest Berlin is announced today. *This year’s festival from 4 to 7 November is the fourth under the artistic direction of Nadin Deventer and has the strapline […]
