“A real loss.” The Jazz Standard announced on 2 December 2020 that it will be closing permanently. Dan Bergsagel reflects: The Jazz Standard has announced that it will be shutting its doors […]
Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh are announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards, for which Help Musicians have announced an increased level of support. Xhosa Cole, […]
The very great Scottish bassist Ron Mathewson passed away shortly before midnight yesterday 3 December 2020. He had been admitted to hospital with Covid in mid-November. Dave Holland writes: The way […]
Two of the three Special Awards at the Ivors Composer Awards (formerly the British Composer Awards) on 1 December went to jazz musicians Yazz Ahmed (Award for Innovation) and Julian Joseph (Academy […]
The 2020 Cambridge Jazz Festival had its closing events earlier this evening, 29 November. But there is a substantial selection available online on the festival’s YouTube channel until 5 January 2021, except […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra will mark its 25th anniversary at one of its regular venues, writes Rob Adams. As with musicians across much of the world, however, the ensemble will be […]
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will be held in the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, 31 January 2021. The nominations in the five jazz categories were announced today 24 November […]
Trinity Laban and Tomorrow’s Warriors are announcing a new collaboration today 24 November 2020. “Jazz Hang” has the ambition to “build genuine progression routes for young people from underrepresented groups that inspire […]
Pianist Deschanel Gordon has won BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 We interviewed him earlier this month (Link Below) Here is the full text of the BBC’s Press Release Twenty-two-year-old Hackney-born jazz […]
LondonJazz News provides by far the most extensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Here is a list of the 2020 EFG LJF reviews completed so far by our writers. Most-reads so […]
It is announced today that Pat Metheny has signed a label deal with BMG’s Berlin-based Modern Recordings label. As the press release states, “the deal marks his first new label home in […]
Last night, 12 November 2020, the Bremen Theatre in Copenhagen hosted the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2020. In this celebration of Danish jazz there were musical performances, awards and speeches. Eight awards […]
It was the appearance of this picture on the Bobby Hutcherson Facebook page that started me thinking, writes Sebastian: The picture shows Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris in a former role as a […]
It has been announced that Ronnie Scott’s Club’s application has been successful and that the club has been awarded £1.27m from the Culture Recovery Fund. The DCMS statement and the Ronnie Scott’s […]
The EFG London Jazz Festival extensive programme of live concerts and special events will now be streamed online from venues across London. Many of the online events will be free to view […]
