Opening keynote speaker at Look Out Rebecca RootPhoto courtesy of Kim MacariThe “Look Out” Jazz Promotion Network Conference was held at Turner Sims at the University of Southampton on 13 and 14 […]
Band On The Wall of the futureSupplied picturePeter Bacon reports:It started as The George and Dragon pub where the musicians played on a stage half way up the back wall, but the […]
Ed Renshaw Peter Bacon reports:The 2018 Ed Renshaw Music Award, the bi-annual award in memory of the young musician whose guitar talents were acclaimed and who died far too young, is being […]
Jon Hiseman playing at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Febuary 2018Photo credit: Paul WoodPeter Bacon reports:The death has been announced of Jon Hiseman, drummer and leader of the jazz rock band Colosseum. […]
Trio LBT with their awardPhoto credit: Ralf DombrowskiThe winners of the 10,000€ BMW Welt Jazz Award 2018 are the Munich-based trio LBT (Leo Betzl Trio, consisting of pianist Leo Betzl, Sebastian Wolfgruber on […]
Lorraine Gordon, at her desk in the kitchen at the Village VanguardAn uncredited photo from Alive At The Village VanguardPeter Bacon reports:The words “an era has ended” are thoroughly appropriate. Lorraine Gordon, […]
Orphy Robinson MBEPublicity PhotoCongratulations to the three very fine jazz musicians who have just been honoured in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours:Pianist/ Composer/ Broadcaster Julian Joseph OBEVibraphonist / Composer Orphy Robinson MBETrombonist […]
Claude Monet: London, Houses of Parliament. The Sun Shining through the Fog (1904)Public DomainSebastian reports:Voting is now open for the 2018 (APPJAG) Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline […]
Luca Manning (Winner: Rising Star category), Fionna Duncan (Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award),Georgia Cecile (Nominee: Best Vocalist) and Seonaid Aitken (Winner: Best Vocalist and her band ‘Rose Room’ were also winners in the Best […]
Sebastian writes:Concidentally, two influential and valuable sources of comment on the jazz scene in London, The Blue Moment and EZHMag both announced almost simultaneously that they were, in one case “saying goodbye for […]
Jazz 1080 in productionPhoto credit: Ian DaviesPeter Bacon reports:Remember Jazz 625? Well it’s been recreated as Jazz 1080 as part of a research project at Birmingham City University.This academic reconstruction and updating, […]
Australian saxophonist Amy Dicksonusing the page-turning pedals of the Gvidoat the Abbey Road launch Sebastian writes: First the good news. A new sheet music e-reader from Japan called GVIDO, in homage to Guido […]
Sebastian reports:The 16th Mas I Mas Festival in Barcelona will run from 31 July to 31 August. The Festival takes in five venues: The Teatro Coliseum, Barcelona’s main jazz club the Jamboree, […]
The British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) held their May 2018 Event on 23 May – a panel discussion about music magazines, “The Rise and Fall and Rise of Music Mags”, chaired […]
Rymden. L-R:Dan Berglund, Bugge Wesseltoft, Magnus ÖströmPublicity photoTurner Sims Southampton’s programme for the latter part of the year has Peter Bacon planning his route south: If you’re looking for an exciting programme […]
