Edinburgh-born, Glasgow-based bassist Ewan Hastie has won the 2022 BBC Young Jazz Musician competition. The BBC’s press release is reproduced in full below. (BBC Press Release in full begins) Double bassist Ewan […]
Tenor saxophonist, flautist and composer Tori Freestone won the The Ivors Composer Award for Jazz Ensemble for her composition “Birds of Paradise”. The piece features Freestone on flute/triangle, vocals by Brigitte Beraha, […]
The GRAMMYs ceremony (the 65th) will take place on 5 February. Here are the nominees, first in the jazz categories, and then some jazz related names in other categories from a very […]
The winners of the 2022 Jazz FM Awards were announced earlier this evening. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Norma Winstone IMPACT AWARD : Jools Holland GOLD AWARD: Marcus Miller BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR : […]
Jazz Refreshed put out a statement yesterday 13 October: Some of you may have heard about our brother Jason Yarde. He suffered a massive stroke on stage in France but luckily doctors […]
Sebastian writes: Sad news to report. One of the most effective and consistent supporters and enablers of jazz in the UK, Brian Blain, died on Sunday 9 October at the Marie Curie […]
The three “Gifted” Special Awards for the Jazz FM Awards are announced today 12 October 2022, ahead of the main ceremony next week They are: GOLD AWARD : Marcus Miller IMPACT AWARD: […]
The absolutely unforgettable presence of a man and his baritone sax sound…. In Sadness. (Mingus Big Band. Bern, 2002. Other solos from Luis Bonilla (above) and Kenny Drew Jr.) Ronald Edward Cuber. […]
The Grizzly Jazz Foundation owes its name to the nickname of its founder Dr. Andreas Hoeft (1954-2020), a leading figure in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology in Bonn, who was also a […]
“I have truly been lucky.” Bassist Oli Hayhurst was a member of Pharoah Sanders’ European Quartet for over a decade, alongside pianist William Henderson – then Benito Gonzalez from 2019 – and […]
The programme of Jazzfest Berlin 2022 is announced and tickets go on sale this morning. The press release begins: “After the two hybrid festival editions with digital bridges to New York, Johannesburg, […]
On Wednesday morning 14 September, John McLaughlin (@jmcl_gtr) tweeted: “Jamming in London @606club with my eye doctor @DrDanReinstein.” It turns out that the guitar great is an old friend of Dr Dan […]
We are sad to hear of the passing of drummer Trevor Tomkins at the age of 81. In recent years he has been an inspiring, enlivening teacher for generations of jazz musicians […]
Sebastian writes: Two of the winners – one obvious, one less so – out of just nine categories at last night’s German radio awards in Hamburg have strong connections to the jazz […]
The nominees are announced for the 2022 Jazz FM Awards. The ceremony at which the winners will be announced is at Shoreditch Town Hall on 20 October 2022. The winners of the […]
