The five finalists are announced today 6 November for the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020. A socially-distanced Final will take place at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 14 November, and the final will […]
Sebastian attended a virtual press conference given by Reza Ackbaraly, CEO & Co-founder of Qwest TV. The origins of Qwest Tv stem from a Quincy Jones meeting Reza Ackbaraly at the Jazz […]
The nominees in the Ivors Composer Awards (formerly British Composer Awards) 2020 have been announced. ‘Winners revealed in an exclusive live ceremony broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 1 December’. We list […]
Pizza Express Live have issued a statement about their four venues (Dean Street, Holborn, Pheasantry, Birmingham): Here is the statement in full: “We’ve taken the difficult decision to cancel all shows at […]
The Jazz FM Awards ceremony (with OANDA) took place via livestream from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club earlier this evening, 27 October 2020, presented by Marcus Brigstocke JAZZ FM AWARDS 2020 WITH OANDA […]
The programme for the 6th Cambridge Jazz Festival has been announced. Most events are free to view and will be streamed online – see below for the full listing and more details […]
A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help pianist and keyboardist Steve Hamilton following surgery to remove his right kidney, writes Rob Adams. Hamilton, who lived and worked in London for a […]
The winners of the 8th Scottish Jazz Awards were unveiled on Sunday 18 October at a virtual ceremony hosted by Suzanne Bonnar and Luca Manning. WINNERS Rising Star Award sponsored by Musicians’ […]
Three members of the jazz community, all good friends of LJN – Matt Fripp, Emily Saunders and Phil Meadows – are responding to the pandemic in the deeply positive and instinctively community-building […]
Award-winning Scottish pianist Brian Kellock features on two of the three recordings released to mark the UK launch of New Zealand-based Thick Records on Friday 30th October. A musician-led company formed […]
UPDATE 22 OCTOBER: THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 28-30 JANUARY 2021. WE WILL UPDATE THIS PREVIEW ASAP From Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 October, PizzaExpress Live in Holborn, London will be […]
Downbeat’s “25 for the Future” feature, in its November 2020 issue, includes four UK artists plus two Europeans: Yazz Ahmed (photo above by Seb JJ Peters) Nubya Garcia Yussef Dayes Shabaka Hutchings. […]
The programme for JazzFest Berlin 2020 is announced today. Key points are : – “The connection between the jazz scenes in Berlin and New York is the focus of the third festival […]
Peter King’s funeral at Putney Vale Crematorium on 30 September 2020 was filmed and livestreamed and is now available to watch. Spike Wells officiated – thoughtfully, sensitively, touchingly. There were tributes from: […]
The monthly Europe Jazz Media Chart for October 2020 is published. This is the just second time LJN has contributed, and Tony Dudley-Evans’ pick, Krononaut, is on top of the pile. The […]
