Sebastian Scotney reports: The much-admired drummer and educator Dave Wickins passed away last night. We published appreciations of Dave from Liam Noble, Kirk Lightsey, Steve Watts, Simon Purcell and Buster Birch as […]
R.I.P. Dave Wickins
Gary Crosby awarded The Queen’s Medal
Peter Bacon reports: Gary Crosby today received The Queen’s Medal from HM The Queen, it has been announced. Here is the release: “Gary Crosby OBE has been announced as the recipient of […]
Donate an instrument – Ronnie Scott’s Instrument Amnesty (20 July)
Peter Bacon reports: The Ronnie Scott’s Charitable Foundation is holding its third Instrument Amnesty on Saturday 20 July 2019. Instruments have already been given by some musical celebs, and you can join them. […]
Supergroup of Holland, Hussain and Potter signs to Edition
Peter Bacon reports: The Crosscurrents Trio, made up of double bassist Dave Holland, tabla player Zakir Hussain and reedsman Chris Potter, will release their album, Good Hope, on Edition records on 11 […]
R.I.P. João Gilberto (1931 – 2019)
Peter Bacon reports: The death has been announced of João Gilberto, the man who, it is often said, “invented bossa nova” and who must surely be near the top of any “most […]
2019 Cork Jazz Festival (24-26 Oct) headliners announced
Peter Bacon reports: The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival celebrates its 42nd incarnation over the last weekend in October with a fine array of big names from jazz and related musics. They are: […]
Marsden Jazz Festival (11-13 Oct) launches crowdfunder (aim: £10k by 21 July)
Peter Bacon reports: There is no easy way to fund a jazz festival, especially when a crucial part of the organisers’ philosophy is to expand the music’s reach via free access. Which […]
R.I.P. Duncan Lamont (1931-2019)
Duncan Lamont, the Scottish saxophonist, died on Tuesday, hours after playing a sold-out gig at the 606 Club to celebrate his upcoming 88th birthday. Frank Griffith shared this with us: “I write […]
Joshua Redman Quartet at Théâtre Maisonneuve (2019 MIJF)
Joshua Redman Quartet (Théâtre Maisonneuve, 2 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Awards ceremonies; there are such an awful lot of them, but they do have their uses. […]
Soho Sounds: Jazz at the Boulevard Theatre (weekly from 6 November)
Peter Bacon reports: Pianist Alex Webb – he of The Copasetic Foundation and well-known for his work with vocalists – has masterminded a new, autumnal series of weekly late-night jazz sessions at the […]
2019 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize winner announced
Peter Bacon reports: The Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize has its ninth recipient: saxophonist and composer Alexander Bone. The Royal Academy of Music and Edition Records are the joint promoters of this annual award. […]
Jazz Promotion Network Conference: ‘Stand Out’ (Glasgow, 20-21 June 2019)
The Jazz Promotion network exists in order to “advance and support professional development, information exchange and partnership opportunities for the UK & Irish jazz industry, artists and audiences”. The network has just […]
Radio Jazz Research meeting on Jazz and Festivals in Diersbach, Austria
Sebastian attended a recent meeting of the German Radio Jazz Research group. He writes: RADIO JAZZ RESEARCH The Radio Jazz Research group meets two to three times a year and has the […]
NYJO announces new Jazz Exchange initiative
Peter Bacon reports: The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) has announced what it describes as “the most exciting development in its 54-year history”. It’s the NYJO Jazz Exchange, a two-year national project encouraging […]
Seventh Jazz North Education Conference
Nigel Slee, Creative Director at Jazz North, reports from Huddersfield on the seventh Jazz North Education Conference (declaration of interest: Nigel organised it) : The seventh Jazz North Education Conference took place […]
