It is ten years today since the jazz community woke up in shock to the news of the death in a road accident of Chris Dagley. We published THIS . Re-reading the […]
28 July 2010 – Marking 10 years since the death of Chris Dagley
ACE National Lottery Project Grants re-open on 22 July 2020
Arts Council England (ACE) reopens National Lottery Project Grant funding on 22 July, with a budget of £59.8 million available until April 2021. Arts Council England state that they “have prioritised reopening […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival programme announced (23-27 July)
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival moves online for its 43rd edition, with new sets recorded during lockdown, solo home videos, selections from the festival’s video archive, talks, conferences, and late-night DJ sets, […]
SNJO to launch “A Change is Gonna Come” as Charity Single on Nelson Mandela Day, 18 July 2020
A transatlantic cooperation has created a Scottish tribute to Nelson Mandela, writes Rob Adams. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra is not known as a singles band, having now released eleven internationally […]
TRIBUTE: Tim Whitehead remembers percussionist Chris Fletcher
Tim Whitehead remembers the percussionist Chris Fletcher who passed away at the age of 68 on Thursday 9 July. The thing about Chris Fletcher was he had a line for every […]
Results from the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition
Johannes Dickbauer and Youenn Rohaut were both awarded Second Prize in the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition. There was no First Prize winner. This year the competition was held online, 8-10 […]
NYJO Virtual Academy gives experience of playing in a Big Band – and renews sense of community
Sebastian writes: Faced with the challenge of how to adapt its educational work during lockdown, NYJO has put a brand new resource online. The Virtual Academy enables participants (of all ages!) to […]
Holding Press Release for EFG London Jazz Festival 2020
Serious and the EFG London Jazz Festival have put out what amounts to a holding press release – with no specific names or venues mentioned – concerning their plans for the EFG […]
Tribute: Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Andrew Cartmel remembers Ennio Morricone . He is gone. I can scarcely believe it. He was 91 and I guess I thought he’d live forever. There is a sequence in Cinema Paradiso […]
‘The Online UK Jazz Course’ announced by the Original UK Jazz Summer School for 4-6 August 2020
This year the Original UK Jazz Summer School, nominated for a 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Award, is organising a 3-day course . The course will feature a full programme of online sessions open […]
RIP Patrick Kelly, Founder of Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra (1931-2020)
Sebastian writes: Trombonist and educator Patrick Kelly, who died peacefully on 11 June at the age of 88, was the founder of the Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, later Pendulum, and a hugely […]
RAM’s Jazz Rhythm Class releases single for Help Musicians UK
Peter Bacon reports: Barak Schmool’s Jazz Rhythm Class at the Royal Academy of Music is celebrating release from lockdown by hailing a cab: Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi to be precise. It’s […]
2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Winners Announced
The Recipients of the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards are announced: WINNERS Jazz Vocalist of the Year Cherise Adams-Burnett Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year Sarah Tandy Jazz Album of the Year ‘Finding Home’ […]
Edinburgh’s Jazz Bar is 15 Years Old
When Bill Kyle opened The Jazz Bar in Chambers Street on Edinburgh’s southside on 1 July 2005, it was the result of dedication, determination and coincidence, write Patrick Hadfield and Rob Adams. […]
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland announces 2020 Jazz Awards winners
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow has announced the winners of its 2020 Jazz Awards, writes Rob Adams: Prizes of £300 each are awarded every year to students excelling in three […]
