Richard Pite writes: Very sad news. Keith Nichols passed away this morning. Keith had gone into London Hospital last Friday with problems relating to a much-delayed prostate operation. Whilst in hospital he […]
RIP Keith Nichols (1945-2021)
A Tribute to John Russell (1954-2021) by Evan Parker
“John had a place at the heart of the world scene for improvised music,” writes Evan Parker in this tribute to guitarist and founder of MOPOMOSO John Russell (1954-2021), who passed away […]
Tributes to Sammy Nestico 1924-2021 from Christine Jensen, Callum Au, Denny Ilett, Frank Griffith
Sammy Nestico (1924-2021) passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 96. Four bandleaders and arrangers pay tribute to one of the best-known (and most frequently-played) big band arrangers: Denny Ilett: […]
Europe Jazz Media Chart January 2021
The new Europe Jazz Media Chart is out. We were welcomed in to the set-up last year, and since then Peter Slavid, Tony Dudley-Evans and Sebastian have been rotating the strike, as […]
RIP Eddie Blair (1927-2020). A Tribute by Simon Spillett
“A player archetypal of his generation of London-based, jazz-apprenticed session men”, trumpeter Eddie Blair was a stalwart of the ‘golden era’ of the Ted Heath band, a member of the Johnny Dankworth […]
Nominations Invited for Inaugural ‘Deutscher Jazzpreis’ 2021
The Berlin-based, German Federal Government-supported body “Initiative Musik” is organizing the very first “Deutscher Jazzpreis”, under the personal aegis of Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters, a devotee […]
Clare Teal: New Sunday Night Show on Jazz FM (from 24 January 2021)
Jazz FM is announcing today that Clare Teal will be joining the station to present a new show of big band and swing music on Sunday nights from 7pm-9pm from 24 January […]
Tribute: Frank Kimbrough (1956-2020)
Pianist, composer and educator Frank Kimbrough died on 30 December at the age of 64. He was a long-time member of Maria Schneider’s Orchestra and a faculty member at Juilliard in New […]
Mathewson & Mathewson ‘Blow’ from 1/1/76 (released today 1/1/21 by Jazz in Britain)
The Jazz in Britain label is releasing Blow today, 1 January 2021, an album of previously unreleased material with bassist Ron Mathewson and his brother Mat, and making it available for free […]
Virginia MacDonald (Canada), Ewan Bleach (UK), Joaquin Sosa (Cuba) winners at International Clarinetist Corona Competition
The International Clarinetist Corona Competition is “a grassroots effort exclusively aimed towards working clarinetists across genres to provide hope and encouragement in face of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The competition had three sections, […]
RIP Claude Bolling (1930-2020)
Jazz pianist, conductor and composer Claude Bolling, (France Musique reports, link below) has died at the age of 90 at the Hôpital de Saint-Cloud on the outskirts of Paris. Bolling wrote the […]
BYMT Jazz School 2021: Mingus Project
The Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) jazz school is starting a new project in January 2021, where school kids will be given the chance to play Charles Mingus The BYMT jazz school […]
‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel/ Freedom’s on the Way’ (New Single from The London Vocal Project – Proceeds to Amnesty International)
The London Vocal Project has launched a single today, 10 December, United Nations Human Rights Day with featured soloist Ayesha Pike. ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’/ Freedom’s on the Way’, with the […]
jazzahead! 2021 ‘We have decided to implement large parts of jazzahead! 2021 – (29 April 29 to 2 May) in digital form.’
The world’s leading jazz trade fair jazzahead! has put out an update concerning plans for 2021 in its December newsletter. The full text is available by following the link at the foot […]
The Jazz Standard: “Our doors on 27th Street will remain permanently closed”
“A real loss.” The Jazz Standard announced on 2 December 2020 that it will be closing permanently. Dan Bergsagel reflects: The Jazz Standard has announced that it will be shutting its doors […]
