Rob Luft (right) with Marcus Miller at the Montreux Jazz Acadamy 2017 Photo credit: Marc Ducrest / FFJM Sebastian writes: The next set of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2019-21 […]
Live Experience of the Year Winner:Kamasi Washington at Steamdown (with Nubya Garcia, right)Photo by AJ Dehany Sebastian writes: The Winners at the 2019 Jazz FM Awards have just been announced: The full […]
Nominated in Best Album Category: Jim MullenPhoto credit: Melody McLaren Sebastian writes: Glasgow Jazz Festival has just announced the nominations for the 7th Scottish Jazz Awards and opened up the public vote […]
At the Launch: Pentti Puhakka (helsinki Jazz), Bogdan Benigar( Druga Godba),Kenneth Killeen (Improvised Music Company), Pierre Dugelay(Périscope),Karolina Jules (Wytwornia Foundation), Oliver Weindling (Vortex) Sebastian writes: Jazz Connective, a new and interesting project […]
The outdoor crowd in MontrealPhoto credit: Victor Diaz Lamich/ FIJM Sebastian writes: The main programme for the concert halls at the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival, by most measures the world’s largest, is […]
BBC Proms Launch imageImage credit: BBC/Tim Burt Sebastian writes: The programme for the 2019 BBC Proms season has been announced, so I’ve picked out some of the jazz and jazz-related-ish concerts. Prom […]
A hothouse of a different kindFree-to-use image Peter Bacon reports: Manchester Jazz Festival – or mjf as it is trendily, lower-casedly known – has opened the doors of its hothouse project, an […]
Graham CostelloPhoto credit: Jannica Honey Rob Adams writes: In an imaginative and admirably proactive venture, saxophonist Matt Carmichael has compiled a Spotify playlist of mostly current music from a Scottish jazz scene […]
Some of Llandudno’s line-upPublicity montage Peter Bacon reports: Llandudno Jazz Festival offers a wide selection of jazz in rural surroundings over the weekend of 26-28 July 2019 with a warm and lively […]
Tommy SmithPhoto: Derek Clark Tommy Smith is helping to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh. Rob Adams reports: Saxophonist Tommy Smith has been invited to give four concerts at […]
