“I have truly been lucky.” Bassist Oli Hayhurst was a member of Pharoah Sanders’ European Quartet for over a decade, alongside pianist William Henderson – then Benito Gonzalez from 2019 – and […]
Jazz organist Pete Whittaker (*) pays tribute to Joey DeFrancesco: Pete Whittaker writes: The jazz community is having to come to terms with the awful news that Joey DeFrancesco has died at […]
Jazz historian Fernando Ortiz de Urbina writes in tribute to master producer Creed Taylor. With few exceptions, producers of jazz recordings wrestle with the question of how to take it to the […]
Trumpeter Kevin Davy interviewed saxophonist Ray Carless (1954-2022) by phone for Jazz London Radio (JLR) in October 2020. He kindly shares that interview, and has also written a tribute to him. SYNOPSIS […]
Sebastian writes: This tribute to saxophonist Ray Carless by Orphy Robinson has appeared on Orphy’s Facebook page, and is reproduced here with his kind permission. Ray Carless R.I.E.P. This is a very […]
Jazz needs strong and persuasive advocates in the right places who can make a difference, and former MP Bob Blizzard, who died from cancer on 5 May 2022 at the age of […]
Record producer Paul Jolly released almost two dozen albums by Tina May. Here he writes in tribute to the vocalist who has passed away far too early, on Saturday 26 March 2022. […]
David O’Rourke has written this personal tribute in gratitude to Pat Martino (*). The Irish guitarist and arranger has lived in New York since the 1980’s. These personal recollections show vividly how […]
The Jazz Guitar world is incredibly sad today – we have lost a giant. Pat Martino was one of the greatest who ever lived. As is evident from the tributes which are […]
Rob Adams writes: Robin Morton was a hugely influential figure on the folk and traditional music scene in Scotland and across the world, and yet if he’d followed his initial musical dream, […]
Chrissie Murray (*) remembers Anthony Wood, the trailblazing champion of improvised music who tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident on 15 September 2021, age 73. Anthony Wood, inspirational promoter of […]
In this tribute, Denny Ilett (*) remembers his close colleague and friend Pee Wee Ellis, who passed away on 23 September 2021 at the age of 80. Alfred ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis has […]
Ron Carter once said of Czech bassist George (Jiří) Mraz, who passed away on 16 September 2021 at the age of 77: “Wonderfully chosen notes + great intonation + beautiful sound + […]
The passing of Charlie Watts has provoked many tributes in the UK. And yet his reputation and influence go way beyond these shores. T Bruce Wittet, a Canadian musician and writer, pays […]
Composer, pianist and educator William (Bill) Kinghorn died on 28 April 2021 at the age of 86. Bill was Senior Lecturer in Harmony and Composition at Leeds College of Music from the […]
