Bassist Gary Peacock and pianist Marc Copland played and recorded in each other’s bands for over 35 years. Marc Copland pays tribute to his close colleague, great friend and a unique musician. […]
Marc Copland remembers Gary Peacock (1935-2020)
Alto saxophone players mark the centenary of the birth of Charlie Parker
Sebastian writes: The centenary of Charlie Parker’s birth falls today, 29 August 2020. We asked alto saxophonists two questions: first to describe thoughts and feelings which the centenary evokes. The second, optional, […]
TRIBUTE: Steve Grossman (1951-2020) by Damon Brown
” I feel personally blessed and grateful to have shared the stage and the road with Steve and to have counted him as a friend.” Trumpeter Damon Brown pays tribute to saxophonist […]
TRIBUTE: Anita Wardell remembers Annie Ross
” I still feel the same way now as when I first heard Annie Ross 37 years ago,” writes Anita Wardell. Anita’s tribute begins and ends with excerpts of vocalese that have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
RIP Hugh Fraser (1958-2020)
The Canadian trombonist, pianist and composer/bandleader Hugh Fraser has died at the age of just 61. He had been grappling with cancer over three years. Tributes that have been written in the […]
RIP Lennie Niehaus (1929-2020)
Frank Griffith writes in tribute to Lennie Niehaus: Lennie Niehaus, alto saxophonist, composer/arranger and scorer of twelve Clint Eastwood films has died at the age of 91. A consummate polymath of the […]
Art Themen remembers Don Weller (1940-2020)
Saxophonist Don Weller, who had been unwell for some time, passed away in his native Croydon on Saturday 30 May 2020 at the age of 79. Saxophonist Art Themen, a good friend […]
Jimmy Cobb (1929-2020)
Rob Adams remembers drummer Jimmy Cobb who passed away yesterday, 24 May 2020, at the age of 91 When Jimmy Cobb left the studio after the second and final session for Miles […]
John Cumming – a personal tribute by Ros Rigby
The passing of John Cumming on Sunday 17 May is deeply felt in the jazz community. Ros Rigby, a good and loyal friend for over fifty years, remembers him: I met John […]
TRIBUTE: Tony Allen (1940- 2020) by John Fordham
John Fordham pays tribute to Tony Allen. Of all the popular sounds of the 20th century fired up by the spontaneity and rhythmic creativity of jazz, Afrobeat’s morphing of that music into […]
