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 […]
Art Themen remembers Don Weller (1940-2020)
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 […]
