READ ELSEWHERE Dorsay Alavi’s film about Wayne Shorter “Zero Gravity” will screen on Amazon Prime on what would have been his 90th birthday, 25 August – read more …there is a trailer […]

READ ELSEWHERE There are some day tickets left for this weekend’s We Out Here Festival in Dorset – read more RIP cellist Tristan Honsinger (1949-2023/ photo above by Michael Jackson from Jazz […]

READ ELSEWHERE Life in the moment becomes eternal – a memorial being unveiled in Suleczyno, the site of the Jazz w Lesie Festival. to Jarek Smietana by his daughter Alicja – read […]

READ ELSEWHERE Tony Bennett (Photo copyright John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk) is remembered by Alexis Petridis in the Guardian – read more Ethan Iverson recalls his encounters with Tony Bennett – read more Ted Gioia […]

READ ELSEWHERE RIP Mick Sexton, who worked for both Mary Greig’s Jazz in London and Sarah Chaplin’s Jazz London Live (image with Sarah above) – read more RIP East German free saxophonist […]

READ ELSEWHERE Neil Spencer of the Observer reviewed pianist Zoe Rahman’s new album, Colour of Sound photo above by Melody McLaren at the 2021 EFG LJF – read more Tony Coe is […]

READ ELSEWHERE Saxophonist Christine Jensen (above with Jim Doxas, Steve Amirault, Adrian Vedady and discusses her new album Day Moon with CanadianBeats – read more RIP Mo Foster at the age of […]

READ ELSEWHERE RIP trad clarinettist Bernie Holden (above), probably the oldest person to graduate from a jazz course (Middlesex Uni in the 2000’s at the age of 69) – read more Saxophonist […]

READ ELSEWHERE Kevin Le Gendre (L: publicity photo) recorded a BBC Radio 3 documentary on location in El Barrio / Spanish Harlem (R: Google maps image). For transmission this Sunday 25 June […]

READ ELSEWHERE Melody McLaren shared photos from the Perico Sambeat Quartet’s recent gig at PizzaExpress Dean Street – read more Paul Booth and Cottle brothers Dave and Laurence among the headliners at […]

READ ELSEWHERE RIP Astrud Gilberto — The Guardian obituary – read more …and Richard Williams remembers vividly the releases of “The Astrud Gilberto Album” and “Look to the Rainbow” with Gil Evans […]

READ ELSEWHERE Ryan Quigley and Andrew Bain have set up a brand new jazz summer school (image above) in Lanarkshire – enrol A fundraiser has been set up to help London-based trumpeter […]

READ ELSEWHERE Downbeat’s report on jazzahead! is out – read more “The notice for [Jazz Centre UK] to vacate by August will be ripped up”, according to the newly elected council in […]

READ ELSEWHERE Kevin Le Gendre reviewed the Canadian Jazz Collective at Ronnie Scott’s – read more Richard Williams reviews new piano trio records from Bobo Stenson, Tyshawn Sorey and Alexander Hawkins – […]

READ ELSEWHERE Nate Chinen pays tribute to the great composer & arranger Don Sebesky who has died at 85 – read more Jazz-funk keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith is interviewed in the Guardian […]