The Fergus McCreadie Trio are at Fringe By The SeaPublicity pictureRob Adams looks at a seaside reply to the Edinburgh Fringe which harbours jazz ambitions.The small harbour town of North Berwick in […]
A scene from Carmen la CubanaPhoto: © Johan PerssonAt Sadlers Wells there is about to be the UK premiere run of performances of Carmen la Cubana. The show is an adaptation of […]
Ambleside Days logofrom the festival websiteThe second Ambleside Days runs from Thursday 30 August to Sunday 2 September at Zeffirellis in Ambleside. Mike Collins looks forward to what promises to be a […]
Ann Antidote/Notorische Ruhestörung – in the Ideas Of Noise programmePublicity picture There’s a new festival happening in Birmingham, 3 to 5 August. It’s called Ideas of Noise and the producers are musicians Sarah […]
Becki BigginsPublicity picture It’s the holidays and it’s never too soon to start the toddlers at musical summer school. Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and saxophonist Becki Biggins is holding a free Musical Picnic. […]
Bands at the 2016 Durham BRASS festivalPublicity photoDurham BRASS, an annual festival in mid-July, has taken on the theme of ‘Women and Brass’ for 2018. Dave Whetstone explains:Jazz and big band drummer […]
London Vocal ProjectPublicity Photo“A whole decade! That’s every Monday night (give or take a few weeks off every summer) for ten years,” reflects PETE CHURCHILL, as he looks forward to marking a […]
Kim CypherPhoto Credit: Phil KrollSaxophonist, composer and vocalist Kim Cypher trained with Pee Wee Ellis and Andy Sheppard. She discusses her multifaceted recent CD and her continuing UK tour in conversation with […]
It’s growing! Jazz Leeds Festival was a one-day toe in the water last year. And by 2013, the city’s year-long celebration of culture, main man Steve Crocker hopes it will be a […]
Ben van Gelder and Reinier Baas, featured artists at the 2017 FestivalPhoto credit Ralf DombrowskiAlison Bentley writes:This year’s UN World Happiness Report puts Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden at the top […]
Adam Glasser (third from left) with his South African Jazz SextetPublicity pictureFestivals rise and festivals fall but Brecon just keeps on going. Peter Bacon previews the programme for the 35th in its […]
Nik Bärtsch’s RoninPhoto credit: Jonas Holthaus/ ECMNik Bärtsch’s new album Awase (ECM) is the first with his Ronin group in six years, and Ronin’s first with a new bass player in a new […]
Colin RileyPublicity pictureIs it a suite? Is it a song cycle? Is it a spoken word project? Is it classical? Is it jazz? Is it electronica? AJ Dehany goes in search of […]
John ColtranePublic DomainThe BBC has made two tracks from John Coltrane Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album, broadcast on the Gilles Peterson Radio 6 show, available. They are by the quartet […]
The Pablo Held TrioL-R: Pablo Held, Jonas Burgwinkel, Robert LandfermannPhoto courtesy of artribute.deCologne-based pianist PABLO HELD’s long-standing trio, with ten albums to its name, is one of the groups at Edition 10 […]
