The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire jazz department’s 85th birthday gift to one of its most esteemed Fellows, Michael Gibbs, takes the form of a special concert on Thursday 1 December at the conservatoire’s […]
Vocalist/songwriter Heidi Vogel, together with musical director Ivo Neame, has prepared a very special evening of songs to celebrate Sarah Vaughan. It will premiere at Jazz Café POSK on Saturday 26 November […]
Returning for the third in their series of orchestral jazz concerts for the EFG London Jazz Festival at Cadogan Hall, Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory Company presents another exciting programme of iconic music […]
A new festival, spread over three evenings of triple bills, has just been announced. It will take place in Theater Regensburg, also known as the Theater am Bismarckplatz, and has a significant […]
This September would have seen the 80th birthday of pianist and composer John Taylor, who died just two months before his 73rd birthday in 2015. The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra […]
“There’s probably no frame wide enough to encompass the creative output of the pianist Vijay Iyer .” New York Times Two imminent London events will show something of that range. In anticipation […]
Variety (*) is reporting that a new film, ‘Music for Black Pigeons’, by Danish directors Andreas Koefoed and Jørgen Leth will have its premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week. The […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra have announced a new season of concerts that will see the internationally acclaimed ensemble spanning 100 years of jazz history. Presenting music from their “In the Spirit […]
Ambleside Days 2022 will take place from 1-4 September. Preview by Dan Paton: Whether it be the multi-venue extravaganza of the London Jazz Festival, or rushing between various stages at Love Supreme […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (Jesmond 23-25 Sep, then Newcastle 29 Sep-2 Oct) Peter Slavid writes: The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (NFOJAIM) started in 2017, and after […]
The London Jazz Orchestra’s 30th anniversary season will close this Sunday afternoon 3 July (*) with a concert featuring the music of Martin Speake and Henry Lowther. There is an LJN connection […]
The biggest (*) jazz festival in the world is back. The 42nd Montreal International Jazz Festival starts this Thursday 30 June. It has a very special atmosphere where crowds flock to the […]
Alison Bentley is looking forward to going back to Suedtirol/Alto Adige…. “Jazz keeps the continent together,” says this year’s festival, with modern jazz and improvised music from all over Europe. In each […]
Brighton-based saxophonist Julian Nicholas looks forward to hearing up-and-coming bands who will be appearing at Love Supreme, the UK’s only greenfield jazz festival, at Glynde Place in East Sussex between Fri 1 […]
Gareth Williams’s trio will be at Ronnie Scott’s on 13 June. Doors open 8. 30 pm. Booking link below. Preview by Sebastian Scotney “I know the place well,” says pianist Gareth Williams. […]
