“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Mothers In Jazz (12): Barbra Lica
Michael Brecker Band & Randy Brecker Band – ‘Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987’
Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Joey Calderazzo, Adam Nussbaum & Jeff Andrews / Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, David Kikoski, Joey Baron & Dieter Ilg – Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (Jazzline D78112 – […]
Marc Copland (new album ‘Someday’ with Robin Verheyen, Drew Gress, Mark Ferber)
Jazz writer Philip Watson has described Marc Copland as “a roving ambassador for quietly intelligent, winningly complex and wholly engaging improvised music.” The Philadelphia-born pianist will release a new album on Monday […]
Robert Mitchell’s True Think – ‘Hold The Light’ and ‘The New Resistance’
Robert Mitchell’s True Think – Hold The Light and The New Resistance (Bucks Records Ltd. 2CD set. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Robert Mitchell must be one of the most versatile musicians […]
Jason Yarde suffers stroke/ rehabilitation Crowdfunder open
Jazz Refreshed put out a statement yesterday 13 October: Some of you may have heard about our brother Jason Yarde. He suffered a massive stroke on stage in France but luckily doctors […]
RIP Brian Blain (1929-2022)
Sebastian writes: Sad news to report. One of the most effective and consistent supporters and enablers of jazz in the UK, Brian Blain, died on Sunday 9 October at the Marie Curie […]
‘Indo-Jazz Fusions Revisited’. (16 Nov 2022 EFG LJF)
Things come full circle… the Royal Academy of Music’s jazz department has invited sitar-player Jonathan Mayer to celebrate “Indo-Jazz Fusions”, the pioneering 1960s group which was co-led by Jonathan’s father, Calcutta-born composer […]
Marcus Miller, Norma Winstone, Jools Holland win 2022 Jazz FM Special Awards
The three “Gifted” Special Awards for the Jazz FM Awards are announced today 12 October 2022, ahead of the main ceremony next week They are: GOLD AWARD : Marcus Miller IMPACT AWARD: […]
Joe Locke ‘Amaranth’ at Pizza Express Dean Street, 19 & 20 Oct
Due at the Pizza Express Soho on 19 and 20 October with his quartet, Amaranth, vibraphonist Joe Locke has, over a decades-long career, established himself as one of the most expressive musicians […]
RIP Ronnie Cuber (1941-2022)
The absolutely unforgettable presence of a man and his baritone sax sound…. In Sadness. (Mingus Big Band. Bern, 2002. Other solos from Luis Bonilla (above) and Kenny Drew Jr.) Ronald Edward Cuber. […]
Dispatches from Istanbul / 2022 Akbank Jazz Festival (3)
Francesco Martinelli’s third and final report from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul (24 September-9 October 2022) The spacious, tree-lined streets of the affluent neighbourhood of Suadiye, facing the Prince’s Island on the […]
Dispatches from Istanbul / 2022 Akbank Jazz Festival (2)
Francesco Martinelli’s second report from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul (24 September-9 October 2022) The 32nd edition of the Akbank Jazz Festival saved some of its more famous names for the second […]
Mothers In Jazz (11): Sunna Gunnlaugs
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Paul Jones – ‘The Blues’
Paul Jones – The Blues (Umbrella Music PJBROLLYLP1 – Review by Bruce Lindsay) What does a musician, singer and songwriter with a recording career that’s almost 60 years long do when a […]
RNCM Saxophone Day 2022 (Manchester, 6 Nov)
The Saxophone Day at the RNCM in Manchester is the UK’s largest sax gathering. This year’s event, the 22nd edition, will be on Sunday 6 November. Feature by Sebastian Scotney. Saxophonists have […]
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