The blues have been a central part of Paul Jones’s life for sixty years. The singer, actor, harmonicist, radio personality and television presenter was 80 in February. He presented his final BBC […]
Paul Jones (new album ‘The Blues’)
Jazz FM Awards 2022 Winners Announced
The winners of the 2022 Jazz FM Awards were announced earlier this evening. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Norma Winstone IMPACT AWARD : Jools Holland GOLD AWARD: Marcus Miller BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR : […]
Oscar Lavën – ‘Questions in Red’
Oscar Lavën – Questions in Red (Thick Records NZ TH 012 – Review by Nathan Wyde) The currently very fertile New Zealand jazz scene seems to make musicians versatile almost by default. Oscar […]
Nicki Leighton-Thomas ‘One Good Scandal’ at the Playground Theatre
Nicki Leighton-Thomas (Playground Theatre. 18 October – One Good Scandal launch. Review by Lavender Sutton) Vocalist Nicki Leighton-Thomas has released a follow up album of songs by the well-known poet and lyricist […]
Jazz & The City Festival 2022, Salzburg
Jazz & The City(Salzburg, 13 to 16 October 2022. Festival Report and photos by Ralf Dombrowski(*)) They do things differently in Salzburg. Car drivers stop as soon as a pedestrian steps out […]
Raph Clarkson (new album ‘This Is How We Grow’)
Trombonist/ improviser/ composer/ educator Raph Clarkson brings a higher purpose, a sense of positivity and deeply held ideals to everything he does. The new album by his group Dissolute Society is shaped […]
Joy Ellis: ‘Jazz Camp for Girls’
Pianist/singer Joy Ellis is currently writing a doctorate at Birmingham City University, researching reasons for women’s underrepresentation in jazz. We asked her to interview two educators with a particular focus on broadening […]
Mothers In Jazz (12): Barbra Lica
“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 […]
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: […]
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