Yazz Ahmed, Helena Kay and Tori Freestone with Interchange at the ParabolaPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Issie Barratt’s Interchange(Parabola Theatre, 6 May 2018, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Mike Collins) Sometimes it’s […]
Stan Sulzmann and Nikki IlesPublicity Photo The Guildhall Jazz Showcase takes place over three days, 2-4 May, at Milton Court Studio Theatre. There are three ticketed evening concerts. On 3 May, Julian […]
Ivo Neame Moksha (Edition Records EDN1108. CD Review by Peter Jones) Beer and jazz usually go well together, but thank goodness Ivo Neame decided not to go into the family brewing business […]
We will publish our sixth International Women’s Day special tomorrow. Sebastian sets the context: The guest editor of our International Women’s Day special in 2011 was artist and tour manager FranHardcastle and […]
The poster for Making the Changes featured the band InterchangeBack Row L-R Brigitte Beraha, Yazz Ahmed Corrina Silvester, Helena Kay, Charlie Pyne Front Row:Carol Jarvis, Tori Freestone, Karen Street, Issie Barratt, Shirley Smart […]
A Parliamentary Jazz Award The winners of the 2017 Parliamentary Jazz Awards have been announced. Jazz Vocalist of the Year – WINNER: Cleveland Watkiss Nominees: Georgia Mancio, Alice Zawadzki Jazz Instrumentalist of […]
The 2016 Award WinnersPhoto credit: Hayley Madden The nominees for the 2017 APPJAG (Parliamentary) Jazz Awards are announced. This year’s awards – they have been running since 2005 – are supported by […]
Julian Joseph and Dave HollandPhoto credit: Melody McLaren National Youth Jazz Collective 10th Anniversary All-Star Concert(Kings Place Hall One. 12th August 2017. Review by Sebastian Scotney) This is the kind of occasion […]
Manchester Jazz Festival’s main venue – the 1920s spiegeltent 2017 Manchester Jazz Festival – Sunday 30th July(Report and photographs by Adrian Pallant) More performances, from the second day of Manchester Jazz Festival […]
Manchester Jazz Festival’s Salon Perdu Spiegeltent Artistic director Steve Mead and his award-winning Manchester Jazz Festival (mjf) team have announced a strong and typically adventurous programme for the 22nd year of this […]
The Julian Siegel Big Band at Ronnie Scott’sPhoto credit: Steven Cropper / Transient Life Julian Siegel Big Band (Ronnie Scotts, 16 March 2017. Review by Frank Griffith) The Julian Siegel Big Band made […]
Julian Siegel. Photo credit: Maarit Kytoharju Nottingham-born Saxophonist JULIAN SIEGEL is about to embark on a six-date big band tour, starting in Leicester on March 14th and ending in Birmingham on March […]
Lauren Kinsella with the award. Photo credit: David Myers Mary James writes: Lauren Kinsella has won the £10,000 Jazz Composition Fellowship in the annual Arts Foundation Awards 2017. Tori Freestone, Chris Montague […]
In this third of our four year-end lists, a wide range of jazz people: musicians, writers, promoters from the UK, France, Germany, and South Africa have named and proclaimed their recorded sounds […]
Solstice. L-R: Dave Manington, Brigitte Beraha, John TurvilleTori Freestone, George Hart, Jez Franks Solstice album launch (Vortex, 7th December 2016; review by Geoff Winston) Solstice ooze quality. This British contemporary jazz sextet, with […]
