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 […]
Leeds-raised guitarist Stan Brunt, it is announced today, becomes the eighth and final winner of the Richard Turner Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. FULL TEXT OF THE RAM PRESS RELEASE: […]
Peter Bacon reports: Barak Schmool’s Jazz Rhythm Class at the Royal Academy of Music is celebrating release from lockdown by hailing a cab: Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi to be precise. It’s […]
RAM concerts: ECM at 50 (Susie Sainsbury Theatre, RAM, 30 and 31 January 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney – Thursday; Sam Norris – Friday first half) The Royal Academy’s celebration of the […]
Sebastian writes: It has just been announced that the Royal Academy of Music will have a mini-festival over two nights to mark the ECM Records 50th Anniversary. 30 January, 7.30 pm Susie […]
Peter Bacon reports: The Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize has its ninth recipient: saxophonist and composer Alexander Bone. The Royal Academy of Music and Edition Records are the joint promoters of this annual award. […]
