After the pandemic twice scuppered the unveiling of some of the most idiomatically diverse new music of his versatile career, trumpeter /composer Chris Batchelor, with the quintet Zoetic, is now finally touring […]
The annual RNCM Saxophone Day in Manchester has previously attracted US stars such as Chris Potter and Eric Marienthal as headliners. This year the evening concert will be given by an undersung […]
Educator, singer/pianist, performer, composer and Director of the London Vocal Project Pete Churchill has been reflecting about music education…about the outstanding quality and the musicality of Wynton Marsalis as a public speaker… […]
In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, Nicky Schrire writes about ten favourite tracks by Norma Winstone. Norma Winstone is a storyteller. This […]
David Harvey – The Look of Jazz (Peterborough: Upfront Publishing. Photobook review by Jane Mann) Musician and photographer David Harvey has used the lockdown to assemble a collection of his photographs of […]
Guitarist Pete Oxley was looking forward to 2020, the year which marks both his 60th birthday and the twenty-first year of weekly gigs at The Spin, Oxford’s contemporary jazz club. The pandemic […]
Chris Biscoe – Wobbly Rail 5 (Bandcamp. Download review by Jane Mann) The Wobbly Rail 5 is a group of eminent jazz musicians led by English virtuoso saxophonist/composer Chris Biscoe. I first […]
Peter Bacon reports: He’s not as well known as Masekela or Ibrahim, but his achievements and influence have been considerable. Which is why his music is being celebrated at the Vortex Jazz […]
