Tickets go on public sale tomorrow (4 April) for the Jazz Weekend at the Buxton International Festival 2023 (6-10 July). Gabriel Taylor looks forward: BAND LINE-UP FOR WYNTON MARSALISThe line-up has been […]
Buxton Festival Jazz Weekend (6-10 July)
Wynton Marsalis to headline Buxton Festival Jazz Weekender (6 -10 July 2023)
Buxton International Festival has just announced: “Buxton International Festival will present Wynton Marsalis in, for him what is, the most intimate of settings, the turn of the century Opera House. To close […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 40. ‘In Case You Missed It’ – Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Album of the Year, 1981
The 40th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections comes from Art Blakey’s late line-up of stars in the making. This album, with its teasingly ambiguous title (is it your album of the year, […]
Pete Churchill: ‘Music, Language and the Rhythm of the ‘Word’
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… […]
Glenn Close, Ted Nash – ‘Transformation’
Glenn Close, Ted Nash – Transformation: Personal Stories of Change, Acceptance, and Evolution(Tiger Turn. Album Review by Sebastian Scotney) The idea that music should come first might be as old as the […]
‘Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music’, directed by Michael Murphy
Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music (Mercury Studios/ Michael Murphy Productions. 104 minutes. Film Review by Sandy Burnett) It hits you from the moment you touch down on […]
Wynton Marsalis and “The Ever Fonky Lowdown” (released 21 August 2020)
“The entire world is struggling with issues of governance, belief, financial resources, and cultural integrity. This is not the time for sleepwalking,” Wynton Marsalis tweeted recently. The Ever Fonky Lowdown , launched […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – “Black, Brown and Beige”
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Black, Brown and Beige (Blue Engine Records. BE0024. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) Duke Ellington played the complete Black, Brown and Beige only twice: […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Wayne Shorter – “The Music of Wayne Shorter”
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Wayne Shorter – The Music of Wayne Shorter (Blue Engine Records BE0023. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra […]
