Because, when two veteran virtuosi, Alan Barnes on a selection of reeds and David Newton on piano (combined ages totalling 131 years), have drawn on their lifelong music-making careers to complete a ...

Sebastian writes: The Season Press Launch today at the Southbank Centre contained an announcement that the Montreux Jazz Festival will be embarking on its first partnership in the UK. The first ...

Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado – Za Górami (ECM 2810/6512008. Album review by Phil Johnson) ...

“With deep sorrow we announce the death of Tony Haynes, Grand Union’s Composer and Creative Director for over 40 years. We feel honoured to have worked with him, and to have shared in his imagination ...

The song’ is still at the heart of everything I do, and one of the greatest joys of my life is when I am required to arrange new repertoire – to frame songs in such a way that the ...

Because, when Guy Barker introduced his new musical extravaganza, explaining that his magnum opus (dialogue by his chum, writer Rob Ryan) had been inspired by the Twilight Zone and a 60s soul song, ...

Prince Lasha Quintet featuring Sonny Simmons – The Cry (Craft Recordings CR07521. Album review by Liam Noble) ...

Billy Marrows ‘A Grande Familia’ band ( The Vortex, Dalston. 13 September 2024. Review by Sam Norris) ...

Jazzfest Berlin started in 1964, and has announced the full programme for its “Jubiläumsausgabe” (Jubilee Edition). Pianists featured on the main stage: Kris Davis(Friday), Joachim ...

The Winner of the Musicians’ Company Tina May Young Jazz Musician of the Year Competition 2024, held at Pizza Express Dean ...

September 2024, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Artists: DAOUD, Qinta Spartă and Norzeatic, Oreglo, Jazzbois, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern ...

Three recordings in 20 years for Inner Space, one of the two principal groups led by London-based trumpeter Loz Speyer, indicates a patient cultivation of their art. And the way that the group sound ...