Jazz Stories
Pizza Express cancels all live venue shows until the spring of 2021
A notice on the Pizza Express Live website under the heading of the ''Temporary Closure of Live …
Land and Tear the Fascists Down from Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies stream
Brilliant vocals-and-brass arranged lament 'Land' performed by Theo Bleckmann and The Westerlies …
Most read: Ron and on
Regular round-up of popular stories. 1 Most read this week is the return of the radio column, …
Track of the day: It's You or No One performed by Eric Reed and his trio
A second pre-release track, on this latest occasion, 'It's You or No One' drawn from For Such a …
London jazz scene in Tier 2 Dalston
On the east London jazz scene in Dalston activity during Tier 2 is currently very limited. On …
Channel 4 protest anthem themed jazz show to be screened next week
Part of the Black and Proud Season Channel 4 in partnership with jazz club Ronnie Scott’s celebrate …
Benjamin Boone, The Poets are Gathering
An intense and hard-hitting jazz music and poetry collection of imaginations at play in the third …
Peru inspires collaborative duo of Manongo Mujica and Terje Evensen
From Paracas Ritual by Manongo Mujica and Terje Evensen, the very still 'Origins' is streaming. …
Track of the day: Kamasi Washington, Looking forward
The Kamasi Washington Young Turks album Becoming is to be released on 11 December, Washington's …
TLC, Tootie, Threadgill and Schaap honoured by the National Endowment for the Arts
The USA's greatest jazz honour the NEA Jazz Masters for 2021 are announced as Terri Lyne …
PowerHaus dates for Mary Coughlan
Life Stories by Mary Coughlan recently released is an album for the ages. The Galway-born …
Radio review: the Swing and Big Band Show with Clare Teal (BBC Radio 2)
If your idea of jazz is like the classic sounds found in much loved Billy Wilder comedy Some Like …
Interview with Gediminas Karkauskas
A great prospect for home listening in these dark days of lostness when for Pandemic-striken …
Herbie Hancock to be honoured by PPL and Jazz FM
Fantastic that Herbie Hancock is to be the recipient of this year’s PPL Lifetime Achievement Award …
Ocean trio dream jazz – this week
Returning to the Lobero with his Ocean trio for a stream and where Charles Lloyd – saxophone …
Banning live music is not the answer
Some countries have reacted in different ways to the Pandemic. Banning live music is not the right …
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Anoushka Nanguy, Ken Mathieson and Corto.Alto are among the winners at the Scottish Jazz Awards
The Scottish Jazz Awards took place last night online hosted by singers Suzanne Bonnar and Luca …
2020 Highlight: 'Don't Misunderstand' by Jimmy Heath featuring Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter this year impressed more on his featured spot on Love Letter, the posthumously …
Blues highlight: 2020 Robert Cray, That's What I Heard
On the blues as a genre, not as a vital part of the languages of jazz which it deep down always is,
Matthieu Bordenave, La traversée
Matthieu Bordenave needs time to develop as a headline artist. New material next time, not …
Then and now, Ron Carter: 'My Funny Valentine' – sharing this emotion
The double bassist in and what preceded the second great Miles Davis quintet hear Ron Carter on the …
Popular over the last week
A warm welcome to you all. Thanks for your interest and continued support. Most read 5 stories over …
Tom Lewis Music Week interview
A few of the key passages from Andre Paine of Music Week's interview with Decca's co-MD Tom Lewis …
Peter Bernstein, What Comes Next
Supremely swinging. That's the bouncing 'Simple as That' on What Comes Next by Peter Bernstein. …
Lionel Loueke, HH
The Beninese, US, global scene guitarist-singer-composer-bandleader Lionel Loueke performing the …
Streaming tonight: Soweto Kinch
Inspired by Joe Harriott, Charlie Parker, Ralph Ellison, Common. Mentored as a young player by …
Jazz musician survey makes for gloomy reading as devastating impact of the pandemic continues to hit
A Jazz Fuel survey finds that as of October 2020, 55 per cent of jazz musicians surveyed said that …
Tracks from Patricia Brennan Samurai Hotel studio set Maquishti are streaming
Valley of Search are releasing Maquishti by vibist Patricia Brennan in early-2021. The exquisite …