Saturday, October 08, 2016
Jazz vocalist and songwriter Ben Cox and his Band will release their new album "Round and Round" on October 14th 2016. They will also be playing a short series of UK live dates in October & November.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Bassist, composer, bandleader and record label owner Michael Janisch has been nominated in the category 'Best Jazz Act' at the 2016 MOBO Awards. Press release attached.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
The 2016 winner of the “Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize” is the young guitarist and composer Rob Luft. Press release attached.
Friday, July 08, 2016
Edition Records have signed the Danish pianist and composer Morten Schantz. His debut album for the label will be "Godspeed", a trio recording featuring saxophonist Marius Neset and drummer Anton Eger
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
JazzLondonLive is a new digital resource devised to fill the void left by the recent demise of the Jazz in London promotional booklet. Funds are still needed to make the new site/app a reality.
Monday, June 20, 2016
The saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa has been appointed as Director of Jazz at Princeton University in the USA. Press release attached.
Friday, June 17, 2016
British born bassist, composer and educator Dave Holland has received America's National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award for 2017. Press release attached.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Jazz FM Awards took place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London on April 26th 2016. A press release including full details of the winners is attached.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
The Mark Allen publishing group which publishes the Jazzwise, Songlines and Gramophone music magazines has emphasised its commitment to these titles with a change of company name. Statement attached
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Pianist Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus is to to join the jazz studio faculty at New England Conservatory beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year.Press release attached.
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"Evocative and thought provoking". Ian Mann reports on a night of words and sounds from poets Ric Hool. Lyndon Davies & Graham Hartill and instrumentalists Ben Thomas, Ross Hicks & Ian Williams.
Ian Mann enjoys a performance by Black Mountain Jazz Club's youth ensemble BMJazz Katz and their tutors at the Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 10/03/2024.
Starting in 1983 at The Albert Inn, the pub that he had run since 1979 in Bedminster, Bristol, Ian Storror has continued to promote weekly jazz & folk events at various Bristol venues.