Michael Janisch nominated for 2016 MOBO Award.
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.
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.
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Empirical's recent series of pop up jazz events at Old Street Underground Station in London has been declared a "heartening success". Press release attached.
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Highly enjoyable. The format of the Festival with its focus on multiple small ensembles ensures that there is plenty of variety with no single line-up or improvisation allowed to outstay its welcome.
Guest contributor Taliya Hafiz talks to Tatar jazz vocalist Rimma Shaikhelova about the Tatar Jazz Project, which translates jazz standards into the Tatar language.
Some of the events on the free Community Sunday Afternoon programme, plus a brilliant sold out concert performance by pianist / vocalist Ian Shaw that explored the music of Joni Mitchell & David Bowie