Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Edition Records have sent their latest newsletter including details of four new releases plus a schedule of Edition artists performing live in the UK and Europe during the remainder of March 2019.
Saturday, March 16, 2019
Welsh pianist and composer Dave Jones is set to release a new quartet EP "Answers on a Postcard". His quartet will also be playing a short series of UK launch gigs in March and April 2019.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten has won Norway's leading jazz award, the Buddy-Prisen, awarded by the Norwegian Jazz Forum. Press release attached.
Wednesday, March 06, 2019
AuB, the new quartet co-led by saxophonists Tom Barford & Alex Hitchcock & featuring Ferg Ireland (bass) & James Maddren (drums) has been signed to Edition Records. Two live shows are imminent.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
The Musicians’ Company has announced the winners of the 2019 John Dankworth Jazz Composition and Eddie Harvey Jazz Arranger Awards. The winners are Charlie Bates, Wilbur Whitta & Billy Marrows.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Swiss trombonist, composer and improviser Samuel Blaser was awarded the 2018 European Musician of the Year award by the French Académie du Jazz. Statement attached.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
"Richard Turner: A Life in Music" is the story of the iconic and much-loved British trumpet player who tragically died at the age of 27. It will be premiered in April 2019. Press release attached.
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
JazzConnects is to return to Jazzahead! in 2019. JazzConnects - the brainchild of London-based vocalist Emily Saunders - is a digital platform for connection and collaboration. Press release attached.
Friday, November 09, 2018
Saxophonist and composer Dave Liebmanhas donated his personal archive of papers and sound recordings spanning 60 years to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, USA. Press release attached.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
The famous Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, USA has named Kim Perlak as chair of its Guitar Department, She becomes the first woman to hold the post. Press release attached.
Page 56 of 90 pages
A Yuletide celebration championing the work of Back Mountain Jazz's youth jazz ensemble the BMJazz Katz and their tutors, the BMJ Collective.
Ian Mann on the final day of the Festival and performances by the Royal Academy Jazz Orchestra, Billy Marrows / Max Kahn Duo, Terje Isungset's Ice Quartet and Seb Rochford's Finding Ways.
Ian Mann on the avant rock of Tortoise at the Barbican followed by three very different big band performances forming part of the Guildhall Jazz Festival at Milton Court.