Kevin Le Gendre welcomes the return of the pioneering dance company to London and spoke to their artistic director Robert Battle, about their potent blend of Duke Ellington’s music and Ailey’s contemporary dance legacy
The line-up has been announced for the south-coast jazz festival that’s bursting with new names and fast rising stars when it runs from 5-8 October
The debut album from guitarist Luca Boscagin’s band Almanaque is set for release on Ubuntu Music on 25 August
The line-up for the seventh edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music has just been announced, and includes top-drawer names such as Zoe Rahman, Paul Edis with Graeme Wilson, Alcyona Mick, Olivia Moore, Zoe Gilby and Tony Kofi, Rie Nakajima and the Samuel Blaser Trio. This year's event takes place at various venues across the city on three weekends between: Friday 22 September and Sunday 8 October.
YolanDa Brown, musician, broadcaster and Chair of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and philanthropist James ‘JP’ Drake, today (16 August) announced that applications for the fourth annual Drake YolanDa Awards for emerging young artists, including those working in jazz, are now open.
Ernie Garside, an enthusiast and semi-pro trumpet player who became a trusted friend to a great many jazz musicians here and in the US – and who built up a flourishing jazz promotion career – died on 1 August at a care home in Manchester.
The next wave additions to the city-wide jazz extravaganza include the new project from Mercury nominated guitarist Dave Okumu and extra shows for gigs that have already sold out
A new three-part documentary, Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity, will be screened on Amazon’s Prime Video and look at all aspects of Shorter’s extraordinary career and long list of big name collaborators
The September issue of Jazzwise features an exclusive interview with Wayne Shorter, plus Emma Rawicz, Harold López-Nussa, Elina Duni and the Canadian Jazz Collective
Mingus Takes Manhattan: The Complete Birdland Dates 1961-1962 is a collection of rare live recordings from the bass titan that's due for release on 27 October
