David Sanborn and Wynton Marsalis Confirmed For Barbican Summer Jazz Series
- Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Barbican in London has confirmed the line-up for its high profile summer jazz concerts.
The Barbican in London has confirmed the line-up for its high profile summer jazz concerts.
Chamber venue Kings Place in London is set to build on its reputation for strong jazz programming in June with a special Paris Jazz strand to include live performance, a programme of talks and club nights.
The Coventry Jazz Festival has now announced its final line-up for the late-May bank holiday weekend running from 21-25 May.
Pizza Express Jazz Club in London’s Soho celebrates the arrival of a new Steinway piano at the club this weekend with a special piano-themed festival.
The Hay Literary Festival, according to reports today, is set to take on the running of the Brecon Jazz Festival from 2010 following the collapse of the previous company that ran the festival.
Leeds festival Fuse – which takes place every two years – returns from 25 April-2 May curated by composer Gavin Bryars.
London’s Barbican and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York have announced a new partnership which will mean the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra is to become an International Associate of the Barbican with a series of biennial residencies in London starting next year involving large and small-scale concerts, new commissions, and educational and outreach work.
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama was one of the pioneers of jazz education in the UK and in the 80s contributed heavily to a talented generation of musicians coming through its doors, next to the Barbican Centre in London.
The Fertilizer festival, with dates now confirmed for 11-18 May, focuses this year on, to borrow the festival's subtitle, “Good Shit From Poland”.
After months of silence surrounding plans for the 2009 BBC Jazz Awards, the BBC Radio 3 Publicity Department has finally confirmed that they will not be taking place this year.