The eleventh Cheltenham Jazz Festival will take place from 27 April-1 May 2006 and follows on from a very successful tenth birthday edition which headlined with Herbie Hancock and Ornette Coleman.
The winners of the Jazzwise albums of the year, as voted by a wide selection of Jazzwise writers, have been announced.
The Dune label is organising a special fundraiser for the victims of the hurricanes that affected New Orleans and the Southern states earlier this year.
The Dune label is organising a special fundraiser for the victims of the hurricanes that affected New Orleans and the Southern states earlier this year.
Pianist Katia Labeque tours with her band (Dave Maric, keyboards and Marque Gilmore, drums) and special guests guitarist Fred Frith and violinist Viktoria Mullova this week.
Pianist Katia Labeque tours with her band (Dave Maric, keyboards and Marque Gilmore, drums) and special guests guitarist Fred Frith and violinist Viktoria Mullova this week.
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the few leading jazz musicians to have held a position as an A&R for a major record company, a position he held at Columbia in the late 1990s.
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the few leading jazz musicians to have held a position as an A&R for a major record company, a position he held at Columbia in the late 1990s.
The Jerwood/PRS Foundation Take Five initiative was piloted successfully last year and returns with a selection of eight jazz musicians chosen for the scheme.
The Jerwood/PRS Foundation Take Five initiative was piloted successfully last year and returns with a selection of eight jazz musicians chosen for the scheme.