Jazz breaking news: Hermeto gets Ronnie’s hips shaking
- Wednesday, July 24, 2013
By and large, there is a great divide in modern music, jazz or not, between the serious and the frivolous.
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Jazz breaking news: Robert Glasper Experiment head for Village Underground
- Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Grammy award-winning pianist Robert Glasper and his Experiment band are set to play Village Underground, in Hoxton, London on Monday 29 July.
Jazz breaking news: Diana, Wynton, Wayne and Marcus make for a memorable Jazz a Juan
- Monday, July 22, 2013
The London Gospel Community Choir brought the 53rd edition of Jazz a Juan to a triumphant close on Sunday night in Juan les Pins.
Jazz breaking news: Hermeto Pascoal brings the samba heat to Soho
- Thursday, July 18, 2013
How fitting that jazz's most tropical and exotic outfit should make its club debut at Ronnie Scott's on the hottest night of the British summer.
Jazz breaking news: Match&Fuse Ready to Rock once more – Exclusive Jazzwise reader ticket price offer
- Thursday, July 18, 2013
Expansive prog-jazz mini-festival Match&Fuse returns next week on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 July, after a successful first event outside the UK in Oslo in June (pictured left and reviewed in the August issue of Jazzwise by Daniel Spicer) and its inaugural first run last year that culminated in over 1,000 people watching trioVD in Gillett Square.
Jazz breaking news: Neil Cowley Trio set for al fresco ‘space jams’ in Regent’s Park
- Wednesday, July 17, 2013
The Neil Cowley Trio will make their only London appearance of 2013 at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre on 11 August.
Jazz breaking news: Roberto Fonseca hot at Scott's
- Wednesday, July 17, 2013
It was the warmest night of the year so far, when the heat hung still in the air, every Soho crevice melting in the furnace, and Ronnie Scott’s excellent air conditioning gave one more reason to confirm it as the coolest spot in town.
Jazz breaking news: Simcock, Pine and Porter get Montreal Jazz Festival moving
- Tuesday, July 16, 2013
An unavoidable clash in Chicago meant I had to miss the opening Saturday of the 34th Montreal Jazz Fest, which was painful given that day’s great bill.
Jazz breaking news: Geronimo Inns issues reassurances about jazz at The Bull’s Head
- Monday, July 15, 2013
Following the recent news that Don Fleming is to retire after running legendary London jazz venue The Bull’s Head since 1982, new landlords Geronimo Inns have issued a statement of reassurance, explaining that they intend to retain live jazz seven days a week, as a key part of pub’s activities.
Jazz breaking news: Enrico Tomasso keeps things cool in the Garden
- Monday, July 15, 2013
Picture this: blissful sun, Pimms on the lawn and celebrity concerts under the awning.