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Soweto Kinch to present BBC radio shows

• Wednesday, September 7, 2005

Next month alto saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch presents Where Musical Worlds Collide a set of two programmes where Kinch discusses spoken word in the context of both hip hop and jazz and investigates the spoken word in jazz, scat and jive talk, improvisation with language, protest and beat poetry, the links between spoken word, personality and performance, working with samples and cutting contests in both jazz and hip-hop.

Chick Corea heads for Cork

• Friday, September 2, 2005

The Cork Jazz Festival, one of the most important events on Ireland's arts and cultural calendar, opens its doors at the end of October (28-31 Oct) for the twenty ninth time.

Chick Corea heads for Cork

• Friday, September 2, 2005

The Cork Jazz Festival, one of the most important events on Ireland's arts and cultural calendar, opens its doors at the end of October (28-31 Oct) for the twenty ninth time.

PRS Foundation Promoter Award winners

• Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Recipients of the annual PRS Foundation Jazz promoter Awards have just been announced. Fourteen UK Promoters who have shown a strong commitment to programming music by living British jazz composers have been rewarded for their efforts.

PRS Foundation Promoter Award winners

• Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Recipients of the annual PRS Foundation Jazz promoter Awards have just been announced. Fourteen UK Promoters who have shown a strong commitment to programming music by living British jazz composers have been rewarded for their efforts.

Jamie Cullum tour dates announced

• Friday, August 26, 2005

We're going to be seeing a lot of Jamie Cullum this autumn as the marketing operation gears up to support his new album Catching Tales.

Jamie Cullum tour dates announced

• Friday, August 26, 2005

We're going to be seeing a lot of Jamie Cullum this autumn as the marketing operation gears up to support his new album Catching Tales.

Jazz at the Fleece

• Friday, August 12, 2005

Jazz in pubs has been a mainstay of the UK jazz scene for decades and whereas in some towns and cities jazz in the back room of your local is not as easy to find as in years gone by the scene is thriving in places like Boxford's Fleece in rural Suffolk.

Jazz at the Fleece

• Friday, August 12, 2005

Jazz in pubs has been a mainstay of the UK jazz scene for decades and whereas in some towns and cities jazz in the back room of your local is not as easy to find as in years gone by the scene is thriving in places like Boxford's Fleece in rural Suffolk.

Nordic nights

• Tuesday, August 9, 2005

Pianist Christian Wallumrod leads a crack band for its first UK tour next month visiting The Sage Gateshead on 26 September, the Norwegian Church, Cardiff on 27 September, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham on 28 September and The Spitz, London on 29 September.