The jazz-edged tribute to Bob Marley’s Catch a Fire, returns to the South Bank this Saturday 13 July after its initial sell-out performance last year at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, this time moving to the much larger Royal Festival Hall.
Street-jazz, funk and eclectic fusion grooves come out in force at this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival with just announced concerts by Grammy Award winning bassist Marcus Miller (pictured), and supercharged fusion-funk nine-piece Snarky Puppy who are the latest big names to be announced for this year’s event, which runs from 15 -24 November and is headlined by Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin’s Remember Shakti and Stan Sulzmann’s Neon Orchestra.
In a bold move Ronnie Scott’s jazz club will stream Wynton Marsalis’ 10.
It's easy to forget that ‘drums’ is a general term.
Following the widely praised launch of Bruno Heinen’s album Tierkreis earlier this year, the band has just completed a successful UK tour, the final gig being at The Shaftesbury Tavern in Crouch End last week.
The much talked about opening weekend here at Umbria Jazz in Perugia lived up to expectations as Diana Krall, Jan Garbarek (stepping up for Sonny Rollins) and Keith Jarrett performed to mark the 40th anniversary of the festival.
Much like Andy Murray’s hard fought victory at Wimbledon this weekend, there was a lot riding on the first Love Supreme Jazz Festival – perhaps the most ambitious high profile UK jazz event in recent memory.
With his new album, African Tree, having a cast list of some 70 musicians, it’s clear that London-based Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Marcelo Andrade (pictured) is not thinking on a small scale.
The future of jazz is once again in doubt at the legendary Bull’s Head Jazz Club in Barnes following the retirement of Don Fleming, who has run it since 1982.
The first Love Supreme Jazz Festival is all set to open its gates tomorrow in the picturesque grounds of Glynde Place, an Elizabethan stately home set on the Sussex Downs near Brighton.
