It has been confirmed jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball has died after suffering from pneumonia – he was best known as the lead trumpeter in his own Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen which he formed in 1958.
It was during the penultimate song of a five tune set that Chick Corea began to roll his sleeves up as this slow burning club gig finally began reach gale force intensity.
Manchester’s historic, now resurgent, music venue Band On the Wall, has a healthy series of jazz bookings featuring a mix of home grown and international names running through to May.
The audience is treated to the familiar and the unfamiliar.
Following in the footsteps of neighbouring Manchester and its successful annual city-wide jazz festival, the first Liverpool Jazz Festival kicked off this week on Thursday with performances from fast rising stars Roller Trio and local trumpeter Martin Smith’s group The Weave.
Ronnie Scott’s kicks off its spring programme with more strong bookings this month with back-to-back performances from two former Miles Davis alumni – with guitarist John Scofield bringing his Organic Trio with Larry Goldings in for two nights (3-4 Mar), followed by two hotly anticipated gigs from Chick Corea.
The line up for this year’s Brecon Jazz Festival has been announced with Courtney Pine, Django Bates, The Impossible Gentlemen, Jools Holland, Zoe Rahman, Phronesis, Julian Siegel, Jason Rebello and Mavis Staples and all set to appear.
Keith Jarrett's solo gigs have their own rules and rituals.
At the last smash of a perforated cymbal and the final silencing of an electronic hum, the lights at Charlie Wright’s rose up on the six pupils and six irises of Mister Barrington’s three band members.
Organisers behind the first ever Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival, are getting ready for a busy three days of music that will see the city’s central music venue, the Colston Hall, play host to 24 gigs on 1-3 March.
