The nominees have been revealed for the first ever Jazz FM Jazz Awards, the winners of which will be announced at a ceremony on 31 January 2013.
Free-jazz giant, David S.
Jazzwise is delighted to present our first monthly podcast covering all the hot new releases and features in the October issue of the magazine.
Legendary jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette (pictured left), hits the UK in November for a series of live dates around his much-anticipated appearance at this year’s London Jazz Festival in celebration of his 70th birthday (that was actually on 9 August), with a new band featuring revered multi-reedist Don Byron, guitarist Marvin Sewell, keyboardist George Colligan and bassist Jerome Harris, all of whom will be performing original material from his latest solo album Sound Travels.
Leading British trumpeter/composer/arranger Guy Barker (pictured left), has teamed up with the 86-piece BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to perform his new arrangements of Miles Davis’ best-selling album, Kind of Blue, in a concert that will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 this Wednesday, 17 October, at 6.
Acclaimed US saxophonist Joshua Redman (pictured, left) has been confirmed as the new Jazz Series curator at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall.
Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music marks its 40th birthday celebrations, which begin on 15 November, with a packed seven-month programme including several key jazz dates among a busy classical roster.
This year’s tenth annual F-ire Festival continues this week with performances at Pizza Express Jazz Club from a raft of names the label has helped to foster and establish over its decade-long existence, as well as gigs from ‘friends of F-ire’ on the Whirlwind Recordings and Edition labels.
Renowned Danish free improv saxophone pioneer John Tchicai (pictured left), has died aged 76.
Prolific, restlessly imaginative, and occasionally controversial, pianist Matthew Bourne (pictured left), marks the end of a busy year – in which he released his widely praised solo piano album Montauk Variations (Leaf Label), and launched new doom-jazz quartet Collider – by embarking on a four-date ‘world tour’ of London.
