Ronnie Scott’s jazz club have now confirmed Van Morrison will perform for two nights at the club on 2-3 October, returning to this intimate performance setting after he last performed there five year’s ago.
Farewell then marquees on the lawn and upmarket food stalls.
Bill Ashton, the Life President of NYJO, who sports a wide-brim leather Stetson these days, might have doffed it in pride last Friday night at seeing a Promenade concert devoted to the big band he founded in 1965.
After a quiet summer for new album releases, legendary singer songwriter Van Morrison’s latest album, and his first for Blue Note in nine years, looks like being a jewel of the autumn schedule, which also includes new releases from Kurt Elling, John McLaughlin, Courtney Pine and Jan Garbarek.
Grammy award-winning singer Kurt Elling (pictured) is back with a new album on Concord, released on 1 October, entitled 1619 Broadway ‒ The Brill Building Project.
Among the emerging musical strands weaving their way through this year’s star-packed London Jazz Festival, a series under the banner of Jazz in the New Europe is to take place at various venues around London during the ten-day event.
Ronnie’s Scott’s is packing in the big names between now and November as the club plays host to a swathe of strong bookings.
A new Brad Mehldau album, Where Do You Start, taking its name from the Johnny Mandel, Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman song, is to be released on 17 September, the pianist’s label Nonesuch has confirmed.
Organisers behind the first annual Bristol Jazz Festival have announced details of the headliners and other artists taking part in the event that runs between 1-3 March 2013.
It’s always a toss up which weekend to opt for at the mammoth Montréal Jazz Festival.
