Merry Christmas and happy new year
- Friday, December 23, 2011
Well, it’s that time of year when jazz clubs wheel out their annual Christmas and New Year residencies with the emphasis on party music and lots of Yuletide spirit.
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Jazz breaking news: Streams of consciousness as Search & Restore get the music out there in New York city and on the web
- Friday, December 23, 2011
Promoters and new media people in New York like musicians are doing it for themselves, coming up with fresh ideas in tough times utilising enhanced and cheaper audio and video technology, and streaming gigs in an interdisciplinary way across media and art forms.
Jazz breaking news: Great Lost Wes Montgomery Recordings Discovered
- Thursday, December 22, 2011
A long lost trove of Wes Montgomery recordings has been unearthed and will be issued for the first time, US label Resonance has confirmed.
Jazz breaking news: Brecon Jazz Festival Under A Cloud As Promoter Pulls Out
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The annual Brecon Jazz Festival is bracing itself for a tough challenge in 2012 with the news that its promoter, the Hay Festival, is standing down from the running of the festival in 2012, BBC Wales has revealed today.
Jazz breaking news: The Vijay Iyer Trio Return With Go-Faster Stripes, A Link To 1970s Funk And Disco And Some Rare Ellington
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Accelerando, the Vijay Iyer Trio’s latest album, is now confirmed for a 5 March release in the UK on CD and vinyl.
Jazz breaking news: Ralph MacDonald, the Grammy Award winning percussionist and composer, dies at 67
- Monday, December 19, 2011
The great percussionist and composer, Ralph MacDonald, who was one of the most recorded percussionists in jazz, soul and funk as well as a Grammy Award winning songwriter, died on Sunday 18 December in Stamford, Connecticut after suffering from lung cancer in recent years.
Jazz breaking news: Jazz Jamaica Get The Party Started At Hideaway
- Monday, December 19, 2011
It was standing room only for Jazz Jamaica at Hideaway in Streatham at the weekend as gig-goers came out in force all over London and up and down the country for some much needed seasonal jazz cheer.
Jazz breaking news: Bob Brookmeyer dies at 81
- Friday, December 16, 2011
Valve trombonist and composer Bob Brookmeyer has died.
Jazz breaking news: Vijay Iyer And Leszek Możdżer Help ACT Music Celebrate 20 Years In Style
- Friday, December 16, 2011
With a roster that boasts some of the most influential contemporary jazz recordings of recent years – namely those of the epoch defining sound of the sorely missed Esbjörn Svensson Trio – among a wide range of leading jazz instrumentalist and singers German label ACT has grown to a global force all thanks to the singular vision of label boss Siegfried ‘Siggi’ Loch (pictured) and 2012 will mark the 20th anniversary of ACT Music.
Jazz breaking news: Andy Sheppard, Stan Tracey and Abram Wilson Head Up Three Day Christmas Special At Kings Place
- Thursday, December 15, 2011
This evening sees the first show of A Serious Christmas, three days of Christmas-themed concerts taking place at central London arts and culture venue Kings Place.