Jazz breaking news: Jez Nelson To Host Monthly Cockpit Sessions
- Thursday, October 27, 2011
Marylebone theatre The Cockpit is confirmed as the venue for a new monthly jazz night to be hosted by Jazz on 3 presenter Jez Nelson (left).
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Jazz breaking news: Scorpio Rising As Eddie Henderson Impresses At Pizza Express Jazz Club
- Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The influential New York-based trumpeter Eddie Henderson celebrates his seventy-first birthday today having just completed a well attended two-night run at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London, where he was appearing with bassist Arnie Somogyi, Ambulance bandmate pianist Tim Lapthorn, and drummer Stephen Keogh.
Jazz breaking news: Cold Comfort As The Iceman Cometh
- Tuesday, October 25, 2011
If you’re stockpiling thermals, wearing ever thicker coats, looking remarkably like the Michelin man and generally feeling freezing, then how about an alternative indoors “concert hall” experience looking at ice rather than actually shivering at home? Step forward Terje Isungset who is shortly to tour his Ice Music and Tribute to Nature project.
Jazz breaking news: Countdown To The Cork Jazz Festival
- Monday, October 24, 2011
Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Pee Wee Ellis (pictured), Bobby Watson, Soweto Kinch, Empirical, Jean-Luc Ponty, Richard Galliano, Tia Fuller and Ian Shaw are just ten of the many big names readying to appear at the Cork Jazz Festival in Ireland which begins on Friday.
Jazz breaking news: Julian Joseph Big Band Cuts Quite A Dash At Ronnie Scott’s
- Monday, October 24, 2011
The Julian Joseph All-Star Big Band has just completed a three-night run at Ronnie Scott’s and the short residency on Frith Street was significant for a number of reasons.
Jazz breaking news: Steven Berkoff To Guest At Poetry Olympics Superjam
- Friday, October 21, 2011
Actor, playwright and theatre director Steven Berkoff is to join the distinguished poet Michael Horovitz as a special guest in the Poetry Olympics Superjam Part 2 a week today on 28 October in The Venue on the first floor of the University of London Union building on Bloomsbury’s Malet Street.
Jazz breaking news: OPT Trio Play Teignmouth Tonight Ahead Of Next Month’s Three-Day Jazz Festival
- Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Norma Winstone trio, Kit Downes plus guests, and the duo of Ivo Neame and Jim Hart are all confirmed for the Teignmouth Jazz Festival in Devon next month, one of the last jazz festivals of 2011.
Jazz breaking news: Neil Cowley Trio Play Salisbury Gig To Kick Off New Series
- Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Salisbury Arts Centre plays host to the Neil Cowley Trio on Saturday 29 October, the first in a quarterly series of concerts coming ahead of the Naim label release in late-January of their fourth album The Face of Mount Molehill.
Jazz breaking news: Aimua Eghobamien Tour Continues In Cardiff
- Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The song ‘Passion Poured Gently’ from singer Aimua Eghobamien’s album Poured Gently was one of the highlights of the singer’s performance at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in London last night.
Jazz breaking news: Antonio Forcione, Seckou Keita and Adriano Adewale Supertrio AKA Make London Guitar Festival Debut
- Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The London Guitar Festival, which runs next week from Wednesday 26 October-Saturday 29 October at Kings Place, features a wide range of top guitarists including some leading flamenco and jazz musicians.