On the day of their Barbican headline performance at the EFG London Jazz Festival, Mehliana – Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana’s stunning improv-driven jazz-tronica project – have confirmed they are to release an album, Taming The Dragon, on 10 February 2014 on Nonesuch.
Right from the moment Jazzwise broke the news in June 2012 that Wayne Shorter had signed for the second time to Blue Note records after a brief gap of, oh, 43 years, anticipation was running high as the months ticked by to the release of Without A Net in February 2013, the first new music from his quartet since 2005’s Beyond The Sound Barrier.
The infamous, 21-piece London-based big band Loose Tubes (pictured) return to the stage for the first time in 24 years with their 30th Anniversary Reunion concert that has just been announced as a major highlight of the 2014 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which will run from 30 April to 5 May.
This year’s EFG London Jazz Festival kicked off with another addition of Jazz Voice, the stellar opening gala celebrating the voice in jazz, with a sparkling musical suite of songs composed, arranged and conducted by Guy Barker.
The EFG London Jazz Festival’s big 21st edition got off to a flying start with a Friday night full of contrasts and outstanding performances – not least at Jazz Voice with Guy Barker’s sparkling scores effortlessly interpreted by his jazz orchestra.
The 21st edition of the EFG London Jazz Festival kicks off tonight, celebrating its milestone year across 10 hectic days and nights of massively diverse music making.
The Love Supreme Jazz Festival is set to return next year between 4-6 July 2014 after the huge success of its inaugural run during the summer, which was blessed with glorious weather and attracted over 15,000 music fans who listened to a killer line up of jazz, soul, funk blues and beyond.
Polar Bear, one of Brit jazz’s most forward-thinking ensembles are set to return with a limited edition Black and White EP featuring new music taken from their long-awaited fifth album that’s scheduled for release in March 2014.
Greenwich-born singer songwriter, Sarah Gillespie, heads out on a series of tour dates later this month and into December and early 2014 in support of her latest album, Glory Days.
Acclaimed British pianist Gwilym Simcock and leading Russian bassist Yuri Goloubev (pictured) are set to release a new duo album on ACT entitled Duo Art – Reverie at Schloss Elmau, set for an autumn 2014 release.
