Jazz breaking news: Marius Neset Takes Soho By Storm As The Saxman Cometh
- Friday, September 2, 2011
Five star album reviews don’t come thick on the ground particularly for newcomers.
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Jazz breaking news: Denys Baptiste, Gwilym Simcock, Kairos 4tet, Matthew Halsall and Usonic Nominated For Best Jazz Act MOBO
- Thursday, September 1, 2011
The MOBO nominations were unveiled last night in a St Pancras hotel and while the headlines today have been dominated by Jessie J with her five nominations and Adele’s four, the Jazz Act nominations were also announced.
Jazz breaking news: Meadow, Steve Coleman and Stefano Bollani For Southampton
- Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Highlights of the new season at Turner Sims in Southampton include an appearance by Phronesis on 7 October supported by Matthew Halsall; then a fortnight later it’s the turn of Meadow plus the McCormack/Yarde duo (21 Oct).
Jazz breaking news: Just Not Cricket Festival Of Improvised Music Confirmed For Berlin
- Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tom Arthurs, Steve Beresford, Tony Bevan, Matthew Bourne, Gail Brand and Lol Coxhill are just some of the musicians taking part in Just Not Cricket, a three-day festival of British improvised music to be held in Berlin.
Jazz breaking news: DVD Explores The Enigmatic World Of Manfred Eicher
- Monday, August 29, 2011
Sounds And Silence: Travels With Manfred Eicher, a newly released documentary film by Peter Guyer and Norbert Wiedmer, provides fresh insights into the hugely influential record producer who founded ECM in 1969.
Jazz breaking news: Zara McFarlane Previews Songs From Until Tomorrow At The Wilmington Arms
- Friday, August 26, 2011
As Zara McFarlane moves towards the release of debut album Until Tomorrow, the singer last night performed some songs from the album along with a range of other material from her repertoire including work with house-music producer Bopstar.
Jazz breaking news: Aquarium Launch Their Debut Album At The Vortex
- Thursday, August 25, 2011
Sam Leak teamed up with Kit Downes Trio bassist Calum Gourlay and the Golden Age of Steam's James Allsopp plus Troyka’s Joshua Blackmore for the London launch of their debut Babel label album Aquarium at the Vortex in Dalston last night.
Jazz breaking news: Preview Of ‘Body And Soul’ Featuring Amy Winehouse And Tony Bennett Released
- Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Destined for release as a charity single next month, a snippet of the duet between Tony Bennett and the late Amy Winehouse on classic standard ‘Body And Soul’ has been released on YouTube.
Jazz breaking news: Beach Boy Brian Wilson Rhapsodises In Blue
- Tuesday, August 23, 2011
The Royal Festival Hall hosts Brian Wilson next month over three nights with the legendary Beach Boys singer and songwriter (left) playing songs from his album Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.
Jazz breaking news: Wynton Marsalis Quintet Complete Landmark Five-Night Residency At Ronnie Scott’s
- Monday, August 22, 2011
Apart from new recruit Jonathan Batiste, a nattily attired, fresh-faced presence at the piano, this is the group that is the nucleus of the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra.