A series of special performances in residence at the Kings Place arts venue at King's Cross have just been announced as part of this year’s London Jazz Festival.
Wearing brightly coloured clothing, with a megawatt smile and just an electric guitar slung laconically over her shoulder for company, Fatoumata Diawara nevertheless packed quite a punch playing solo at the Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell last night, as she previewed songs from her forthcoming debut album.
Journalist Alison Kerr has curated an interesting strand at the upcoming Glasgow Jazz Festival that pulls together some well-known, and not so well- known, films which have jazz at their heart.
Manfred Eicher is one of the most renowned and celebrated record producers with a mystique around him that has drawn in musicians and fans over the years since he established ECM in 1969.
One of the highlights of Barbican’s upcoming month-long Blaze festival looks set to be the unique collaboration between powerhouse fusion horn men Randy Brecker and Bill Evans and funky avant garde Hammond trio Medeski, Martin and Wood, taking place on Thursday 7 July.
With a line-up that’s heavily loaded towards jazz the first BluesFest London, which begins later this month and runs from 27 June-3 July, has added Jamie Cullum to the line-up announced earlier in the year.
Blessed with a wonderfully soulful touch at the keyboard and an elegance redolent of a bygone era, Philadelphia-born pianist Ray Bryant, once a popular and frequent visitor to the UK jazz clubs, has died aged 79, it has been reported in the States.
As part of an ongoing four-month long festival at the Southbank Centre in London marking the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, a trio of major jazz shows has been announced for July.
Jazz summer school Sligo Jazz Project in Ireland has unveiled details of this year’s line-up and range of tutors to take part.
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, which runs from 22-31 July, has released this year’s programme with headliners including Courtney Pine, James Carter, Trombone Shorty, the Magnum Öström Band and Tommy Smith.