Influential in the early days of hip hop and since and commonly known as “the godfather of rap” but equally important to jazz as a stimulating voice of social commentary and dissent delivered against a laidback jazz-infused soundtrack, Gil Scott-Heron’s loss at 62 is a blow to the music especially as Scott-Heron had just achieved a comeback of some significance with I’m New Here.
Jazzwise can exclusively reveal that Wynton Marsalis has just been confirmed for an unprecedented five night residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club commencing Tuesday 16 August.
It was a bravura moment sometime last November while hanging by the bar at Ronnie Scott’s during the London Jazz Festival, that Robert Glasper and the club’s MD Simon Cooke joshed about how many nights the star pianist thought he could sell out in a week.
This year’s Manchester Jazz Festival has a typically tightly focused programme with a strong local element as well as some high profile visitors.
Abdullah Ibrahim, Clare Teal and Soweto Kinch are among the names just announced for this year’s Harrogate Summer Festival in July.
Following the latest set of RAJAR official listening figures that saw Jazz FM’s audience share increase over the previous audited period the DAB radio station has just announced the launch of a new weekly series, the Ronnie Scott’s Radio Show, which begins on 3 June.
This year’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced at the House of Commons earlier this evening.
Next month’s Glasgow Jazz Festival which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary has announced details of the complete line-up for the 2011 event which begins on 29 June and runs until 3 July.
Two of the UK’s leading jazz singers team up this Sunday for a special jazz club gig titled Rainbows, Sass, Swing and Starmen – The Music of Judy Garland, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra and David Bowie at the Hideaway in London’s Streatham.
Nonesuch records have revealed details of a new Pat Metheny album to be released on 21 June.
