Twelve bands over four nights, offering twelve points of view on jazz’s current and future possibilities sums up the potency of this now annual talent showcase.
London’s Royal Academy of Music and Edition records have announced details of the Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize which had its genesis last year at a fundraising concert to celebrate trumpeter Wheeler’s 80th birthday.
Tickets go on sale today to the general public for what surely will be one of the most in-demand jazz gigs this year in the capital.
The London Jazz Festival has announced details of the first shows to go on sale for this year’s event.
Next week on Thursday 12 May at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London there is a special concert by Comicoperando based on the music of Robert Wyatt, increasingly a source of great inspiration for jazz musicians here and more widely in Europe.
The ever inventive F-IRE Collective has announced details of its latest mini-festival which takes place later this month at Kings Place in London from 26-28 May.
With two bank holidays this year falling during the festival, Royal wedding fever in the grand old spa town, glorious sunny weather for the most part and plenty of people at the gigs wherever you looked, Cheltenham certainly managed to achieve a palpable festival buzz.
Jazzahead!, the three day jazz showcase, exhibition and conference held in Bremen, Germany from 28 April to 1 May, got under way with a record number of exhibitors, an extra exhibition hall and more showcase gigs than any previous year.
Jazzahead, the major European jazz expo and artist showcase, gets underway today in the German city of Bremen continuing until Sunday and promises to be the biggest event of its kind to date.
This year’s Brecon Jazz Festival, which runs from Friday 12 August to Sunday 14 August, is shaping up to be the biggest in years with the news that Monty Alexander, Allen Toussaint and Femi Kuti & The Positive Force have been added as headliners while Maceo Parker will play a special concert with the BBC Big Band.
