Adam Waldmann’s Kairos 4tet have just signed to the Edition Records label, ahead of the release of their new album Statement of Intent on 4 April and a subsequent UK tour with dates continuing until June.
As of September last year, Saturday nights at Kings Place have belonged to The Base, presenting the current luminaries of the global jazz scene, and with the successes of The Bad Plus residency, Django Bates, Gwilym Simcock, Jim Mullen, and the Jazz Collectives Day as part of the London Jazz Festival, 2011 looks set to continue this weekly triumph well into the year.
Now in its third year, the Loop Festival returns on 16-19 March with a packed programme of new projects, and special guests involved.
After a succession of successful international dates and the release of her much-acclaimed album The Men I Love, 2011 heralds the return of jazz and cabaret star Barb Jungr premiering her new show River at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in what is the start of a UK spring tour and another busy year.
Many have succeeded, many have tried and many failed at the ‘jazzification’ of great classical composers but this is something special.
Following in the footsteps of many jazz greats, pianist Hans Koller has assembled a dozen of London’s finest jazz musicians for the new, groundbreaking Pizza Express Jazz Orchestra, led off on their Soho debut next month by none other than legendary jazz composer/arranger Mike Gibbs (pictured), for whom this is a rare UK appearance these days.
Since Esbjörn Svensson’s untimely death in 2008 his childhood friend the distinctive drum ’n’ bass-influenced drummer in EST Magnus Öström (left) has taken time to adjust to his sense of loss following the devastating death of Svensson as a result of a scuba diving accident.
The link between jazz and literature is explored in a new series to combine gigs and readings that begins at London’s Vortex jazz club this week.
Leading Australian piano trio Trichotomy (pictured left) hit the UK this February on a nationwide tour to promote their second album The Gentle War, released on Naim Jazz on 24 January.
Courtney Pine, Cyrus Chestnut, Mina Agossi, Trio AAB, and Evan Parker, are some of the high profile names just announced for next month’s Fife Jazz Festival in Scotland.
