The Christine Tobin band, Dave Stapleton quintet and Trevor Watts/Jamie Harris duo are among the 12 bands to have qualified for the Jazz Services national touring support scheme running from April to June. Now in its 15th year the scheme offers grants to both up and coming and established bands who ...29.01.08

...ands to play dates outside their home region in the time frame allocated. The selection board is chaired by a Jazz Services board member and includes jazz professionals from the performance, media and business side of the industry.23.06.08

Jazzwise editor/publisher Jon Newey has been named Jazz Journalist of The Year at the 2006 Parliamentary Jazz Awards held on 10 May in The Terrace Pavilion in The House of Commons....12.05.06

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... noticed by the great and the good of the Jazz industry at a gala event at the Palace of Westminster in July.A new scholarship scheme for outstanding jazz students has been announced by theJazz, the UK’s new jazz radio station and Yamaha.  Initially, the awards will endow £9000 over...23.05.07

There's not much jazz and even less free improvised music to hear in Cumbria for much of the year so the annual Appleby Jazz Festival is a must for fans of the music in the area. The jazz weekend begins on 27 July with Stan Tracey, Peter King and Don Weller as well as Henry Lowther and Paul Clarvis...10.07.07

Since the demise of the Caber record label and the dispersal of musicians involved with that innovative label, the Scottish jazz scene to the outsider at least has remained a closed book. The iconic figures of jazz in Scotland such as Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock are as high profile as ever but bey...26.06.07

Classical violin star Nigel Kennedy makes his latest foray into the jazz world next week with the release of the peculiarly-titled set, A Very Nice Album. It follows Kennedy’s last major jazz project, his stellar homage to the Blue Note label, The Blue Note Sessions, which was released in 2006...09.06.08

My vain expectations of a manly explosive vocal brew left me with a
half-empty stomach last Wednesday at the Spice of Life. Tastefully
accompanied by double bassist Steve Watts and drummer David Wickins
under the dedicated eye of Paul Pace, the backstage venue’s heartbeat,
the Vocal Jazz S...16.01.08

Stacey Kent, Jazz Jamaica and Courtney Pine are all on the bill for next month’s Hull Jazz Festival which begins on 28 July and runs until 3 August. Nu Troop, also on, present a tribute to Miles Davis, with a performance of music from the classic album Kind of Blue. ...19.06.08

Jazzwise readers are invited to vote in two jazz newcomer categories for the inaugural Ronnie Scott’s Jazz awards, with the winners announced at the club’s Awards show on Monday 7 May. Known as The Ronnie’s the awards, exclusively announced in Jazzwise in December, will be hosted by TV and rad...13.03.07

Destin-e 777 25 3 1807     ****Courtney Pine (alto fl, b ct, ts, shaker), Nathaniel Facey (as, cymb), Shabaka Hutchings (clt, b clt, ts, cymb), Jason Yarde (ss, bar s, wind shaker), Harry Brown (tb, cabasa), Chris Storr (t, flhn, tambourine), Byron Wallen (t, flhn, tambourine), Jay Ph...01.05.08

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The fifth BBC Jazz Awards were presented at the Mermaid Theatre in London last Saturday.05.07.05

The fifth BBC Jazz Awards were presented at the Mermaid Theatre in London last Saturday.05.07.05

New Releases Dec 07/Jan 08 issue - All CDs Reviewed in the Dec 07/Jan 08 IssueMishka Adams – Space (Candid), Bruce Adams/Alan Barnes Quintet - Spontaneous Combustion (Woodville), Eric Alexander - Temple of  Olympic Zeus (HighNote), Harry Allen - Hits By Brits  (Challenge), Jon Balke ...30.11.07

Next month's Cheltenham Literature Festival has an interesting jazz evening on 12 October. In the first half author Luke Sutherland performs a short story inspired by the Markus Stockhausen commissions from the Cheltenham Jazz and Music Festivals with musical accompaniment....09.09.05

Next month's Cheltenham Literature Festival has an interesting jazz evening on 12 October.09.09.05

Jazz in pubs has been a mainstay of the UK jazz scene for decades and whereas in some towns and cities jazz in the back room of your local is not as easy to find as in years gone by the scene is thriving in places like Boxford's Fleece in rural Suffolk....12.08.05

Jazz in pubs has been a mainstay of the UK jazz scene for decades and whereas in some towns and cities jazz in the back room of your local is not as easy to find as in years gone by the scene is thriving in places like Boxford's Fleece in rural Suffolk....12.08.05