Soweto Kinch, Georgia Cecile and Fergus McCreadie head to Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Fest
- Thursday, June 24, 2021
Top UK names line up for the return of the Scottish capital’s main jazz festival
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Decca Records auctions off Tubby Hayes rarities, a chance to meet Gregory Porter and more for Decca Bursary fund raiser
- Thursday, June 24, 2021
The world famous label auctions exclusive experiences and sought after jazz gems for raise funds for Decca Bursary young talent charity…
Applications now open for 2021 Young Composers Awards with mentoring, bursary funds and an album release on offer
- Thursday, June 17, 2021
Following a very difficult year for musicians, Jazzlife Alliance is offering the chance of some much-needed help to young musicians through its new talent prize
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Alina Bzhezhinska’s Hip-Harp Collective hypnotise and heal at Jazz Cafe
The acclaimed harpist evokes the spirit and sounds of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane with a...
Tara Minton among an uplifting line-up for Jazz On A Summer’s Evening at Cadogan Hall
Carroll Thompson, Paul Lee, Jo Harrop and Tara Minton come together for a special socially distanced...
London Afrobeat Collective and Lèa Mondo Open Up Outdoors
With gigs coming back this vibrant groove-driven collective make an emphatic return in Tottenham
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The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, July 2021
New albums from Rubén Blades, Archipelago, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Dave Holland, Nigel Price and Lars...
The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, June 2021
Featuring great new albums from Sons of Kemet, Roxana Amed, Belmondo Quintet, Graham Costello’s...
The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, May 2021
The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the May 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring Vijay...
The best new jazz albums: Editor's Choice, April 2021
The Editor's pick of the best new albums reviewed in the April 2021 issue of Jazzwise, featuring...
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Review: Yamaha YDS 150 Digital Saxophone
Is Yamaha's YDS 150 Digital Saxophone just a practice tool, or is it a full-blown instrument in its...
Review: ROLI LUMI Keys Studio Edition
The expressive possibilities that the ROLI LUMI Keys Studio Edition opens up are genuinely inspiring...
Review: Fibonacci Ambassador Archtop guitar
If you’re looking for the best money can buy, and your livelihood depends on it, then the Ambassador...
Review: Strymon Iridium Pedal
This compact little pedal is none other than a highly sophisticated amp modelling unit that offers...
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Eric Dolphy
With a penchant for stark, sometimes acerbic themes set to rhythms that move abruptly from...
John Surman
From 1979’s 'Upon Reflection' Surman began a lasting association with the Munich based ECM...
Charles Mingus
Like several classical composers Charles Mingus achieved the ideal of a ‘folk art.’ While...
Duke Ellington
Between 1940-43 something special happened, Duke Ellington hit an all-time creative high...