Polish bassist Wojtek Mazolewski brings his acclaimed Quintet to the Jazz Cafe, London on Friday 21 September for the launch of their new album, Polka Worldwide Deluxe Edition, released on 3 August on Whirlwind Recordings.
For this year's Ystad jazz festival the spotlight was on vocalists, as Cécile McLorin Salvant wove her magic in the Arena, which, sadly, can be a rather soulless place.
As our world edges further into turmoil, the remote idyll of Kristiansand in southern Norway, seems increasingly like some special sonic paradise away from the maelstrom of daily life.
The Windrush Scandal has been one of the biggest stories circulating in the UK media in 2018 – a litany of bureaucratic errors and ugly policies that have made life here unbearable for many people of Caribbean origin and descent.
Though Jazzfestival Saalfelden might not nestle between the likes of Montreux or North Sea in terms of high profile, it's now up to its 39th edition, and has a significant reputation for adventurous programming.
Following the announcement of the Arts Council England funding award for the Jazz South development programme, Turner Sims Southampton have commissioned the first ever audit of jazz across the region that stretches from Kent to Cornwall to Oxfordshire.
Like several prominent African-American jazz artists, pianist Randy Weston, who has died at the age of 92, had Caribbean heritage.
Pianist Robert Mitchell releases a new five-track EP, Epiphany, on 21 September followed by a European and UK tour.
When Oslo Jazz Festival was founded, back in 1986, it stood against the creeping modernisation of Norway's jazz scene.
This year was the 45th anniversary of Umbria Jazz and it proved to be one of its most successful with some 33,000 tickets sold to jazz fans who attended 250 concerts.
