The line-up for this year's EFG London Jazz Festival, which takes place from 16 to 25 November, is starting to take shape with some heavyweight additions now in place.
Founded in 2004 by 'choreopoet' Jonzi D and still curated by him, this annual celebration of hip hop dance takes a startling turn towards jazz this year.
Every music festival has its logistical problems – from gremlins in the backline equipment to stormy weather for open-air gigs – but the most common obstacle that producers have to clear is that of transport.
It's a small town, Cheltenham, and the jazz festival is a big deal both locally and nationally.
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It's 10 years since Esbjörn Svensson's death on 14 June, but EST's odd afterlife continues.
What better way to celebrate International Jazz Day than with a one-off multi-national quartet? Stretching a point maybe, for US tenor-saxophonist Ray Blue's quartet at Dean Street was three parts American, but completed by that estimable Brit, Steve Brown, on drums.
The doors are almost open for this year's edition of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which runs from 2 to 7 May at venues around the picturesque Cotswold Spa town.
Last year's Jazz FM awards was a memorable occasion, with both glamour and controversy being provided by those perpetual kings of louche Mick Jagger, Ron Woods and Charlie Watts, the former two as elegantly wrinkled as their expensive suits, Mr Watts as well-pressed and inscrutable as ever.
The winners of this year's Jazz FM Awards were announced tonight at a glitzy ceremony at Shoreditch Town Hall, on 30 April.
