OFFBEAT Jazz and Cinema Fest goes French
- Monday, April 30, 2018
A new weekend-long jazz on film event, the OFFBEAT Jazz and Cinema Festival, takes place from 24-26 May, at the Institut Français in South Kensington, London.
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Avishai Cohen Quartet deliver testaments to truth and beauty at Ronnie's
- Monday, April 30, 2018
The first of two sold-out gigs by the Avishai Cohen Quartet at Ronnie Scott's started as it would go on: magically.
Black Spirituals Let Axe Fall For Swansong
- Friday, April 27, 2018
Admirers of the scorched earth strategies of Last Exit, Fushitsusha and Bushman's Revenge take note.
WorldService Project power-up with album and tour dates
- Friday, April 27, 2018
Thespian punk-jazz troupe WorldService Project once more don the guise of post-Brexit buccaneers for their highly-anticipated fourth long-player, Serve, the flamboyant RareNoiseRecords follow-up to 2016's For King and Country.
Brit-jazz stars, Metropole Orkest, Puppy, Porter, Metheny and more for North Sea Jazz Fest
- Thursday, April 26, 2018
This year's North Sea Jazz Festival, the world's largest indoor music festival, takes place in Rotterdam from 13-15 July with an impressive international line-up of jazz heavyweights, with Snarky Puppy bandleader and producer Michael League (above left) as its artist in residence.
Pat Metheny to be honoured with PRS for Music Gold Award and Esperanza Spalding to appear at Jazz FM Awards
- Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Revered US guitarist Pat Metheny (pictured) has been confirmed as the recipient of the PRS for Music Gold Award at this year's Jazz FM Awards, which take place next Monday on 30 April at Shoreditch Town Hall, London.
Schneider Supreme Among Savannah Fest's Legacy-Leaning Showcases
- Monday, April 23, 2018
The middle period of the Savannah Music Festival featured most of its jazz shows, as the stylistic orientation shifted, throughout a 17-day run.
Dr Lonnie Remedies Ronnie's With Waves Of His Magic Wand
- Monday, April 23, 2018
Improvising musicians have been at the forefront of technology for many years.
Lucia Cadotsch and Kyle Eastwood among the corking capers at Cully Jazz
- Friday, April 20, 2018
"There will never be peace until God is seated at the conference table", sang the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Shake Stew release video ahead of new album Rise And Rise Again featuring Shabaka Hutchings
- Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Seven-piece Austrian newcomers Shake Stew are set to release their second album, Rise And Rise Again on 4 May on the Traumton Record imprint.