It seems like every time I pick up a great crossover album at the moment and there's a trumpet player on it that trumpet player turns out to be Keyon Harrold.
Renowned expat US saxophonist Jean Toussaint makes an emphatic return with his eleventh album, Brother Raymond, which is set for release on 18 May on Lyte Records.
UK improvising quintet Sloth Racket – led by baritone saxophonist Cath Roberts, with Anton Hunter on guitar, Sam Andreae on alto saxophone, Seth Bennett on bass and Johnny Hunter on drums – take their forthcoming third studio long-player, A Glorious Monster (released on the Lumionous Label on 4 June) out for a test drive during the following dates: Hundred Years Gallery, London (26 May), Kelston Barn, Bath (27 May), The Peer Hat, Manchester (29 May), The Bless, Derby (30 May), The Basement, York...
With this year's edition of the Jazz FM Awards set to take place on 30 April, which is also International Jazz Day, the recipients of two special awards have been revealed.
Los Angeles sax star Kamasi Washington is set to return with his eagerly anticipated new album, Heaven & Earth, which will see a worldwide release on 22 June on UK label Young Turks.
The third edition of the Jazz Stroud Festival takes place on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend of 25-27 May, and seeks to act as an alternative but complementary counterpoint to the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which takes place on the first May Bank Holiday.
With the passing of Cecil Taylor it could be argued that jazz has lost another titan.
The heavyweight jazz quotient at this year's Love Supreme Jazz Festival gets a boost with news that iconic saxophonist and spiritual jazz guru Pharoah Sanders will be appearing among several strong additions to the line-up.
Emerging Scottish drum talent Andrew Bain hits the road with a stellar band to support the recent release of his album Embodied Hope (Whirlwind Recordings) with a string dates in Scotland, England and Spain.
ECM Records chose experimental arts venue Roulette, in Brooklyn, to host a musical tribute to the memory of John Abercrombie, the great guitarist having died in August 2017.
