As Britain attempts what seems like an ungainly improvisation out of Europe, American artists more adept at the art are thankfully still finding a way into the old continent.
With this year's annual event having drawn its biggest audience to-date, with over 35,000 people attending over the weekend beginning 30 June 2017, the organisers of Love Supreme Jazz Festival are presenting a special one-day mini-fest at the iconic Roundhouse venue in Chalk Farm, London on 5 May 2018.
Whether exploring a gospel-tinged, hymnic solo introduction, which would have had Smokie Norful nodding in approval, or laying down some Glasper-esque chords that lit up the outro of 'Ridiculous', keys player, singer-songwriter and producer Oli Rockberger's versicoloured pianism and rhythmic sleights of hand continue to tease the brain as well as the senses.
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble will be presenting The Spirit of Trane and Bird with Strings at London's Pizza Express on 27-28 October, celebrating not only two of the most important jazz musicians of all time – John Coltrane and Charlie Parker – but also the release of The Spirit of Trane album, issued this month on the Fanfare imprint.
Following the success of the inaugural Music Instrument Amnesty in 2015, which saw 150 instruments pledged to new homes, the Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation is once again opening its doors on Saturday 28 October at the iconic Frith Street jazz club from 10am to 4pm.
The unique, internationally renowned Instant Composers Pool Orchestra launches Going Dutch, a new, yearlong project aimed at introducing British and Irish audiences to the vibrant Netherlands jazz scene, with a seven date tour beginning at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham on Monday 30 October.
News that this year's 28th edition of the Swanage Jazz Festival would potentially be its last, has inspired award-winning jazz guitarist Nigel Price to set up a Kickstarter campaign and present a special Jazz at The Philharmonic-style concert to raise the funds necessary for the festival continue next year.
The 13th annual Parliamentary Jazz Awards took place for the first time away from the Houses Of Parliament's Terrace Pavilion at the newly opened Pizza Express Live venue in Holborn, London with a wide-ranging list of winners announced.
Revered South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela has announced that, due ill health, he has now cancelled all of his scheduled concerts, including his appearance EFG London Jazz Festival concert Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya on 14 November at the Royal Festival Hall.
The most striking thing about Moment Frozen, the second release from British altoist Dee Byrne and her Entropi quintet, is its sense of space.
