Stanley Clarke slaps and strums it up for UK tour
- Monday, July 17, 2017
Iconic US bassist Stanley Clarke hits the road for a series of UK dates as part of his European tour, appearing tonight at 229 Venue, London.
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John McLaughlin biography turns up the volume with Kickstarter campaign
- Friday, July 14, 2017
Colin Harper, author of Bathed In Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond (Jawbone, 2014), has a lavishly illustrated companion volume, Echoes From Then, completed and ready to self-publish in a very limited run.
Ravi Coltrane, Danilo Pérez and Phronesis make for a memorable Montreal Jazz Fest
- Friday, July 14, 2017
Montreal Jazz Festival is a family affair, two thirds of the 500-plus shows take place outside in often purpose-built public spaces where the massed crowds are frequently infiltrated by entertainers of every stripe.
Arve Henriksen and David Helbock make Mountains of sound at Südtirol Jazz Festival
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017
The Südtirol Jazz Festival is unique among jazz festivals in that the concert locations are as important as the concerts themselves.
Gnawa Power: Bill Laurance mixes it up with Moroccan maestros
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017
The mid 20th century saw several jazz A-listers working with the Gnawa, the Sufi healer musicians of Morocco: Archie and Ornette, Randy and Pharaoh, But each year for the last 20 an array of free-thinking musicians from the Motherland and beyond have come to Essaouira, a whitewashed town of cawing gulls and cleansing winds tagged the 'jewel of the Atlantic', to jam with these mystical brotherhoods with their leaping dancers, pentatonic rhythms and repertoire of ancient African Islamic spiritual...
Tommy Smith lights up for Trane tribute
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Saxophonist Tommy Smith launches his new quartet at the upcoming Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival before touring across Scotland and into the north of England in the autumn in support of his enthusiastically received latest album, Embodying the Light.
Herbie Hancock, The Thing and Pine/Omar for EFG London Jazz Festival
- Monday, July 10, 2017
Iconic jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock and rowdy Scandinavian trio The Thing are among the latest additions to this year's landmark 25th edition of the EFG London Jazz Festival, which runs from 10 to 19 November.
New beat-jazz generation gets biggest Love Supreme Jazz Festival moving
- Monday, July 3, 2017
"Clearly, this festival is all about love," Gregory Porter says near the end.
Geri Allen – 12/06/57 - 26/06/2017
- Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The news that Geri Allen has died from cancer at the age of just 60 is tragic for many reasons.
Herbie Hancock to play two nights at EFG London Jazz Festival 2017
- Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Iconic jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock has just been confirmed for two nights at this year's 25th edition of the EFG London Jazz Festival, appearing at the Barbican on 13 and 14 November.