Enlightened adventurers of note and tone LUME have recently announced the launch of their very own creative lab, a forum enabling participating artists to provide a unique insight into their creative capers through entries on a bespoke blog.
Listening to Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer in conversation at Wigmore Hall was as inspiring as watching them play.
Details have reached us of an enticingly eclectic new jazz fest, curated by writer Sammy Stein.
Bassist, composer and vocalist Avishai Cohen appears at the Barbican on Thursday 9 February 2017 for his only UK date this year.
"Are you all here because it's Christmas?" Evan Parker asked, peering out at the packed out Vortex, with attendees squeezed into every available space.
An early highlight of Hull's 2017 tenure as City of Culture, will be a mind-expanding three-day event under the banner of Mind on the Run: The Basil Kirchin Story, which takes place from 17 to 19 February at Hull City Hall.
Guitarist Nigel Price's epic national tour – 56 dates in all – came to its final stop at Lauderdale House in Highgate, London, last Thursday.
The 2017 Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which runs from 30 June to 2 July, marks its milestone fifth edition in style with two of jazz's biggest living legends set to appear in the form of iconic keyboardist Herbie Hancock and revered guitarist/singer George Benson.
Cosmic capers come to Sussex between 29-30 March thanks to a righteous collaboration between the bods at Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival and Dictionary Pudding Promotions.
Armenian piano ace Tigran Hamasyan is set to return with a new solo piano album on 31 March 2017 when he releases An Ancient Observer on Nonesuch records.
