Saxophonist Trish Clowes returns with her new group project, My Iris, early next year releasing an album of the same name on 13 January on Basho Records and several tour dates.
Acclaimed trumpeter, arranger and bandleader Guy Barker will be presenting a stellar seasonal Big Band special and several surprise cameos at the Royal Albert Hall on 11 December.
Newly formed jazz-prog-folk group Solstice are set to release their debut album, Alimentation, on Two Rivers Records on 9 December – with a live launch at Dalston's Vortex Jazz Club on 7 December.
Charlie Haden's LMO legacy lives on in the hands of his regular collaborator Carla Bley and with the active support of Ruth Cameron, his widow.
Back in April this year internationally acclaimed British saxophonist Tim Garland returned to the UK jazz scene in emphatic style (following his Grammy Award-winning arranging work and world tours with legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea), releasing his stunning jazz-rock and folk influenced album, One.
The much-quoted legend of Miles Davis responding to John Coltrane's perplexing problem of not being able to play a short solo, simply saying "try taking the saxophone out of your mouth", sprang to mind this evening.
Jason Moran knows how to create a spectacle.
What links Dhafer Youssef, the Tunisian vocalist and oud virtuoso with Californian trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, aside from the fact that Akinmusire features on Diwan Of Beauty And Odd, Youssef's latest album? If you saw their double bill at the Barbican on the final weekend of the London Jazz Festival then you already know the answer.
Electronica and jazz haven't exactly been easy bedfellows over the years, but the EFG London Jazz Festival has surfaced with a few gigs over the last few days that have laid to rest any doubts about the hybrid's major expressive qualities.
Marcus Strickland brought his Twi-Life band to Ronnie Scott’s to perform tracks from their 2016 Blue Note debut Nihil Novi.
