Forward-looking sax/vibes-led quartet Empirical are set to unveil their fifth album, Connection, in radical fashion as they create a pop-up Jazz Lounge at Old Street Station on the London Underground for six days, from 22 to 27 February 2016.
Accolade-accumulating saxophonist and composer Patrick Cornelius takes his latest studio suite, While We’re Still Young, for a UK spin this month.
It has been announced that Unique, the leading radio production company owned by 7Digital, is to take over BBC Radio 3’s jazz coverage on its flagship Monday night Jazz on 3 slot that has been presented Jez Nelson and produced by Something Else for the last 18 years.
Mulatu Astatke, the unassuming creator and chief custodian of the genre of Ethio-Jazz, took to the Roundhouse stage as part of the venue’s intimate In the Round series.
The small function room at Kenilworth Rugby Club may not appear to have enough cat-swinging space but the contrary was the case for this gig.
Doff your cap to legendary British multi-instrumentalist Tubby Hayes down at the Regent Street Cinema this coming Friday (5 February), for a special screening of A Man In A Hurry, the film charting the great man’s life and times.
The first names for this year’s North Sea Jazz Festival, the world’s largest music event, which will take place between the 8-10 July.
The five finalists for this year’s BBC Young Musician Jazz Award have been announced and include siblings 17-year-old trumpeter Alexandra Ridout and 21-year-old saxophonist/recorder player Tom Ridout; 20-year-old saxophonist Tom Smith; 15-year-old pianist Noah Stoneman and 21-year-old pianist Elliott Sansom.
Revered guitarist Pat Metheny has announced a 34-date world tour with his much-talked about new Quartet featuring two rising stars of the international scene – multi-award winning British pianist Gwilym Simcock and acclaimed Malaysian-born, US resident bassist Linda Oh – and longtime drummer/composer Antonio Sanchez.
England’s south coast offers an embarrassment of riches tonight for lovers of the jazz tradition; over in Shoreham, the South Coast Jazz Festival is presenting Pete Long and Claire Martin, in Hastings there’s a full house for the Greg Heath/James McMillan Quintet, and here in Brighton a packed, standing-room-only Verdict is the setting for legendary saxophonist and educator Dave Liebmans’ only appearance outside the capital.
