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Borbetomagus bring the ruckus with documentary and vinyl in 2016

Monday, November 30, 2015

This year promises to be a decidedly busy and pivotal one for free improvising noise vets Borbetomagus.

Courtney Pine among Hideaway’s highlights for December

Friday, November 27, 2015

Among the chief draws at Streatham’s award-winning Hideaway venue next month are performances from soulful swing sensations The Filthy Six, a big band blast from the Vince Dunn Orchestra and a two-day stay from British sax legend Courtney Pine.

Jazzwise Albums of the Year Poll winners announced

Thursday, November 26, 2015

If a learned friend informed you a year ago, dear readers, that the album of 2015 might possibly be a triple concept album by a previously unknown artist who insisted on giving the whole shebang a title so toweringly grand and top heavy it would have had the Trade Descriptions Act office crawling all over it, you would have been on the phone immediately booking said learned friend into the Priory for a somewhat extended stay.

Turning on the style at Streatham’s top record store

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Premier vinyl vendors Turnstyle Records of Streatham, London have a series of special happenings cooking in their pipeline.

Argüelles/Bates/Frankfurt Radio Big Band and Christian Scott for Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2016

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Leading UK saxophonist Julian Argüelles is set to perform the full UK premiere of his acclaimed album Let It Be Told, with a headline performance at next year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival, which runs from 27 April to 2 May 2016.

Radio 3 Gets Luminous With 'Northern Lights' Series

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Radio 3 has announced a special season of programmes with a distinctly arctic feel for the beginning of December.

Evan Parker and Gregory Porter for Gateshead Jazz Festival 2016

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

A vibrant mix of big name heavy hitters and cutting edge collaborations are among the first names announced for the 2016 Gateshead International Jazz Festival, which runs from 15-17 April at the Sage Gateshead.

Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2016 ‘Early Bird’ tickets now on sale

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

With the dates confirmed for the fourth edition of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which will run from 1-3 July 2016, in the idyllic surroundings of Glynde Place in East Sussex, jazz fans can now purchase discounted ‘early bird’ tickets.

Ice-T and the Ron McCurdy Quartet preach the gospel of Langston Hughes at the Barbican

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods For Jazz, an epic poem about the struggle for artistic and social freedom experienced by Africans and black Americans during the early 1960s, was never performed in Langston Hughes’ lifetime.