Renowned jazz and session drummer Steve Gadd is performing three sold-out nights at Ronnie Scott’s this week as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, which fans from around the world can also watch thanks to the club’s exclusive live stream tomorrow night.
Saxophonist Peter Wareham, known for his work with Acoustic Ladyland, Polar Bear and Melt Yourself Down, has been awarded a 2015 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award after being nominated by his fellow artists for the sum of £50,000.
Known to many for his often-sublime keyboard work with Snarky Puppy, Cory Henry is now branching out with a project of his own, The Funk Apostles.
Gilles Petersen is on hand to introduce this hotly anticipated event, the quickest to sell out in this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival.
Among the many highlights at this year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival are two UK premieres by George Lewis, the influential US composer, improviser and trombonist.
By the end of Enrico Rava’s set on Friday night, shocking news of the terrorist violence in Paris was casting a pall over this good natured, sophisticated festival in the otherwise quiet Burgundian town of Nevers.
There’s always a buzz on the opening night of the EFG London Jazz Festival, and what better band to get things off on a roll than a classy outfit like James Farm, who despite stepping off their transatlantic flight only hours before, appeared fresh, smiling and raring to go as they came on stage at Cadogan Hall to play their London debut.
The Polar Bear drummer and bandleader offers a playlist of the jazz artists that sparked and nurtured his love of jazz "Even though my mum played me jazz growing up, the big change came when she forced me to go and see an Andy Sheppard concert with her.
With the EFG London Jazz Festival set to kick off tomorrow, running from 13 to 22 November, covering 300 gigs over 10 days and nights across the capital, the special pop-up DAB radio station BBC Music Jazz has now begun broadcasting the results of its 'Top 50 Jazz Artists of All Time'.
Original settings of the poems of William Blake and the Psalms will be performed by an all-star 8-piece jazz band backed by a 60-strong choir this Saturday 14 November.
