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Exam Board reinstates jazz on curriculum after outcry

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Edexcel reverses decision to remove Courtney Pine and jazz from A-level popular music curriculum

Music stars weigh in on UK-EU touring rights row as musicians’ anger mounts over red tape and equipment carnets

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Major touring artists lobby UK government over lack of visa-free provisions for professional musicians that now make touring Europe unviable

Eddie Blair 25/06/1927 – 26/12/2020

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Rob Adams pays tribute to the highly respected Scottish trumpeter who worked with Ted Heath, Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes

Musicians’ Union expresses ‘anger and alarm’ at news that UK ‘turned down’ EU offer of visa-free travel for touring musicians

Monday, January 11, 2021

Leaked information reveals the UK negotiators rejected an offer that would have cut through costs and red tape to enable musicians to tour the Continent

Clare Teal joins Jazz FM

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Award-winning jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal has left BBC Radio 2 and moved to a new programme slot on Jazz FM, with her first Big Band jazz show airing on 24 January at 7pm