The London Jazz Festival, held in association with BBC Radio 3, has just announced a number of new names to be added to the line-up for this year’s festival, which takes place from 12-21 November.
The Hull Jazz Festival next month features alto saxophone funk jazz legend Pee Wee Ellis heading a line-up of featured international artists for the 2010 festival, which will take place from 11-18 July.
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival has announced the full programme for this year's festival, which will take place from 30 July to 8 August.
The US-based Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez, who is now also artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute in Boston, is to release his latest album titled Providencia as a leader, now confirmed for release in the UK on 27 September.
Five emerging professional musicians from Scotland’s jazz and improvised music community have been selected for the second edition of Air Time: Jazz CPD Scotland.
The Glasgow International Jazz Festival is set to begin next Friday, swelling to a climax later in the month with headliners Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performing on the closing night of 27 June in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
The Harold López-Nussa trio played two high-energy sets at the Vortex in Dalston last night.
Highlights of the Manchester Jazz Festival next month, which runs from 23-31 July, include MBASE trumpeter Ralph Alessi with the vibes-led Jim Hart Trio at the Festival Pavilion on the opening day; the superb Gwilym Simcock/Mike Walker/Steve Swallow/Adam Nussbaum band, set to enter the studio the same month for their debut for Basho Records (RNCM, 27 July) and Scottish saxophonist Phil Bancroft’s new Home – as Small as the World project, at the same venue on 28 July.
The nominees for London Jazz Instrumentalist and London Jazz Singer of the year have been announced at this year's London Awards for Art and Performance alongside 10 other categories recognising talent within the capital's vibrant arts scene.
Pianist Zoe Rahman and her trio played two sets at the Hideaway last night, marking her first performance at the Streatham venue.