Jazz Breaking News: Nnenna Freelon Returns To Ronnie Scott’s
- Thursday, June 24, 2010
Last night Nnenna Freelon returned to the Frith Street club where she has played many times over the years, following the launch of her new album earlier this year.
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Jazz breaking news: Julian Joseph Jazz Opera Premières Next Week
- Thursday, June 24, 2010
Following on from his groundbreaking jazz opera Bridgetower in 2007 jazz pianist and composer Julian Joseph, with librettist Mike Phillips, unveil their latest collaboration on Tuesday, a jazz opera set in the world of American baseball.
Jazz Breaking News: Kit Downes, Jason Yarde & Andrew McCormack, and Led Bib for Marlborough
- Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Marlborough Jazz Festival is drawing near and kicks off on Friday 9 July running until Sunday 13 July.
Jazz Breaking News: Sun Ra Arkestra, Courtney Pine, And Portico Quartet For Birmingham
- Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Mostly Jazz Festival in Birmingham takes place for the first time at the end of next week running over two days during Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 July featuring a strong line-up of contemporary jazz artists including the Sun Ra Arkestra, Courtney Pine, the James Taylor Quartet, Portico Quartet, and Led Bib.
Jazz Breaking News: Big Band Britannia Brings The Barbican To Life
- Monday, June 21, 2010
Aided by the narration of Geoffrey Smith, Big Band Britannia took its audience from the early days of Anglo-American big band jazz, with arrangements from the likes of Spike Hughes and Benny Goodman, to the works of contemporary arrangers Stan Tracey, Neil Ardley, and Sir John Dankworth.
Jazz Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis Jams At The Vortex
- Monday, June 21, 2010
After Still Waters and Fringe Magnetic, two trumpet-led groups that offered respectively an unsentimental and likeable amalgam of show tunes and original material courtesy of Henry Lowther, and widescreen Schoenberg-meets-Bukowski experimenting led by Rory Simmons, Saturday night/Sunday morning at the Vortex in London, during the Jazz At Lincoln Center residency, saw the last of the three jam sessions organised to complement the concert hall programming.
Jazz Breaking News: UK And International Brass Players Lined Up For Durham Festival
- Friday, June 18, 2010
Brass: Durham International Festival takes place next month from 3-18 July in venues across the city, including the Gala Theatre, Durham Cathedral, Durham Town Hall, and St.
Jazz Breaking News: Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Residency At the Barbican Gets Under Way
- Thursday, June 17, 2010
The highly-anticipated Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis residency at the Barbican in London features the first of the Barbican Hall concerts of the weekend, Swinging Beginnings, tonight at 7.
Jazz breaking news: Avant Garde Trumpeter And Influential Educator Bill Dixon Dies
- Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Trumpeter Bill Dixon who was born on 5 October 1925 in Nantucket has died aged 84.
Jazz breaking news: Monty Alexander and Stan Tracey for Wigan
- Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The Wigan Jazz Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary next month with a broadly based mainstream jazz programme from 10-17 July featuring big draws the Monty Alexander Trio, Curtis Stigers, Chris Barber, Stan Tracey Big Band and Bobby Shew guesting with the Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra directed by Ian Darrington.