The 3rd annual Southport Jazz festival got off to an explosive start on Friday 31 January with the newly formed duo of pianist Gwilym Simcock and soprano and tenor saxophonist Emma Rawicz. They were the second of the three acts [...]
The theme of the first residency of the Montreux Jazz Festival at London’s South Bank was the legacy of Nina Simone. The choice of Soweto Kinch for the second night of the programme seems particularly appropriate, given both his musical [...]
Today, 2 February 2025, would have been Martin Hummel’s 70th birthday. In this tribute, jazz pianist, composer, author, and retired university professor Darius Brubeck remembers a “great enabler” with respect and gratitude and – inevitably – in sadness. The principle [...]
