UK Jazz News

January 17, 2025

19 Jan: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook. 31 Jan: Miles & Monk. 28 Feb: West Side Story. 28 March: Ellington w/ Henry Lowther

The Way Out West collective of musicians, based in South West London, has been promoting concerts since 2004. Members are: Chris Biscoe, Emily Saunders, Gary Willcox, Nick Mills, Kate Williams, Larry Bartley, Nette Robinson, Pete Hurt, Tim Whitehead, Tom Millar, [...]

'Gaudí' album launch at Crazy Coqs. 16 January 2025

Formed post-pandemic, the first live gig featuring the band Glebe was in January 2023 at The Spice of Life in Soho. In the last two years, duo frontmen, Chris Bland (keyboards) and Kieran Gunter (guitars) have been hard at work [...]

plus interview with Lynn Cassiers

This year’s Royal Academy of Music Jazz Festival celebrates distinctive voices from across the UK jazz scene and beyond. Students are given the opportunity to collaborate between year groups, and work in newly formed ensembles. Bands will be led by [...]

Performances at Cafe Oto screening of 'Burning Bridges' - a film about Paul Burwell. 7 January 2025

Paul Burwell was the driving force behind the legendary Bow Gamelan Ensemble, a performance collective who, literally, diced with danger, commandeering construction vehicles, combustible fluids and materials on locations including Bow Creek at night where, in the late 80s, I [...]

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