The winners of the 2022 Jazz FM Awards were announced earlier this evening. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Norma Winstone IMPACT AWARD: Jools Holland GOLD AWARD: Marcus Miller BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR: Chelsea Carmichael INTERNATIONAL JAZZ ACT OF THE YEAR: Lady [...]
The currently very fertile New Zealand jazz scene seems to make musicians versatile almost by default. Oscar Lavën – a multi-reeds specialist who focuses here on tenor saxophone – has played in most of the jazz styles and his background [...]
Vocalist Nicki Leighton-Thomas has released a follow up album of songs by the well-known poet and lyricist Fran Landesman. Her first album, Forbidden Games was released more than 20 years ago (2001). One Good Scandal is a collection of Landesman’s [...]
