Whenever celebrated South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim performs in London, he is received rapturously and accorded a reverence reserved for few jazz musicians. Leading the Abdullah Ibrahim Trio at the Barbican on 15 July (as part of the ongoing 2023 [...]
Mondays With Morgan is a column in UKJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Therein, he dives deep into the jazz that moves him – his main focus being the scene in nearby [...]
Coming up to six o’clock on Friday evening, there’s a pleasant sea breeze offsetting hot sunshine outside the main marquee, Alan Barnes’ alto is tearing into Art Pepper’s Straight Life to close his festival opening set, and all’s right with [...]
Keyboard maestro Luke Smith performs with some of the biggest stars in modern music – a recent highlight included accompanying Cat Stevens at Glastonbury – yet he owes some of his formative musical education to the vinyl jazz he borrowed [...]
A new lunchtime concert series brings improvised music to Norwich courtesy of the Hard Edges trio, plus special guests Brigitte Beraha, Matthew Bourne and Neil Metcalfe. Hard Edges member Ben Higham spoke with Bruce Lindsay about the concerts. Hard Edges [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry figures who work with and hire musicians who are [...]
