This was a cleverly constructed and joyous evening. An Ogun – Cadillac 50th birthday sandwich, both groundbreaking labels being formed in 1973, kicking off with the first showing since the 70s of The Real McGregor, a film recently re-discovered languishing [...]
Arranger, pianist and composer Geoffrey Keezer’s short visit to Scotland concluded with this sensational show with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO). The mix of rich orchestrations, ensemble playing and top-class soloing had the audience on their feet. Geoffrey Keezer [...]
This week (Thursday 5 October) at Eltham we have a really special night in tribute to my much missed friend, Australian guitarist, Dave Colton, on what would have been his 72nd birthday. We have Nigel Price and Jim Mullen in [...]
“My main career has been as a composer/arranger/conductor for movies and records. But I’ve never stopped playing jazz,” writes John Altman. He looks forward to two performances by his Big Band playing his arrangements, at Pizza Express Dean Street at [...]
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 [...]
Two things will coincide for Nils Petter Molvær this Friday 6 October: he will be at Ronnie Scott’s with his quartet: Jo Berger Myhre, guitar/bass, drummer Erland Dahlen, Swedish guitarist/ pedal steel guitarist Johan Lindström and the Norwegian trumpeter himself [...]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new 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 [...]
