What a pleasure to hear and see this band of top-class musicians so obviously enjoying themselves, playing the music they love with colleagues whom they so clearly respect and want to play with! This was so much more than a [...]
It has been clear for some time that Emma Rawicz is the rising star of UK jazz, but her jazz orchestra’s performance at Ronnie’s on 30 January 2025 has moved her into a new league. We knew that she is [...]
Art Mead was one of the unsung heroes of British jazz, one of the many behind-the-scenes supporters of the art form who make the jazz scene as vibrant as it is in spite of the cultural establishment. It’s an honour [...]
Anthony Colwyn was a bandleader, jazz trumpeter, singer, dentist and hereditary peer who spoke up regularly in Parliament about the importance and the value of jazz, and did so with knowledge and passion. He died earlier this month. Nigel Tully [...]
