Swanage Jazz Festival, “the oldest and probably the largest pure Jazz Festival on the South Coast of England”, has made its first 2025 programme announcement. This 34th festival takes place over three days, from Friday 11 July – Sunday 13 [...]
We are sad to hear from Cath Longbottom (*) that the influential, liked and admired pianist and educator Howard Riley died on Saturday, just a few days before what would have been his 82nd birthday. Howard had suffered from Parkinson’s, [...]
We list the jazz winners at the 2025 Grammys (*). First the jazz categories – with all nominees listed, and winners in bold – then other winners with a jazz connection. This is done at speed, and readers are welcome [...]
The full-hearted roar of a capacity audience in Theater Regensburg is something special. The theatre is a horseshoe-shaped opera house modelled after La Scala in Milan. It is at the heart of a cultural city with UNESCO world heritage status, [...]
This is just to wish the very great Gary Crosby a very happy 70th birthday today. Double bassist… composer… arranger… educator..possibly the most influential and definitely one of the nicest, kindest and most thoughtful people on the UK jazz scene. [...]
The friend in the next seat told me I’d been laughing uncontrollably throughout this performance, the opening set of eight in this years Sparks&Visions Festival. Last year, at this great new festival, a duo performance by vibraphonist Evi Filippou and [...]
This article was originally published as Remembering Bobby Wellins – (1936 -2016). We are republishing it on our new site today to mark what would have been the saxophonist’s 89th birthday. Tributes to Bobby Wellins from fellow musicians, and from [...]
Vuelio, “the leading UK provider of PR & media solutions: media database, media monitoring, press release distribution and campaign analysis” keep a database of 11,000 UK blogs and rank them by category, including an annual ranking of the Top 10 [...]
Rick Margitza, in London for two evenings in Dean Street last week is just an astonishing and individual player. Born in Michigan, he has been based in Paris for the past two decades, where he has a regular residency on [...]
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, [...]
