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 [...]
“A musical love letter and tribute to the masters of jazz I had the chance to study and work with…” Helen Sung, acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, and a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, looks forward to joining Guildhall Big Band on [...]
The subject of this welcome biography, of course, would tell us that a book about him would interest scarcely anyone, and that his playing left much to be desired, although he might have written one or two worthwhile compositions. Kenny [...]
The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with two-time Grammy-winning Louis Armstrong historian, author, and archivist Ricky Riccardi. His latest book, Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong – the third in a trilogy about the [...]
The Jazz FM Awards are back for 2025. The most recent set was in 2022 (winners below). The 2025 Awards will be held at KOKO in Camden Town on 24 April 2025, which is also the opening night of the [...]
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, [...]
Ellie Dattani is the singer and band leader of the Birmingham-based all-women jazz band ‘Calypso Moon’. Calypso Moon plays traditional jazz and swing music, with a particular focus on The Great American Songbook. Ellie takes her inspiration from Ella Fitzgerald, [...]
