The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra returns to one of its specialisms, the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, for its latest tour, which takes in Glasgow, St Andrews and Edinburgh from 8 to 10 December. Under the direction of [...]
French-Moroccan pianist Sofiane Pamart, whose streams run into the tens of millions, plays two concerts at Union Chapel in Islington on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 December to promote his latest album, Noche. Sofiane Pamart‘s third album Noche – following [...]
Pianist John Donegan launches his latest album, Light Streams, at Jazz Café Posk on Friday, 1st December. The eighth album that the Cork-born, Hertfordshire-based Donegan has recorded under his own name, it has already enjoyed much positive feedback. The French [...]
Pianist Geoffrey Keezer joins the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra for three concerts under the banner of “The Art of Arranging” in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October. The Wisconsin-born musician Geoffrey Keezer has a [...]
Scottish keyboardist Peter Johnstone has picked a dream team of world class jazz talents for his upcoming tour and recording. Currently best known as the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s regular pianist, Peter Johnstone will be focusing on Hammond organ in [...]
Luminescence is a collaboration between the visual artist Maria Rud and saxophonist Tommy Smith that is running in the historic St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. Maria Rud was born in Moscow. She grew [...]
Critically acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, musician, arranger and producer Emily Saunders returns with a new single, Rugged Waves, from her forthcoming album, ‘Moon Shifts Oceans’, and an album exclusive preview concert at the Forge in Camden on Saturday 16 September. Dubbed [...]
Danish saxophonist Michael Blicher and Hammond organist Dan Hemmer and legendary US drummer Steve Gadd form the soul-jazz trio Blicher Hemmer Gadd. The group has added a second Glasgow date to a short UK visit in early September. Steve Gadd, [...]
A new Summer Camp aims to instil passion for jazz… Trumpeter Ryan Quigley and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s newly appointed Head of Jazz, Andrew Bain lead the team of tutors who are hosting a five-day jazz [...]
Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Haden, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin…and John Cage are among the influences that Swedish-born pianist Lars Jansson and Danish saxophonist Thomas Agergaard acknowledge on “Garden of Sounds”, their new duo album released by the Arts label. [...]
