Latest Jazz News from London and beyond
After the gigs were cancelled last year due to the pandemic, the “Shape of Jazz to Come” series will re-start with the duo of Laura Jurd and Elliot Galvin. Their performance which was recorded at the Vortex Jazz Club will [...]
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And they’re back! The 606 Club in Chelsea has just announced the following live dates with audience. Booking is open – links below
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City Music Foundation (CMF) is a charity with a mission to ‘turn talent into success’. The 2021 round of their mentoring scheme is now open for applications from professional musicians, normally at the beginning their careers in in classical, jazz, [...]
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jazzahead! has just announced a new co-operation arrangement with the UNESCO-led International Jazz Day for this year’s digital edition. German Minister Monika Grütters and Dee Dee Bridgewater are announced as speakers for the opening event, and the Markus Stockhausen Group [...]
At the 2021 Grammys held on 14 March in LA, jazz and jazz-related winners included: Chick Corea (two), Maria Schneider (two), Kurt Elling/Danilo Perez, Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Jacob Collier and Robert Glasper. Best Jazz Vocal [...]
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of bassist Len Skeat in hospital in the early hours of this morning 9 March 2021 at the age of 84. Biography from the Jazz Steps website (LINK) : [...]
LEAH WILLIAMS, Editor of UKJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: This weekend marks exactly a decade since we first published a special series for International Women’s Day and this year we’re excited to present our largest collection yet with [...]
The death of Chris Barber earlier today, 2 March 2021, has just been announced. Here is the official statement from the Last Music Company: Born in 1930, Chris Barber was one of the leading figures in European jazz. Together with [...]
