Dann Zinn is a Bay Area-based tenor saxophonist and educator. He has worked with the likes of Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Terri Lyne Carrington, Peter Erskine, Taylor Eigsti, Allison Miller, and Derrick Hodge. As a leader, he has recorded six [...]
On 23 April 2025, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox will begin their shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Mike Southon tells the story of ‘how a regular guy from New Jersey turned 1.2Bn hits on YouTube into a globetrotting musical phenomenon‘: [...]
Barry Guy: Over the last few years the improvised music community has witnessed the passing of so many important players. Now another one has sadly left us – Howard Riley. Countless years ago this wonderful creative pianist gave me the [...]
“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 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 [...]
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, [...]
The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble’s bandleader and arranger Sean Khan spoke to UK Jazz News about the ensemble’s unique mix of folk music and jazz, the involvement of folk legends Dave Pegg and Jacqui McShee, and the programme he’s [...]
Italian Mauro Sigura is a jazz oud player and recent winner of the international 7VirtualJazz contest. Although he has played across the world, he has never played in the UK and brings his Electric Quartet – with Marcello Peghin, Pierpaolo [...]
Morgan Enos writes: “Apologies for this one-off Tuesday publication — instead of the column’s titular Monday. But my interview with saxophonist and educator Alexa Tarantino needed to be lined up with Tarantino’s touring schedule….” Last year, longtime Jazz at Lincoln [...]
Pascal Le Boeuf is an American composer, jazz pianist, and electronic artist. His track “Strands” from the album “Are We Dreaming the Same Dream” with the Akropolis Reed Quintet and Christian Euman won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition at [...]
