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- London Jazz News May 28, 2022 | 08:57 am
Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen is re-locating…. just over 300 miles to the south-west… from Montreal to Rochester, NY, where she will take a post at Eastman School of Music. Here is Eastman’s statement, […] Read more... - London Jazz News May 27, 2022 | 07:00 am
Saxophonist Helena Kay went to New York in February 2019 and came back in March 2020. Her forthcoming album Golden Sands draws inspiration from her time there. A crowdfunder for the new […] Read more... | | Jazz In Europe features concert & CD/digital reviews, publish interviews with European & international jazz musicians, Spotlight top European venues & festivals, and comment on all the latest news regarding Jazz in Europe - Jazz in Europe May 25, 2022 | 10:28 am
Women in Jazz Media presents ‘Maxine Gordon – Sophisticated Giants’, an evening of celebration of the inspirational work of award-winning Arts Advocate, Jazz Historian, Archivist, Scholar, Manager and Producer Maxine Gordon. A rare visit to the UK has sparked a wonderful opportunity to[…] Read more... - Jazz in Europe May 19, 2022 | 07:19 am
Women in Jazz Media presents ‘Maxine Gordon – Sophisticated Giants’, an evening of celebration of the inspirational work of award-winning Arts Advocate, Jazz Historian, Archivist, Scholar, Manager and Producer Maxine Gordon. A rare visit to the UK has sparked a[…] Read more... | | Latest news jazz news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice - Jazz | The Guardian May 28, 2022 | 06:00 am
Royalties company PRS for Music has announced a major funding cut for its charitable arm. Artists such as Black Country, New Road explain why it could damage the UK music sceneOne of the UK’s biggest funders of new and emerging[…] Read more... - Jazz | The Guardian May 24, 2022 | 10:17 am
Kentish Town Forum, LondonAt 81, Clinton occasionally needs to sit down, but his band more than carry him with musicianship that straddles acid-rock, jazz and moreKeen-eyed observers will note that this is not George Clinton’s first farewell tour: he was[…] Read more...
| | Jazz Journal provides rolling jazz news and reviews service with columns and features added on an ad-hoc, roughly monthly basis. Jazz Journal is the oldest English-language magazine dedicated to the coverage of jazz music.
- Jazz Journal May 28, 2022 | 12:35 pm
Apart from the amazingly consistent Miss Washington, the two elements that make this outstanding amongst her albums are the accompaniments by Quincy Jones and his lads and the superior material. Dinah was usually described as a blues singer. Like Billie[…] Read more... - Jazz Journal May 28, 2022 | 12:25 pm
Mujician was formed in 1988 after its four protagonists played a gig together on 11 July that year. So impressed were they with that concert that they made it an ongoing, leaderless project. The quartet’s name was derived from Keith[…] Read more... |