Under the Surface, the group led by Amsterdam-based drummer Joost Lijbaart, plays its first concerts in the UK this month when it appears in Scotland as part of the Going Dutch...
In December 2017, bassist Reggie Washington released his latest CD “Rainbow Shadow Vol 2”. Since the release the CD has met with great critical acclaim (see review on...
Churches are hosting a mini-wave of new jazz sessions in Edinburgh, with one new series of concerts beginning this month and another that began last autumn announcing a...
When it comes to Big Band music it’s long been known that Northern Europe is the place to be. Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands all host world famous professional Big...
Benny Goodman—the “King of Swing”—presented his landmark debut concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938. On January 11–13, 2018 in Rose Theater, the Jazz at Lincoln Center...
In February Billy Cobham will once again perform his Crossroads Project at the Blue Note in Milan. Cobham will be resident at the Blue Note for three nights starting on the 22nd...
A new series of monthly jazz events begins in one of Glasgow’s most impressive landmarks when saxophonist Paul Towndrow re-imagines the legendary Charlie Parker with Strings...
In January Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski will bring his acclaimed trio to the Netherlands for a concerts at the Paard (Den Haag) Tivoli (Utrect) and the Bimhuis (Amsterdam). In...
Gateshead International Jazz Festival is back for 2018 and will welcome some of the greatest jazz artists from around the globe at the three-day event. The UK’s biggest jazz...
Berlin based drummer Andrea Marcelli will present a special performance at Jazz Club Schlot on 26 December with a one off line-up under the name Mediterranean Fragments Quintet....
Dave Brubeck was one of the few jazz musicians in the history of the genre to make it into the mainstream pop charts. While this in itself is quite an achievement what makes this...