Fiona Ross Tag Archive

Brandee Younger: Bringing New Life To The Harp

The award-winning composer, harpist and educator Brandee Younger has been kicking down doors since her first release Prelude in 2011. Six albums later, she was the first black...

Matt Ruddick and the Funkiest Man Alive

Matt Ruddick co-founder of Kind Of Jazz and author of Funny Valentine: The Story Of Chet Baker has recently published his second book Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis...

Martin Kohlstedt: Collecting arguments and musical conversations

Composer, pianist and producer Martin Kohlstedt is an artist who connects with audiences like no other. Achieving international acclaim with his previous five albums Tag, Nacht,...

Live review: Crypt Lates, Alex Webb presents Freddie Benedict & Lulu Pierre

Exploring the importance of the many different types of partnerships in Jazz and the magic they can create, was the subject of an article recently published to celebrate...

Willard Jenkins: Ain’t But A Few of Us

Willard Jenkins biography describes him as ‘consultant, arts administrator, artistic director, writer, journalist, broadcaster, educator and oral historian’. This doesn’t...

Featured Gig: Fiona Ross launches new album at Pizza Express

Multi award winning vocalist, pianist and composer Fiona Ross launches her new album Thoughts, Conversations and to Do Lists in London on April 27th at the historic Pizza Express...

An Evening with Women in Jazz: International Women’s Day 2023

For this year’s International Womens Day, we are celebrating and spotlighting the successes of two not-for-profit organisations working to improve the music scene for...

Gig review: Hannah Horton at Jazz Cafe Posk

Rising star, saxophonist and composer Hannah Horton performed an inspired set at Jazz Café Posk as part of her ‘Inside Out’ UK tour. A packed and very enthusiastic audience,...

Multi Award-Winning Contemporary Jazz Songstress Fiona Ross Releases New Live Album

LONDON — September 18, 2020 — Award-winning, internationally acclaimed contemporary jazz artist Fiona Ross unleashes today an electrifying live rendition of some of her...

We Must Rise Together…

While the world is so full of heartache, pain, and anguish, I have been wanting to put my thoughts down about the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement but have struggled to...

Fiona Ross’s Lunchtime Lockdown

Welcome to our lunchtime lockdown series. Fiona Ross, one of our senior writers here at Jazz in Europe, wanted to take some time and speak to artists in the Jazz industry, all...