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Gregory Porter announces extra London date at Royal Albert Hall

Grammy Award-winning jazz/soul  singing sensation Gregory Porter, has had a phenomenal  year and is proud to announce – due to high demand, a third London date at the...

Tom Ibarra wins LetterOne ‘Rising Stars’ Jazz Award.

In September this year we announced a new competition titled the LetterOne ‘Rising Stars’ Jazz Award, an initiative by the London based Air Artist Agency and backed by...

Philip Catherine | Selected Works 1974-1982 Box Set

Warner Music France will release Philip Catherine Selected Works 1974-1982 as a limited edition 5CD box set on January 19th. Featuring 4 classic albums from the celebrated jazz...

Berlin based vocalist Lucia Cadotsch takes Speak Low trio to New York

Echo Prize-Winning Jazz Singer Lucia Cadotsch makes her U.S. Debut in January 2018 with her Berlin-based “Speak Low” trio featuring saxophonist Otis Sandsjö and bassist...

2018 Grammy Award Nominees announced.

Yesterday the Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 2018 Grammy Awards. The final round of GRAMMY voting is Dec. 7–21, 2017. The Recording Academy will present the...

Headliners announced for Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2018

Kamasi Washington, Donny McCaslin, Christian McBride Big Band, Jason Moran, And Dinosaur Amongst First Names Announced For Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2018. Musical heavyweights from...

Featured Gig | TJP – Peace and Love CD release at the 55 Bar in NYC.

Recently we have received a number of requests from our non European readers to feature gig’s outside of Europe. Seeing our focus is the European jazz scene and we have a...

Peter Horsfall | Nighthawks

Singer/songwriter and trumpeter Peter Horsfall releases his debut album Nighthawks this autumn. This cinematic song cycle of nighttime ballads includes five original compositions...

Featured Gig | Mark Wade at Rox (Rouvroy) & Sunset Sunside in Paris

Voted one of the top 10 bassists of 2016 by the prestigious Downbeat Magazine Reader’s Poll, Mark Wade has been an active bassist in the NYC area for over 20 years. In 2015...

Fred Hersch wins French “Prix in Honorem Jazz” and “Coup de cœur jazz”.

Pianist and composer Fred Hersch has won the Prix in Honorem Jazz as well as the Coup de cœur jazz from l’Académie Charles Cros 2017 (prize in honor of jazz from...

jazzahead! 2018 with partner country Poland

The jazzahead! festival in Bremen from 6th to 22nd April 2018 is looming: the focus is on Poland as the partner country, including with a star- studded gala concert and a weekend...