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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...

Opening the door to great music with Mr London: Ray Jones

TalentBanq is an exciting and innovative organisation changing the musical landscape across the UK. As a live music agency, they represent a fantastic range of independent artists...

Gig review: Alex Scheuerer & Najwa Ezzaher at Pizza Express

Launching his new album La Vie En Soul featuring Najwa Ezzaher on July 10th, Alex Scheuerer showed us that Pizza Express Soho, London, was the place to be. The new album launch...

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,...

CD Review: Rickie Lee Jones, Pieces of Treasure

The legendary Rickie Lee Jones reunites with producer Russ Titelman to release Pieces of Treasure, an album of stunning interpretations of songs from the American Songbook. Russ...

CD Review: Terence Collie, Reminiscent

Pianist, composer and educator Terence Collie released his last album, the brilliant TC3+, in 2018. A prolific collaborator, Terence performs and records with a wide range of...

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...

International Jazz Day: The Beauty in Partnerships

International Jazz Day , originally founded in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was created to shine a light on the power of...

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...

Rickie Lee Jones: In the Company of a Duchess

Rickie Lee Jones. Songwriter. Storyteller. Trailblazer. Legend. Rickie Lee Jones has been my musical companion almost my whole life. I was first introduced to her music when I was...