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Top drummers salute Big Band Greats in live streaming concert.

The Los Angeles based entertainment event and production company HITKOR today announced its first-ever charity event which will take place over two days in mid-October. “A...

Benjamin Lackner, debuts on ECM with “Last Decade”

German-American pianist Benjamin Lackner makes his ECM debut with a quartet consisting of Manu Katché on drums, trumpeter Mathias Eick and Jérôme Regard on bass. Released...

Soweto Kinch announces new release with London Symphony Orchestra

Recorded live at the Barbican during last year’s London Jazz Festival, White Juju is award-winning British saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch’s powerful new work for jazz...

Jools Holland, Marcus Miller and Norma Winstone To Be Honoured At Jazz FM Awards

The Jazz FM Awards have announced that Jools Holland, Marcus Miller and Norma Winstone are the recipients of this year’s special awards, presented annually to three musicians...

The Jimmy Glass International Contemporary Jazz Festival launches on 18 October.

Opening on the 18th of October, the Jimmy Glass, the celebrated Valencian jazz club will celebrate the eleventh edition of its International Contemporary Jazz Festival. Unlike...

CD Review: Olivier Chavet, Racines

Born in Aachen, raised in Belgium and now living in the Eifel, one of Germany’s most picturesque regions, drummer Olivier Chavet recently released his debut album as a...

Alex Acuña gives the gift of music

Alex Acuña’s musical journey has seen the renowned drummer-percussionist travel from his small rural hometown in Peru to being a first-call session drummer in the...

Mélanie Centenero: An eclectic combination of science and jazz…

French drummer Mélanie Centenero is set to launch her solo career with her multi-faceted debut album: Théorie de l’Ensemble. With its colourful musicality, thrilling...

Drummer John Rae behind major New Zealand jazz release

Drummer John Rae, a former leading light on the Scottish jazz scene, is the force behind New Zealand’s most keenly awaited new jazz album this autumn. Questions in Red is the...

Featured Gig: Amy Gadiaga at Jazz Cafe Posk

Bassist, vocalist, composer and rising star Amy Gadiaga brings her brilliant set to Jazz Café POSK, London, launching the first of the Women in Jazz Media monthly...

Soho Live Jazz Week 2022

Soho Live Jazz Week, held annually in one the most exciting areas of London, celebrates the rich history of jazz, nurtures new jazz artists and epitomises community spirit,...