Concerts Tag Archive

Featured Gig: Celebrating Dexter Gordon at the Swinging Cat Club

Paying tribute to the legendary king of jazz, Dexter Gordon, the American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor who left an untouchable legacy as part of the...

Featured Gig: Diana Torti and Sabino de Bari at the Karamel Club

Women in Jazz Media presents Diana Torti and Sabino de Bari at the Karamel Club on September 21st after their hugely successful event at Toulouse Lautrec in July, launching their...

Geoffrey Keezer joins SNJO on tour

Grammy-winning pianist-composer Geoffrey Keezer joins the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra on a three-date Scottish tour from 29th September to 1st October, with concerts in...

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...

George Benson Announces UK Tour.

Renowned artist George Benson, a ten-time Grammy Award winner and living legend, is thrilled to unveil his highly anticipated UK tour set for June and July 2024. The tour includes...

Jazz North announces latest support scheme for concert promotors.

After the success of two previous schemes which awarded £10,000 to promoters, educators and artists across the North of England, Jazz North has relaunched its promoter bursary...

The Last Time Jazz Briefly Went Mainstream – Acid Jazz & Jamiroquai

In the 1990s, jazz went mainstream on a global scale. The epicenter was London, which fueled the spread of this phenomenon across Europe, which was also simultaneously reacting to...

A Weekend Away at XJAZZ! Berlin

Being asked to visit Berlin to interview several of my favourite musicians, watch some sensational performances and wander around a wonderfully eccentric city, was a surreal...

SNJO unites East and West with World of the Gods

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra unites Orient with Occident and a 2000-year-old musical tradition with contemporary improvisation in World of the Gods, which tours Central...

Marc Ribot as the Jazz Bins

It may be a shock to his fans, but the guitarist Marc Ribot, who is a guru to the art rock and avant garde jazz (downtown New York scene), not only can but likes playing blues and...