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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...

Featured Gig: Quentin Dujardin Quartet, Pan Piper – Paris

Featured Image by Franck Benedetto In 2022, guitarist Quentin Dujardin released two album recorded during the pandemic titled “2020 and 2020 Live”. Both albums...

Gig Review: Wild Card at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall

Wild Card officially launched their new album Cabin 19 Fever to a sold out crowd at the Royal Albert Hall’s the Elgar Room on January 26th. It was my first visit to this venue...

Featured Gig: Fiona Ross at Jazz Cafe Posk

Multi award winning jazz artist and our very own senior writer, Fiona Ross returns to Jazz Café Posk with her exclusive acoustic set on Saturday February 11th. Featuring songs...

Georgia Cécile joins SNJO on Scottish tour.

Double Jazz FM Award-winning vocalist Georgia Cécile joins the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra on a four-date tour of Scotland towards the end of February. Now based in London,...