NEWS: Ronnie Scott's International Piano Trio Festival line-up (29 July - 5 August)

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Chick Corea Akoustic Band Publicity picture Peter Bacon reports: The full line-up for the fifth annual Ronnie Scott's Internati...

CD REVIEW: Frode Haltli – Avant Folk

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Frode Haltli – Avant Folk (Hubro CD/LP 2604. Review by Peter Bacon) The album title is pretty accurate, but the cynical might think: ...

INTERVIEW: Dana Murray – Suite Kaepernick/Negro Manifesto

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Dana Murray Publicity picture US drummer and producer Dana Murray’s album Negro Manifesto places him in the vanguard of a wave of ar...

REVIEW: Wynton Marsalis Quartet at the Barbican

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Wynton Marsalis Quartet L-R: Dan Nimmer, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Lewandowski, Jason Marsalis  Wynton Marsalis Quartet (Barbican Hall....
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PODCAST INTERVIEW: Chick Corea

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Chick Corea at Cheltenham 2017 Photo credit and ©John Watson / jazzcamera.co.uk Sebastian writes: I was invited to send in some que...

INTERVIEW: Jeremy Sassoon (new album Jeremy Sassoon and Friends, launch gigs at Pizza Express Dean Street 6 and 7 July + Berlin and Manchester)

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Jeremy Sassoon at Goostrey Festival, Cheshire, 2010 Photo credit: William Ellis Singer-pianist JEREMY SASSOON has a new album out, Je...

PREVIEW: 2018 Suedtirol Jazz Festival Alto Adige (29 June - 8 July)

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Ben van Gelder and Reinier Baas, featured artists at the 2017 Festival Photo credit Ralf Dombrowski Alison Bentley writes: This yea...

INTERVIEW: Peter Tregear (Barry Humphries Weimar Cabaret - Barbican,11-29 July)

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Barry Humphries and Meow Meow in Weimar Cabaret in Edinburgh in 2016 Photo supplied by EMG Media "Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabar...

NEWS: Vibraphonist Jonny Mansfield wins 2018 Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize

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Jonny Mansfield Photo credit: Royal Academy of Music Peter Bacon reports: This year’s Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize, its eighth annual a...

PREVIEW: 2018 Brecon Jazz Festival (10-12 August)

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Adam Glasser (third from left) with his South African Jazz Sextet Publicity picture Festivals rise and festivals fall but Brecon just ...

REPORT: Jazz Promotion 2018 Look Out Conference at Turner Sims, Southampton

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Opening keynote speaker at Look Out Rebecca Root Photo courtesy of Kim Macari The "Look Out" Jazz Promotion Network Confer...

NEWS: Band On The Wall gets £1.65m from Arts Council England

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Band On The Wall of the future Supplied picture Peter Bacon reports: It started as The George and Dragon pub where the musicians pl...

REVIEW: Phronesis - Walking Dark at Pizza Express Jazz Club

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Jasper Hoiby at Dean Street, June 2018 Photo credit and © Mochles Simawi REVIEW: Phronesis - Walking Dark (Pizza Express Jazz Club, ...

INTERVIEW: Coen Molenaar (Dutch band Tristan, UK Tour Dates Jul-Sep 2018)

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Tristan - with Evelyn Kallansee, vocalist, and keyboards player Coen Molenaar far right. Publicity photo Jazz-funksters Tristan are th...

REVIEW: David Byrne - American Utopia at New Theatre Oxford

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David Byrne onstage at New Theatre, Oxford, 2018 Drawing © Geoff Winston 2018. All Rights Reserved David Byrne, American Utopia (New...

PREVIEW: Nik Bärtsch's Ronin (new album Awase and appearances at Love Supreme, Turner Sims and the EFG London Jazz Festival

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Nik Bärtsch's Ronin Photo credit: Jonas Holthaus/ ECM Nik Bärtsch's new album  Awase (ECM) is the first with his Ronin group...

NEWS: 2018 Ed Renshaw Music Award – applications invited

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Ed Renshaw Peter Bacon reports: The 2018 Ed Renshaw Music Award , the bi-annual award in memory of the young musician whose guitar t...