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Publicist Julie announces the return of Neil Cowley, the pianist who successfully combined what some viewed as quirky standup and self-consciously eccentric jazz trio some two decades ago.She says his reconvened trio have a magnificent new recording, Entity and became one of the fastest selling shows at the 2024 LJF. They tour in spring 2025, an event that sees Cowley “reunited with his ...
JJ 10/64: The birth of the BBC’s Jazz 625 - Jazz Journal
2024年10月23日 · In addition he has a wish to build a programme around such expatriate Americans as Don Byas, Bill Coleman and Kenny Clarke, and by way of something entirely fresh, Henebury has the novel idea for a new kind of magazine programme – a kind of visual Jazz Scene, using live performers, critics and others.
About Jazz Journal - Jazz Journal
Jazz Journal is the oldest English-language magazine dedicated to the coverage of jazz music. Founded by Sinclair Traill in 1948, it has been published from the UK in web-form only since 19th January 2019, following continuous print publication for seven decades. The editor is Mark Gilbert, who was assistant editor of the magazine 1981-1999 and […]
Queer jazz takes up residency in Dalston - Jazz Journal
11 小时之前 · The founders of Queer Jazz are Tina Edwards and Arowah. Edwards is described in the publicity as “a music multi-hyphenate, active as an international DJ, broadcaster, curator and music journalist” while Arowah is said to be “an award-winning jazz musician, bandleader and composer for B.H.A.M. and founder of the recently retired Jelly’s Jams (2018-2023), a jam night that presented an ...
Quincy Jones dies - Jazz Journal
2024年11月4日 · Trumpeter turned arranger Quincy Jones – best known to the general public as the producer of hit Michael Jackson albums after a career spent in jazz arrangement – passed away 3 November aged 91. Born in Chicago, 14 March 1933, in the 1950s he worked with such as Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie before moving […]
The economy might be flat but composition is booming
2024年10月7日 · The Performing Rights Society – the body that has pursued music publishing rights since 1914 and is now styled PRS For Music – says that professional songwriting, including composition, is enjoying a massive upswing. It says 37,000 new members have joined in the last five years, membership has grown 20% since 2019 and 4.5 million […]
Jazz In The New Millennium - Live & Well - Jazz Journal
2025年1月13日 · An author bold enough to decide on the most significant individuals and happenings in his zone of interest and write a book about them might be thought vindicated, to his own satisfaction at least, by a decision to update it. That’s to say, it’s a moveable feast. Rick Mitchell’s Jazz In The New Millennium – […]
Ellington meets Twelfth Night in new musical - Jazz Journal
2024年12月23日 · Play On! is a new musical, touring England since September and finishing end of February, that features Ashton Moore as musical director and musicians Shane Forbes, Chris Hyde-Harrison, Kaz Hamilton and Alex Polack playing 20 Ellington songs including Mood Indigo, Take The ‘A’ Train, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, It Don’t Mean A Thing and […]
Jazzahead says outstanding music is increasingly to be found …
5 天之前 · Jazzahead, the trade fair held each spring in Bremen, Germany, says it has “always had the mission to track down and to help people discover outstanding bands – increasingly to be found beyond the boundaries of jazz”. Accordingly, its 2025 edition (24-26 April) will have among its 38 concerts – put together by artistic advisor […]
A Concise Introduction, From Its Beginnings Through 1929 - Jazz …
2024年2月22日 · Reviews; Book Reviews; Early Jazz – A Concise Introduction, From Its Beginnings Through 1929. Fumi Tomita's survey of early jazz recognises the musical significance of lesser-known players who didn't get the column inches or billboards