Archie Shepp Honored By The National Endowment for the Arts with the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters Award.
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Saxophonist Archie Shepp is pleased to announce his selection as a 2016 NEA Jazz Master. press release attached.
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Saxophonist Archie Shepp is pleased to announce his selection as a 2016 NEA Jazz Master. press release attached.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Drummer Kenny Clare is to be honoured with the installation of a Blue Plaque on his east London home in Richmond Road, Leytonstone. Press release attached.
Monday, October 19, 2015
The National Jazz Archive, based in Loughton, Essex, has been awarded £83,300 by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Intergenerational Jazz Reminiscence Project, which will begin in January 2016.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Bass icon Jeff Berlin has launched a Pledge Music Campaign to fund a new tribute album to legendary Jack Bruce titled ?Jeff Berlin Plays Jack Bruce: Songs For A Wailer?! Details attached.
Monday, July 13, 2015
The musical instrument amnesty that took place at Ronnie Scott's on July 11th 2015 resulted in over 150 instruments being donated. These will be given new life by young people in the UK and abroad.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Berklee Presents Umbria Jazz Founder Carlo Pagnotta with George Wein Impresario Award and Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees to Paolo Fresu and Charles Lloyd at Umbria Jazz Festival. Press release att.
Sunday, June 28, 2015
The proprietors of the Green Note in Camden Town are justifiably delighted at the winning of this award at the recent London Music Awards ceremony.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Saxophonist and composer Phil Meadows won the Award for Rising Jazz Star at the annual London Music Awards ceremony held on 11th June 2015. Press release attached.
Saturday, June 27, 2015
The New England Conservatory in Boston, MA has issued an In Memoriam press release in honour of their former President Gunther Schuller who died on 21st June 2015. Transcript attached.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer has been voted Jazz Artist of the Year in the DownBeat Crtic's Poll with his trio winning the award for Best Group. Press release attached.
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"Jazz is a community. We all feel sadness when a member of that community passes, never mind how well or how remotely we knew them". Ian Mann reflects on three jazz lives that ended in January 2026.
Ian Mann enjoys the final day of the Weekend and performances by the Rebecca Nash / Alex Merritt Duo, Elliot Galvin's 'The Ruin'' and the Emily Tran Quintet.
Ian Mann enjoys performances by the Olie Brice Quartet, Alison Rayner Quintet, Robert Mitchell solo, the Louis Sclavis/ Bruno Ducret Duo and Nick Malcolm's Out Front quintet.