Brighton Festival begins this month with even less jazz than last year, with Phronesis on Thursday 19th May being the only jazz group in the programme. Luckily the Fringe Festival provides an opportunity to see some great local talent including Edana Minghella, Mingus Underground Octet, Terry Seabrook and Terry Pack’s Trees + The Cloggz. […]
International Jazz Day (April 30th) will be celebrated in the host city of Washington D.C. with a special party at The Whitehouse presented by Barack and Michelle Obama. Special guests include Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding and a host of other top jazz names. Jazz at The Palmeira got off to […]
The nominations for the 2016 JazzFM Awards have been announced. Chichester born pianist Zoe Rahman has been nominated for Instrumentalist of the Year and Hastings-based pianist/vocalist Liane Carroll has been nominated for Vocalist of the Year, following the success of her album Seaside. The awards ceremony will take place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in […]
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG). Nominations are open for best Jazz Album, Jazz Vocalist, Jazz Instrumentalist, Jazz Ensemble together with best Venue and awards for media, education, newcomer and services to jazz. You can cast your votes […]
The phrase ‘not much jazz on this year’ is becoming an annual complaint about Brighton Festival. To counteract this omission, Verdict club owner Andy Lavender has seized the initiative and organised his own Verdict Jazz Festival throughout May. The programme features extra comedy evenings as well as gigs on Sunday evenings, with the […]
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, an annual event set up by the Smithsonian Institute to celebrate and draw attention to jazz as an historical and living treasure. Numerous events are being held across the US and around the world in a co-ordinated effort to promote live jazz. Since 2012, The Jazz Journalists […]
Award Winning Baritone Sax Player Plays The Verdict American baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan, who has recently won awards from the Jazz Journalists Association and JAZZIT magazine, performs at The Verdict in Brighton on Friday 27th September. Known for his work with the Mingus Big Band, as well as the big bands of Woody Herman and […]