The first ever jazz record is usually reckoned to be the Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s shellac 78 release of Livery Stable Blues on the charmingly named Victor Talking Machine Company. The release date was March 7, 1917, probably described by their A&R man as ‘not a great date for a release’ – a bit under […]
This year’s stupendous Love Supreme Festival line-up presented it’s audience with a commendably catholic interpretation of Jazz as the genre is understood today. There was one notable absence from the feast however … the bookers didn’t feel that a truly comprehensive overview of what’s happening in jazz-and-related-musics needed to include any players from the Free […]
As we mentioned last issue, Brighton has been seeing the green shoots of a slowly emerging jazz boom for the last couple of years, partly driven by the establishment of some successful jam sessions across town. The jam session is a venerable jazz institution, loved and berated in equal measure and capable of delivering […]
The Column: Can You Hear The Jazz Boom? Anyone lucky enough to receive the Performing Rights Society’s regular magazine will no doubt have been intrigued to see an article headed “What’s going on in British Jazz?”, and even more intrigued by the following introductory quote from saxophonist Pete Wareham: “Jazz? I don’t know […]