Gil Evans, the great arranger and band leader who played an equal part in the jazz-changing music that Miles Davis made as the 1950s became the ‘60s, continues to be celebrated in what would have been his 100th year.Read
It’s saxophones to the fore this week, with four players young and not quite so young, modern and mainstream, in the driving seat in four very different bands.Read
Christmas festivities must be more enthusiastic in the city; either that or our country cousins recover more quickly, certainly if jazz activity is any guide.Read
No year is a particularly secure one for jazz, but if 2012 is being predicted as a particularly precarious year economically, does this necessarily mean that jazz will suffer?Read
There’s been a lot of jazz about in Birmingham and the Midlands in 2011 in the way of smaller pub gigs but a little less in the way of big concerts.Read
With luck, all our British jazz musicians are enjoying mince pies and warming drinks in the bosoms of their families, rather than being up there on the bandstand this week, so it’s time to look back on the year and what they have done in the recording studio.Read
* JA flashmob is the name for an organised but seemingly spontaneous mass arts event in a public place. Flashmob is also the name of Cornish guitarist Ryan Williams’ band with Rory Simmons on trumpet, Will Collier on bass and Nick Smalley on drums.Read
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