The 51st International Jazz Pianists Festival in Kalisz, Poland came to an end on 24 November 2024. Just as for last year’s jubilee edition of the event, its organiser – the Center for Culture and Art in Kalisz – prepared a four-day programme. The festival began 21 November with a concert by a duo – […]

Jazz Journal

20.12.2024

Obituary: Derek Ansell - Jazz Journal

Derek Ansell, who had written for Jazz Journal since the mid-80s, died suddenly, aged 90, on 13 December. He had reported a gastric problem as, in mid-November, he regretfully withdrew from writing an obituary of Lou Donaldson, a player right in the middle of his musical ambit. I never guessed anything serious was afoot, but […]

Jazz Journal

22.12.2024

Anton du Beke and Quincy Jones among Jazz FM's Christmas attractions - Jazz Journal

Jazz FM gets some celebrity glitter on Christmas Day when Strictly Come Dancing star Anton du Beke joins the presenting team, 1700-1900, to play “Christmas jazz classics” from his collection. Perhaps unsurprisingly, his favourites are from the days when jazz was a dance music, although he acknowledges that mainstream is a starting point for an […]

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22.12.2024

Count Me In… 12/24 - Jazz Journal

When Robert Johnson decided to “dust his broom” in 1936, he had embarked on what today might be described as stalking. Like a lot of other male-orientated blues lyrics, his indicate how he’d been mistreated by a woman and was determined to phone her, write to her, or otherwise contact the “no good doney” wherever […]

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