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Jazz musician news, articles and videos can provide a great source of information for jazz fans. Jazz musicians are some of the most creative and innovative artists in the music industry and their stories can be fascinating. From the latest headlines about their performances, to interviews and behind-the-scenes looks at their lives, there are plenty of interesting stories to explore. Reading up on the latest news and articles about jazz musicians can help you stay up to date on the latest developments in the jazz world and provide you with an inside look at the lives of these talented musicians.
A Scottish music icon, a groundbreaking jazz musician and a Tony Award winner will be honoured with honorary doctorates from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland this summer.
UK Saxophonist and composer Tom Smith has laid down a very bold statement with his stunning big band debut “A year in the life”. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, two-time finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition (2014, 2016) and recipient of the Peter Whittingham Development Award (2018), … Continue reading Tom Smith ‘A Year In The Life’ 2LP/CD (Fey Moose/ECN Music) 5/5 →
Before films began to talk, in the late 1920s, live musicians delivered the soundtracks for silent films. This was sometimes a single pianist or organist, sometimes a larger ensemble. We know that some jazz musicians, including Fats Waller and Count Basie, began their careers with this gig, which required both reading and improvising. Waller and Basie, by the way, retained a lifelong attachment to the organ.
Following the success of his Mercury Prize-shortlisted Bad With Names (2023), in 2024, Liam set himself the challenge of recording 108 tracks, and 30 of those were released in his 30/108 project. By the way, that release recently won him the UK Jazz Act of the Year and the Innovation Award at the Jazz FM Awards.
Brian Kane, the author of this book, is a Yale academic and an experienced jazz musician. And that may explain why some of the book was of no interest to me and some was very interesting indeed. The subtitle of the book is Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture and that word “ontology” covers the sections where […]
The great jazz musicians understand that sweetness is an essential part of the music: not always easy to perform but making possible a deep emotional connection between artist, song, and audience. And Joe Boughton wanted to hear sweet ballads just as much as he wanted to hear fifteen musicians roar through ROSE OF THE RIO…
Louis is a modern-day silent film, complete with a sepia tone. It tells the story of a young Louis Armstrong in New Orleans and features a soundtrack performed live by Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.
After being pulled from the wreckage, she spent months learning how to speak again. Now, 20 years on, Hicks is performing her beloved jazz standards on stage – and remembering those who saved her life