Celebrating Jazz with Art
The Dukes of Dixieland starred at their 39th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Friday, 5th April. It was a glorious Spring day for revelling in swinging New Orleans Jazz and the DUKES didn’t disappoint. They performed on an amazing set, playing hits from their latest album “Celebrating Satchmo” that really got the crowd … [Read more...]
Since we posted the release below, Ivana Sansević has updated Jazz&Jazz with the full Festival Programme for Valamar. Be sure to browse through the entire Valamar Festival Site which includes booking and contact information, press accreditation and an extensive Photo Gallery. Dear colleagues, For the fourth year in a row Valamar Jazz … [Read more...]
I am impelled to quote from an email which I received over the weekend. The writer, a prominent jazzman who, understandably, prefers to remain anonymous, was disappointed to find that the much vaunted BBC FOUR programme "Trad Jazz Britannia" had been rescheduled for 9.00 to 10.00pm on Friday, 24th May: "Having watched most of last Friday's BBC4 … [Read more...]
No sooner had Martin Bennett broken the sad news about Ron McKay's passing on 3rd May than Jazzers buzzed with tributes to his enormous contribution to British Jazz. Despite his huge stage presence and popularity, Ron was a very private man and his wife Val honoured his wishes for a private funeral. Trefor Williams, his partner in arms for many … [Read more...]
Not to be missed! This coming Monday, 20th May, The Peartree Jazz Club, The Peartree, Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4JJ, welcomes Colin Kingwell's Jazz Bandits Great Jazz from 8.30 till 11.00 pm Members £7 • Non-Members £8 Arrive early and enjoy a meal before the show! Contact Smiffy 01707 880569 email: … [Read more...]
"The coastal jewel of Jávea is bookended by rocky headlands and is a prime example of old world meets modern energy. The "old town" district is filled with remains of walls built to keep out pirates, as well as a 14th-century church. Visit the beautiful white-sand Arenal beach, brimming with shops, restaurants and, in the summer, hopping beachside … [Read more...]
Facebook can be very ephemeral. Subjects raised one day are soon downgraded by the welter of information flooding in not just by the minute but by the second. So to keep issues in the public eye, or rather in Jazzers' eyes, from time to time I post issues and debates on this site and then recycle them periodically on Facebook. This is one of … [Read more...]
Kevin Ray Clark and I have just become Facebook friends and he has joined my Facebook Jazzers Group. Kevin is The Dukes of Dixieland Band Leader so immediately memories of a wonderful visit to New Orleans for the 2010 French Quarter Festival came flooding back. The countless photographs I took included shots of The Dukes of Dixieland playing … [Read more...]
So much great music is accessible to us nowadays via the Web and YouTube. But Eric Clapton playing and talking jazz? Along with Wynton Marsalis! With an arrangement of his very own song, Layla, which proves that Jazz still works today! Yes jazz fans, it's true! And surely it demonstrates that jazz isn't a lost cause, a whimsy of the 20s and 30s … [Read more...]
The UK's ONLY independent, boutique 3-day green field festival has announced it’s full line up of artists performing in the beautiful grounds and great halls of the stately and family home Burton Agnes Hall in July, including a celebration of jazz legend Kenny Ball who was due to perform at the Festival, performed by his Jazzmen led by his son … [Read more...]