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Mark Gilbert
Mark Gilbert was deputy editor, Jazz Journal, 1981-1999, editor from 2009 to present, a leading British contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and has written for other jazz histories. The guitar plays (or should be played more in order to be) a prominent part in his musical life. Email: editor[at]jazzjournal.co.uk
Nikki Iles and Orphy Robinson for new NYJO board
The 24-piece National Youth Jazz Orchestra gets a new board in January 2021. The organisation, which conceded in its 2019 trustees' report that its...
Chelsea’s 606 Club back in action
Since reopening on the 20 August, the 606 Club in Chelsea, London has received plaudits for its safe presentation of jazz, including two five-star...
Peter Green: a jazz appreciation
He was a blues player and he wasn’t a jazz player - especially in the more strictly defined terms of the 1960s, when the...
Ronnie Scott’s in the vanguard of reopened jazz clubs
One hundred and thirty-seven days after it closed due to Covid-19 restrictions, Ronnie Scott's club will reopen 1 August, admitting 50% capacity audiences and...
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Moses for Mercury
As often, an album related to jazz makes an appearance in the "Albums Of The Year" shortlist for the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize, namely...
Womxn to be elevated
Singer Sara Serpa, according to JJ's Andy Hamilton "a thoughtful and sensitive vocal artist", has teamed with another musician, Jen Shyu, to form M³,...
Pip Piper’s jazz collection goes on sale
Some 3,800 shellac 78s are among an auction of jazz recordings, books and memorabilia to be held online by English auctioneers Sworders in early...
BBC Young Jazz Musician competition returns in November
The biennial BBC Young Jazz Musician competition returns for its fourth edition in November 2020, aiming to "support and celebrate the wealth of young...
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John Scofield: Swallow Tales
Scofield’s debut on ECM (he has appeared as sideman on the label, notably in Marc Johnson’s Bass Desires) may remind of the somewhat seminal...
Chris Botti for London in May
The American trumpeter Chris Botti arrives in the UK for a concert at London's Royal Festival Hall on 30 May. It's a venue often...
Gateshead Jazz 2020: the future is Brit
As Gateshead's annual jazz festival this year rebrands itself from Gateshead International Jazz Festival to simply Gateshead Jazz it also embraces the local -...
Brad Mehldau Trio for London in March
The jazz-going public’s opinion of the pure pianism of the Brad Mehdau Trio has never been equivocal. When the pianist presented a set using...
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