Jazzwise

Welcome to the UK’s biggest selling jazz monthly. Jazzwise has been at the heart of the global jazz scene since the magazine’s launch in 1997, changing the way jazz publications look and think for the last two decades, with a stunning editorial and design package that reaches out worldwide to both the new jazz audience and established fans – qualities that have led to it winning Jazz Publication of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards and the Jazz FM Awards.

Jazzwise

Norwegian nights and new artist spotlights lined up for the Cheltenham Jazz Fest • For the latest breaking news visit www.jazzwise.com

Jazzwise and Courtney Pine join forces for new global podcast

Jazzmeia Horn, Courtney Pine, Yussef Dayes, Tigran and Tower Of Power booked for 10th Love Supreme Jazz Festival

Editor’s Note

Gwilym Simcock goes on orchestral manoeuvres with SNJO

Claire Martin TAKES 5 • The vocalist selects the five albums she can’t live without

Soundclash Records • Each month we profile a local record shop… This month: reader Derek Merrill got in touch to salute his beloved local store Soundclash Records, at 28 St Benedict’s Street, Norwich

100 YEARS AGO – King Oliver

THE NOW SOUND IS ON APRAL RECRODS

Wayne Shorter: 25/08/1933 – 02/03/2023

Charting the Jazz Message/April 2023

Now Playing Scottish Jazz

EUROPEAN FESTIVAL GUIDE 2023 • The live jazz scene in the UK and Europe is looking good. With the easing of Covid restrictions, the enthusiasm from promoters and artists alike seems to be matched by demand from the audience. Festival organisers are reporting high interest, with a lot of the early bird offers having been snapped up already. There are plenty of big names on tour this summer including John McLaughlin, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Brad Mehldau and Marcus Miller. Our picks from this year’s offerings have something for everyone – with music on the beach, in the mountains, in historic city centres and in the wilds. As always, lineups, venues and dates may change, and if you want to ensure you have tickets – book early! Tim Dickeson is your guide for a whole year of festival adventures…

Swinging it in the North • Durham-based drummer Abbie Finn is a crucial member of the thriving and close-knit jazz scene in the North-East of England – and her trio is now making waves across the country. Eddie Myer caught up with her

A Journey’s Beginning • Genre-busting UK saxophonist and composer Asha Parkinson is still in her early 20s, but has already come a long way, and still has far to go, says Andy Robson

The New Power Generation • John McLaughlin first met tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain in an Asian instrument shop in Greenwich Village 50 years ago. The result of this encounter was Shakti, a revolutionary band that melded western and eastern musical traditions to create something completely new. Stuart Nicholson spoke to the guitarist about the group’s incredible history as the band embark on their 50th Anniversary World Tour – and release their first new studio album in 46 years

SHIFTING GEARS • John Escreet’s most recent album, Seismic Shift, represented just that in the UK-born, LA-resident pianist’s musical career and vision, as Nick Hasted discovers

JAZZ BRIDGES TO BABYLON • In this Jazz on Film special, Selwyn Harris talks to Damien Chazelle, writer and director of the recently released all-star ‘jazz age’ movie epic Babylon

THE (WEST END) BLUE NOTE CONNECTION • With its jazz and drugs themes, not to mention onstage roles for Blue Note stars Freddie Redd and Jackie McLean, stage play The Connection created a stir in London’s theatreland in the early 1960s. Val Wilmer recalls the experience and contributes photos

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