The stageposts along Jean Toussaint's career have all made their mark - the Caribbean, New York, and London. In 1982, Jean joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. 'I learned more in four years with Art than I'd have learned in ten had I not got through that audition,' says Toussaint, who played alongside Mulgrew Miller, [...]
Carolina Lelis is a singer, songwriter and actress from Brazil. She grew up in São Paulo in a family of musicians and spent most of her early life travelling around the country with her parents’ gospel band. Later on she moved to New York where she discovered a passion for performing and Jazz. She [...]
JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025 10 Year celebration of Jazz UpFront @ St Mary's Aylesbury in the heart of Aylesbury Vale Old Town Presenting World Class Jazz to Aylesbury Vale Buckinghamshire Jazz UpFront @ St Mary’s has become a must-visit spot for jazz lovers in the area and beyond.. and for good reason. It’s played [...]
Winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician of the Year and two time Scottish Jazz Award nominee, Edinburgh-born pianist and composer Ben Shankland’s trio is swiftly gaining recognition on the UK jazz scene. Combining an ever-expanding catalogue of original music with carefully selected and arranged renditions of classics, his combination of 'lyricism with [...]
Join us for our early Jazz Upfront Christmas performance with the amazing Georgia Cecile Thursday 19 December. Winner of ‘UK Jazz Act of The Year’ and ‘Vocalist of the Year’ at the 2022 Jazz FM awards, Georgia Cécile is at the helm of the new wave of UK jazz crossover artists. Her sound [...]
Arnie Somogyi Jazz Quartet: Featuring Gideon TazelaarUK’s top Jazz Bassist Arnie Somogyi is well-known to jazz audiences through his work with some of the stars of the British and international scene performing frequently at world-famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s and at festivals throughout. Gideon Tazelaar a prodigious talent, currently spends time between his native [...]
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