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The nominations for the 2018 Jazz FM Awards have been announced. Bassist extraordinaire Thundercat, formidable vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, genre-bending bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding, and pioneering trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah are all up for awards alongside the cream of the thriving UK scene including Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Jacob Collier and Yazz Ahmed,…
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The ‘Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton’ Tour November/December 2021 An ensemble of jazz musicians from the UK and USA embark on tour in November 2021, in celebration of the legendary trumpeter, band leader and BBC broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton, on what would have been his 100th birthday anniversary year. Rising to prominence in the early 1950’s, Lyttelton’s…
Arts Council England’s funding decisions are based on the bounded rationality of the past
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Chris Hodgkins Newsletter – Current + New Projects 2024
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JAZZLONDONLIVE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!
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STOP PRESS: 7th July 2025 JAZZLONDONLIVE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT! Nine years on since its inception, founder Sarah Chaplin is handing the baton over to Danielle White, who runs Raestar and is known to many as an active entrepreneur and promoter with a wealth of knowledge and experience of the British jazz scene. Danielle has been…
Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence + The Culture, Media and Sport Committee State of Play Consultation
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Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence + The Culture, Media and Sport Committee State of Play Consultation Ambrose Bierce in the Devil’s Dictionary said consultation is “to seek another’s approval of a course already decided on”. there is some truth in that, but then if you don’t respond, the cosultation will truly be a lost…