Letter in the Stage -Lottery money should not be used for core funding February 27th 2025

Press Release Voting is now open for the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, which will take place at PizzaExpress Live, Holborn, London on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline for entries set for midnight on Friday 31st May 2019. To vote please go to: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/parliamentary-jazz-awards Please note the criteria…

Pete Allen Jazz Band gigs for October 2023 Pete’s 45th Anniversary Sunday 1st October 2023 at the Bacon Arms Hotel, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JB. Tickets £20 available from Jane on 0118 981 2598 or email Jane at: nana.macgregor@btinternet.com Large car park at the rear of the hotel. Licensed bar all day plus a range of…

The leader article ( Amid the pandemic music send a message about things eternal, Monday 23rd March 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/22/the-guardian-view-on-music-and-pandemics-the-global-prisoners-chorus) on culture and music completely missed the point which is the  meltdown of music; especially among underrepresented music such as jazz, blues and folk. The available research shows that jazz musicians had 45% of their incomes coming from…

A key strand in the “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton Tour” that took place from the 18th of November to the 5th of December 2021 is “Create Your Tune”. The National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC) in partnership with the “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton“ band are launching the scheme. This scheme is for people of any age…

Pete Allen Jazz Band Dates May 2025 Here is the newsletter for May. The band has recently completed their latest album which will be released in September and launced at the Pizza Express, Dean Street London. Here are the details: 4th November at 8pm – doors open at 6pm. Here is a link https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/pete-allen In May Pete…