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Tuesday, 18 September 2012 14:29
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Welcome to the Jazz Services Live Jazz page. Here you can find out who's playing in your area tonight, or plan your live music schedule for the coming weeks with our Gig Listings. Jazz Services aims to produce the most comprehensive national jazz listings in the UK, with gigs appearing here and in Gigs, our free monthly digital listings guide. Click the image below to view the latest edition for current listings, as well as archive issues. Additionally, Jazz Services and Jazzwise magazine have joined forces to bring you the UK’s most definitive jazz gig guide. Selected listings are printed in Jazzwise's monthly magazine…
Dom James, promoter of new South London residency Jazz Nursey, shares his thoughts and experiences on starting up a new jazz night... Jazz Nursery in SE1 I have been asked to write about my motivation to create a new jazz club with two fellow musicians (William Rixon and Nicholas Costley-White) in London and our experiences of running a monthly night. I hope that my observations will resonate…
Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:30
Scottish Album of the Year Award
Written by SCOTTISH MUSIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is an ambitious new national prize established to reward and promote the diversity and creativity of music and art in Scotland. Developed by the Scottish Music Industry Association, in partnership with Creative Scotland, the award recognises the most outstanding albums released by Scottish artists in 2011. The SAY Award will place its focus on artistic merit rather than sales history, genre or…
Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:29
New funding scheme for emerging artists launched
Written by Musicians Benevolent Fund
• Musicians Benevolent Fund has launched new Emerging Excellence Awards • Grants of up to £3,000 available • Awards open to individual musicians, composers and groups Talented emerging musicians are invited to apply to a new funding programme to help them on the road to a successful career. The Emerging Excellence Awards offer grants up to £3,000 to individual musicians, composers and groups working in any genre, to fund an…
London’s new barrier busting Jazz binge at The Cockpit Theatre. The tension between commercial success and artistic integrity is a constant in the life of the jazz musician. Swing too far one way and soon enough you’ll meet the disdainful wrath of those who feel left behind and who profess to stand fast in their refusal to compromise: “Sell out!”“He only gets the gigs because he’s…”“She only gets the gigs…