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Donovan Haffner

Born: September, 2001

Donovan Haffner is an alto saxophonist. He graduated with a first class BMus degree in Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music.

He has had the opportunity to collaborate with notable musicians, including Shane Forbes and Jay Phelps. He also toured around Italy with Moses Boyd at only 18 years old and at various places around the UK. During his formative years, he received mentorship from figures like Gary Crosby OBE, Alex Davis, and Binker Golding of Tomorrow’s Warriors. Through this organisation, Donovan has been fortunate to be a part of the Jazz House Kids Summer Programme in New Jersey a number of times which helped him further improve his musical skills

Madeleine Peyroux At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 23, 2024

Madeleine Peyroux Barbican Hall Let's WalkLondon July 21, 2024 In the early 1990s, still a teenager, US-born Madeleine Peyroux was a member of the Paris-based buskers The Lost Wandering Blues And Jazz Band led by the singer and raconteur Danny Fitzgerald. Peyroux cut her professional teeth travelling around Europe with ...

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Whiplash In Concert At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 8, 2024

Multiquarium Big Band Barbican Hall Whiplash in ConcertLondon July 4, 2024 Studying at a music conservatoire can stifle an aspiring young jazz musician, and to inhabit for a moment the world of the Whiplash baddie Professor Terence Fletcher, there are times when one might wish it stifled more of ...

Audrey Powne

UK-based Naarm/Melbourne artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne is a creative force carving out a distinctive path in the future jazz and soul world. Having honed her craft in the vibrant Melbourne music scene, Powne can now be found performing in some of the most visionary musical circles globally.

Described as "The Very Brilliant Audrey Powne," by legendary BBC Radio 6 presenter and tastemaker Gilles Peterson, Powne is known equally for her extraordinary technical skills and creative inventiveness, and for being unafraid of pushing the boundaries while simultaneously keeping musical traditions alive.

Arthur Verocai With Nu Civilisation Orchestra At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
July 2, 2024

Arthur Verocai with Nu Civilisation Orchestra Barbican Hall Arthur VerocaiLondon June 28, 2024 To begin where the evening ended, it surely must be that the phenomenal standing ovation which concluded Arthur Verocai's concert was the most tumultuous ever heard in Barbican Hall. It was loud enough literally to hurt the ...

CTI Acid Jazz Grooves by Various Artists

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
June 19, 2024

The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most “sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, sampled, scratched and looped to create new songs for a new audience. Many of the selections on ...

Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2024

After four albums together in saxophonist Trish Clowes' quartet My Iris, Clowes and pianist Ross Stanley peel away from the quartet for this intimate duo outing, recorded in Wigmore Hall, London in July 2021. A studio album by design, there is, nevertheless, an unguarded, searching quality to these exchanges which is more in keeping with the ...

Speakers Corner Quartet At Barbican Hall

by Chris May
May 29, 2024

Speakers Corner Quartet + Guests Barbican Hall Travels Over Feeling: The Music Of Arthur Russell London May 25, 2024 Introducing Travels Over Feeling: The Music Of Arthur Russell from the stage, Tom Lee, Arthur Russell's surviving partner, said, “There are probably more people here tonight than ever saw Arthur ...

Titus Maz Drops Sensational New Album 'The Way You Like It': A Contemporary Jazz Emotional Voyage

June 15, 2024

Titus Maz, an innovative force in the jazz world, unveils his latest masterpiece, The Way You Like It. This album is a rich tapestry of contemporary jazz, woven with threads of Latin, Bossa, and Samba grooves, and is an emotional voyage through Titus Maz's vivid experiences and diverse influences. The genesis of The Way You Like ...