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Article: Interview

Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music

by Maxim Micheliov
June 16, 2010

Howard Riley gave his performance in Vilnius, Lithuania in September, 2009. It was his first visit to the country in a five-decade career, and one of just a few eastern Europe destinations made at the time, by the British free jazz pianist. The concert was recorded and released in 2010 as the double-disc set, Solo in ...

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Article: JazzLife UK

There's No Such Thing as a British Jazz Scene

by Bruce Lindsay
June 14, 2010

March and April 2010 were eventful months for JazzLife UK--my photo-documentary project on the jazz scene in Britain. Spring finally emerged from winter's grasp, snowdrops replaced snow drifts and jazz life got busier. Debates about jazz and the media took center-stage, at least for some of us, politicians limbered up for a General Election (I know ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Farewell, Sir John

by Jack Bowers
March 4, 2010

Some of us are old enough to remember when Sir John Dankworth was simply Johnny Dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians Great Britain has ever produced. Johnny became Sir John in 2006 when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, nine years after his wife, the marvelous singer Cleo Laine, was made a ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ronnie Scott

January 28, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Ronnie Scott's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ronnie ScottThe son of a musician, Scott became a saxophonist in his teens. Eventually, as the owner of the UK\'s most famous jazz club, his name was virtually synonymous with jazz in the country. Working ...

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Article: Interview

Ian Shaw: From Free Jazz to Noel Coward

by Bruce Lindsay
December 1, 2009

Ian Shaw is a jazz singer. This simple description is accurate--it's how Shaw refers to himself--but it falls well short of doing the man justice. Ian Shaw is one of the most distinctive, original and creative jazz singers on the scene: he is a talented pianist and songwriter with a knack for working with top-quality musicians, ...

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Article: Interview

John Surman: From Boy Choirs to Big Horns

by John Kelman
August 31, 2009

It's increasingly risky to be a musician on the road. When British saxophonist John Surman was traveling from his home in Oslo, Norway, to New York City in September, 2007 for a recording session, he almost lost his baritone saxophone to the airlines. “It is a nightmare traveling now," says Surman, “and hardly a tour goes ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ronnie Scott

January 28, 2009

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Article: London Calling

Ronnie Scott's and the London Scene

by Nick Catalano
October 8, 2008

Historically, the London jazz scene has played an important part in the growth of the music and its appreciation although most of that importance has to do with English performers and writers and less with jazz venues. For decades, when you went to London, you thought of only one club--Ronnie Scott's. And even though there are ...

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Birth Of A Legend

By Ronnie Scott

Label: Giant Step Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: Them That Has, Gets; Ad Lib Frolic; Scrubber Time; Sunny Side Of The Street; Lady Be Good; Boppin

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Article: Album Review

Ronnie Scott: Birth Of A Legend

Read "Birth Of A Legend" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
January 15, 2007

Ronnie Scott stares out at you from the cover shot on Birth of a Legend with a confident glare, as if to dare you to suggest that the Brits couldn't play as well as their American counterparts overseas. This two-disc set of the saxophonist's various musical exploits indeed proves that across the pond in the forties ...