Parliamentary Jazz AwardsThe Parliamentary Jazz Awards in the United Kingdom are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) at the Houses of Parliament in London. The group consists of over a hundred members drawn from across the UK political parties. The awards were the brainchild Bob Blizzard (Waveney MP), a long-time enthusiast of the jazz genre who was concerned that there was a lack of national recognition for the work of jazz performers and venues across the UK.Jazzwise Publications LimitedJazzwise Publications Limited was a UK-based specialist jazz music publisher and education company. It was founded in 1984 as a mail-order company promoting jazz and improvisation through catalogues and short courses, and workshops for musicians.Kevin Le GendreKevin Le Gendre is a British journalist, broadcaster and author whose work focuses on Black music. He is deputy editor of Echoes magazine, has written for a wide range of publications, including Jazzwise, MusicWeek, Vibrations, The Independent On Sunday and The Guardian, and is a contributor to such radio programmes as BBC Radio 3's J to Z and BBC Radio 4's Front Row. At the 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Le Gendre was chosen as "Jazz Journalist of the Year".
MagazinePublication that is typically distributed at a regular interval Harper's Monthly, a literary and political force in the late 19th century[citation needed] A magazine is a periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three.
Jazz FM (UK)Jazz FM is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK. It broadcasts across the United Kingdom and Malta predominantly playing jazz music, jazz standards as well as blues and soul music. The station, in this incarnation set up by Richard Wheatly, traces its roots back to 102.2 Jazz FM, which first launched in 1990. The current station commenced broadcasting on 6 October 2008.Alyn ShiptonAlyn Shipton (born 24 November 1953) is an English jazz author, presenter, critic, and jazz bassist.
The Write StuffThe Write Stuff, "Radio 4's game of literary correctness", is a lighthearted quiz about literature on BBC Radio 4, taking a humorous look at famous literary figures, which ran from 1998 to 2014. It was chaired and written by James Walton. The two teams were captained by novelist Sebastian Faulks and journalist John Walsh, with Beth Chalmers reading literary extracts. FormatJohn Walsh and Sebastian Faulks were team captains from the programme's beginning.
Christine TobinChristine Tobin (born 7 January 1963, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish vocalist and composer from Dublin who has been part of the London jazz and improvising scene since the second half of the 1980s. She has been influenced by a diverse range of singers and writers including Betty Carter, Bessie Smith, Leonard Cohen, Olivier Messiaen, Miles Davis and poets William Butler Yeats, Paul Muldoon and Eva Salzman.
London Jazz FestivalThe London Jazz Festival is a music festival held every November. It takes place in London venues such as the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall and in smaller jazz clubs, such as Ronnie Scott's and the Vortex Jazz Club. It is produced by Serious. HistoryIn 1970 the London Borough of Camden added a Jazz Week to the Camden Festival.JazzJazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in both traditional and popular music.
NewsInformation about current events"Current events" redirects here. For the music album, see Current Events (album). For the page on Wikipedia about current events, see .An American girl holding The Washington Post newspaper about the first Moon landing – Apollo 11, July 21, 1969News is information about current events.
DVDDigital optical disc data storage formatDVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digitaloptical discdata storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs (watched using DVD players), software and other computer files.
Liane CarrollLiane Carroll (born 9 February 1964) is an English jazz vocalist, pianist and keyboardist. Early lifeCarroll's parents were semi-professional singers who met and sang at the Country Club in Eastbourne. She grew up in a musical household in Hastings and in south London. She started learning the piano at the age of three, began composing at the age of eight, and has been a professional singer, pianist and composer since she was 15.
MagazinePublication that is typically distributed at a regular interval Harper's Monthly, a literary and political force in the late 19th century[citation needed] A magazine is a periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three.Jazz FM (UK)Jazz FM is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK. It broadcasts across the United Kingdom and Malta predominantly playing jazz music, jazz standards as well as blues and soul music. The station, in this incarnation set up by Richard Wheatly, traces its roots back to 102.2 Jazz FM, which first launched in 1990. The current station commenced broadcasting on 6 October 2008.Alyn ShiptonAlyn Shipton (born 24 November 1953) is an English jazz author, presenter, critic, and jazz bassist.The Write StuffThe Write Stuff, "Radio 4's game of literary correctness", is a lighthearted quiz about literature on BBC Radio 4, taking a humorous look at famous literary figures, which ran from 1998 to 2014. It was chaired and written by James Walton. The two teams were captained by novelist Sebastian Faulks and journalist John Walsh, with Beth Chalmers reading literary extracts. FormatJohn Walsh and Sebastian Faulks were team captains from the programme's beginning.Christine TobinChristine Tobin (born 7 January 1963, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish vocalist and composer from Dublin who has been part of the London jazz and improvising scene since the second half of the 1980s. She has been influenced by a diverse range of singers and writers including Betty Carter, Bessie Smith, Leonard Cohen, Olivier Messiaen, Miles Davis and poets William Butler Yeats, Paul Muldoon and Eva Salzman.London Jazz FestivalThe London Jazz Festival is a music festival held every November. It takes place in London venues such as the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall and in smaller jazz clubs, such as Ronnie Scott's and the Vortex Jazz Club. It is produced by Serious. HistoryIn 1970 the London Borough of Camden added a Jazz Week to the Camden Festival.JazzJazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in both traditional and popular music.NewsInformation about current events"Current events" redirects here. For the music album, see Current Events (album). For the page on Wikipedia about current events, see .An American girl holding The Washington Post newspaper about the first Moon landing – Apollo 11, July 21, 1969News is information about current events.DVDDigital optical disc data storage formatDVD (Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digitaloptical discdata storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs (watched using DVD players), software and other computer files.Liane CarrollLiane Carroll (born 9 February 1964) is an English jazz vocalist, pianist and keyboardist. Early lifeCarroll's parents were semi-professional singers who met and sang at the Country Club in Eastbourne. She grew up in a musical household in Hastings and in south London. She started learning the piano at the age of three, began composing at the age of eight, and has been a professional singer, pianist and composer since she was 15.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.