UK Jazz

UK Jazz is in the ascendency.  There is more live Jazz being played in bars and cafes, as well as in established Jazz venues and concert halls.  New musicians are breaking through, and you are now just a click or two away from discovering their exciting sounds.

Zoe Gilby

Zoe's been building her career in the North-East of England, where she is at present based.  Gigs have taken her to International Jazz Festivals in Cork, Derry, Glasgow and to Ronnie Scott's in London.  She's built up a rapport with a group of outstanding musicians who provide superb backing on her debut CD - Now That I Am Real.  All Zoe's influences are here from Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae and more, plus, as you willl find,  her own unique personality. 

Click Here for an interview with Zoe Gilby,
in which she talks about her Jazz influences
and the making of her CD, Now That I Am Real. 
Playing Time: 3.31mins.
Interview © 2008 Czech Music Direct

Jonathan Cohen's
Time Loves Changes Sextet

Jonathan Cohen formed his Time Loves Changes Sextet to achieve an "orchestral" sound for his own compositions.  The present group came together to perform Little Gidding - A Place In and Out of Time, Jonathan's major Jazz work, inspired by the T S Eliot poem.  Line one of the photo-wall features Robert Townsend, saxophones, clarinet, flute, and Richard Bolton, cello and guitars; then, Shanti Paul Jayasinha, trumpet and flugelhorn, Jonathan Cohen, piano and flute,  Alec Dankworth, bass and Paul Clarvis drums.  Line one's central photo captures the first  performance of the work at the T S Eliot Festival May 2007 in Steeple Gidding Church.  Subsequent performances have included the Level Three Atrium of the Whittington Hospital, Archway, North London.

Click Here to listen to Jonathan Cohen's thoughts on Little Gidding. 
Playing Time: 3.45mins. 
Interview © 2008 Czech Music Direct
Steeple Gidding image © 2008 Dickon Tolson 
All other Photo-Wall images and CD cover image © 2008 Caroline Stone