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The new Whirlpool cohort for 2026/27 has just been announced

Sylvie Noble (Voice)
Joe Bazalgette (saxophone)
Val Cheesborough (guitar)
James Leaver-Whitfield (bass)
Chris Outhwaite (piano)
Noah Ojumu (drums)

The musicians are selected from new graduates from the three main London conservatoires by the heads of the courses. The musi...


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Nicolas Simion who died all too young at the age of 67  on 29 August was a saxophonist who epitomised all that is best in jazz.
Originally from Romania, near Sibiu, he had moved to Vienna in 1988 before later moving to Cologne.
He never lost his awareness of Romanian and Eastern European music, as shown in the recording Romania Ethno-Jazz with trumpeter Tomasz Stank...

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Our weekly newsletters open with descriptions about the state of jazz and the Vortex. Here are some of the latest.

17 July

Can a “format” be live? A lot of discussion in music uses the term about the “format” of how one listens. Generally they fall into the categories of recorded music including physical, such as v...


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From Dick Hovenga (Writteninsound.com)

We love discovery festivals where young musicians are still at the beginning of their careers, or where seasoned musicians want to explore new directions. One such festival is the INNtöne Jazz Festival near Passau in Austria. The opening night once again offered tantalizing glimpses of what we could expect over the course...


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