News, new releases and stories from the world of jazz and its surrounding culture.
The Newest One, recorded by Jimmy Heath and his big band in late 2018 and unreleased at his death in 2020, will come out Nov. 20 on BCM+D Records, the label says, marking his centennial.
First-round voting for the 2027 GRAMMY Awards runs Oct. 12–22. Several large-ensemble jazz artists, including Patricia Brennan, Miguel Zenón and Helen Sung, have publicly asked voters to consider their albums.
German singer Dieter Thomas Kuhn and the SWR Big Band released Gute Laune mit Posaune on Oct. 9: 14 schlager classics in new big band arrangements by Rainer Tempel, in the band's 75th anniversary year.
The 2026 All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards were presented in London on Oct. 13. Winners include Yazz Ahmed, Heidi Vogel, Knats and Iain Ballamy, along with the first recipient of a new award for music hubs and school music services.