Another Monday, another start to the working week, waiting for the weather to pick up and spring to properly set in. Don’t let daily life give you the blues – #jazzupyourday by following our Twitter for your twice-daily dose of jazz inspiration.
For the next fortnight, we’ll be tweeting the most inspirational, uplifting quotes about jazz, life and everything from the jazz greats – from Duke Ellington to Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis to George Gershwin – under the hashtag #jazzupyourday.
What are your favourite quotes about jazz, or jazz musicians? What is it about jazz that you love? What do you like to do to #jazzupyourday? Comment here and you could be featured in our Twitter campaign!
It’s really worth following The Blues Kitchen in Camden or Shoreditch. If you like blues, great food, and a great atmosphere this is a great place to be. Their Twitter feed will keep you informed of all the developments.
Most of us love Pizza Express, it’s reasonably priced and you know what you are getting. Combined that with jazz music each night of the week it is incredible. Follow the feed for regular updates on who’s performing and to see what’s been going down.
What a thrill to host such a legend! We can't wait to see him.
Perhaps the iconic London Jazz venue, Ronnie Scotts Twitter gives you indispensable information on what shows are coming up. It makes life so much easier when you’re planning what you want to go to next.
Ok they aren’t as good a site as London Blues and Jazz but Blues Music London have a great twitter feed for what live music is coming up. We follow it for information and suggest you do to.
Blues and jazz has a great history and if you’re anything like us you want to help preserve it and know more about it. This is a great place to find out more and to keep on top of important events.
Jay Sieleman is stepping down as head of The Blues Foundation September 30, 2015 after more than twelve years at… http://t.co/MyJorvoyg4
— The Blues Foundation (@BluesFoundation) March 30, 2015
Blue Mountain Music is an independent music publisher based in Notting Hill – this makes it a great feed to follow to find out about new music! It’s easy to get stuck listening to your favourites, so follow them to avoid falling into this trap.
Via our friends at 401K Music, we present Drug Cabin, see 2' 20" of deliciousness in video – 'Sapphire' http://t.co/sEup5unNeg
— Blue Mountain Music (@BlueMountainMus) March 5, 2015
One of the finest magazines out there on blues music in general, so whether you are a regular reader or just sometimes pick it up following them allows you to keep on top of what is going on. We strongly suggest it.
The UK’s leading jazz magazine provides a perfect feed to follow for jazz music updates, reviews, and news. Combined with our feed the chances of missing something a pretty minimal.
Jazz face: those expressions that a jazz musician can’t help but make during a performance, when they’re contorting their face in odd ways to sing or play a saxophone or just feeling the intensity of the music. They can range from soulful and powerful to looking like someone just stepped on your foot. Everyone does it, from the greatest of the greats to the most occasional amateur. Jazz face is unintentionally hilarious but also awesome and uniquely jazz.
In the run-up to EFG’s London Jazz Festival (which ran from the 14th – 23rd November), EFG ran a competition called “show us your #jazzface” for the chance to win festival tickets. “Jazz face” was a running theme of the festival (well, even more than usual) and many wonderful #jazzfaces appeared on Twitter in the run-up to the festival and throughout.
But which were the best #jazzfaces from the festival itself? We here at London Blues & Jazz have rounded up the best of London Jazz Festival’s #jazzface for your enjoyment.
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