A History of The UK Jazz Dance Scene

While we are waiting for David Sanborn, Sam Moore and YolanDa Brown to open the Barbican Summer Jazz series this Thursday - followed by Medeski Martin & Wood + The Claudia Quintet on Wed 8 Jul and Hiromi + Yaron Herman Trio + Tineke Postma Quartet on Fri 10 Jul - CHASER PUBLICATIONS is back on sale with their first publishing venture since ceasing the hard copy of Straight No Chaser magazine with Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove’s hugely important FROM JAZZ FUNK & FUSION TO ACID JAZZ: THE HISTORY OF THE UK JAZZ DANCE SCENE.

Read the full article on Jazzreloaded's blog Jazz Changes, and get more info about the book visiting the Chaser Publications blog.

For all the people out there curious or passionate about the UK Jazz Dance movement, Blaze in association with Edge09 revisits the movement at Cargo on Sun 19 July, with Cuban rumba from Dilanga in the yard and a live twisted jazz set from The Mighty Jeddo. DJs Gilles Peterson & Snowboy will set the scene for some fast and furious competition from the dancers who carry on the legacy of the movement. As well as book signing and record stalls, Dick Jewell's legendary film The Jazz Room will be screened alongside other classic shorts.

Tickets are all £10. See you there!

Image by Ian Tilton www.iantilton.net