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Simon Pegg has paid tribute to his late father, John Beckingham, who passed at the age of 77 away on Wednesday (September 6) following a short illness.A jazz musician, Beckingham was regarded as a legend on the Gloucester music scene, with Pegg describing him as “very much a Gloucester boy” and a “loveable man”.“It’s amazing in some ways how many lives he touched but not in others because it was kind of inevitable,” Pegg told BBC Gloucestershire presenter Dominic Cotter, as he phoned into the station to pay tribute to his dad.“He was such a lovable man. So loved by so many, and it’s really lovely for me and Michael and Stephen and the whole family to hear you guys talking about him this morning.”Pegg reflected on how music was an “important part” of his relationship with his dad, adding that he “always marvelled at his passion”.The Mission: Impossible star said: “For all three brothers, music was always around us.

Woody Allen received a three-minute standing ovation at the Venice premiere of “Coup de Chance” on Monday night, which would have gone on longer had the filmmaker not started to exit. After two minutes and 30 seconds of sustained applause once the film finished, Allen began to make his way toward the door, cutting the standing ovation short.

The Manchester Culture Awards are officially back for 2023, celebrating the city’s incredible talent, creativity and culture.

Lady Gaga had Tony Bennett and his wife Susan on her mind when she took the stage for the first performance of her returning Jazz & Piano residency in Las Vegas on Thursday night (August 31).

Lady Gaga returned to Las Vegas Thursday night to resume her “Lady Gaga: Jazz & Piano” residency, where she honoured her late friend, Tony Bennett.

Popular furniture retailer IKEA has shared the recipe for its iconic Swedish meatballs.

Lady Gaga kicked off a new run of her Jazz & Piano Las Vegas residency with a new haircut and a jam-packed setlist.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large This is it! This year’s Emmy voting is over, ending what was a rather muted Phase 2. We’ve noted the limited number of Phase 2 FYC events due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes (as well as the inability of nominated talent to participate in any press that they hadn’t already completed pre-strike).

Court will be back in session for “The Lincoln Lawyer”.

BreAnna Bell Netflix has renewed “The Lincoln Lawyer” for a third season which will consist of 10 episodes. Based on the fifth book in “The Lincoln Lawyer” series by Michael Connelly, “The Gods of Guilt,” Manuel Garcia-Rulfo will return as Mickey Haller.

pic.twitter.com/G2rkPsS15x— Jazz FM (@jazzfm) August 29, 2023Crick started at Classic FM in 1994, presenting at the station for two decades before moving to the Jazz FM breakfast show and eventually the drivetime show.In 2001, he launched the UK’s first LGBTQ+ radio station, Gaydar Radio.Paying tribute online, DJ Simon Bates wrote: “So very sad to learn that Jamie Crick has died. When I first started at Classic FM, Jamie was a fund of support, kindness and good humour.”So very sad to learn that Jamie Crick has died.

Classic FM radio presenter Jamie Crick has sadly died aged 57. The tragic news was announced by his family, who said he passed away on Tuesday, just hours after he hosted his last ever radio show.

Former Classic FM radio presenter Jamie Crick has died at the age of 57.The family of the Jazz FM and Scala Radio broadcaster said on Tuesday that Crick died following a “short illness”. A spokesperson for Bauer Media UK said: “Jamie Crick was a broadcaster through and through and played an integral role on our radio stations. “He was also a great friend to his colleagues at Jazz FM, Scala Radio and the wider Bauer Media teams.

The experimental music community mourns its losses intensely. Just this past weekend, an army of deep listeners rushed to pay tribute to one of their own — Stars of the Lid co-founder Brian McBride, who died on Sunday, August 27 at the age of 53.

Laufey has shared an exclusive playlist to accompany the launch of this week’s NME Cover.The Icelandic-Chinese musician stars on The Cover this week (August 28) as we renew our commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover, and the full interview with Laufey can be read here.To celebrate, the modern jazz artist – born Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) Lín Jónsdóttir – has curated a playlist including some of her key inspirations, including Chet Baker, Bill Evans Trio and Ella Fitzgerald.

in the hat. Princess Kate Middleton wore a new (at least, new to us) accessory to a church service she attended with the royal family in Scotland on Sunday, a cap that was noticeably…very British. I hesitate to say “bad” since maybe it works with the rest of the outfit, which we haven't yet seen, but from the pictures that are available, I can say with certainty that it's not my cup of tea.In fact, it's a fedora.

Jon Batiste isn’t focused on awards.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Substitute “ears” for “eyes,” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” still applies for much of the world when it comes to the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. It’s a dozen major hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s that remain foremost in the thoughts of pop fans, but the catalog of group and solo material goes much deeper than almost anyone who’s not a truly seasoned Valli fanatic would guess.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Lane Factor spent most of his teen years on camera, growing up on FX’s “Reservation Dogs.” The hitseries premiered in 2021 and comes to an end in September after three seasons. Factor plays Cheese Williams, one of the show’s four Indigenous teenagers living on the “rez” in rural Oklahoma. The Oklahoma native, who is of Creek-Seminole and Caddo descent, talked to Variety before the SAG-AFTRA strike about learning the craft, how the cast and crew helped him overcome his anxiety andworking with Steven Spielberg in “The Fabelmans.” What has the journey been like for you, getting to grow up on TV as Cheese and taking him through this final season? It’s been so amazing.

BreAnna Bell A new sound rocked the Ace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night as musical trio Chris Moten, Devon “Stixx” Taylor, and Cassius Jay unveiled Andscape’s “Trap Jazz” documentary to the auditorium with a visionary performance including a surprise visit from Chrisette Michele. Directed by Sade Clacken Joseph, the Hulu documentary follows the three musicians on their five-year journey to develop and produce their own sound — a cultural meld that blends two major elements of their backgrounds as Atlanta natives: Trap and Jazz music. “I feel like what we’re doing, we’re able to bridge all the generations, from the young people, to the older, to the middle — it doesn’t matter.

Ethan Shanfeld Robert Glasper is returning to New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club for the fifth annual “Robtober,” a month-long residency featuring Norah Jones, Yebba, Dinner Party and more. With eight unique shows and 50 performances from Oct. 4 to Nov.

Carlos Santana has apologised for “insensitive comments” he made about the transgender community during a recent concert.At a performance in Atlantic City, New Jersey in late July, the legendary guitarist temporarily paused the show to share his views on transgender people, according to a video clip circulating online.“When God made you and me, before we came out of the womb, you know who you are and what you are,” the ‘Smooth’ guitarist said.“Later on, when you grow out of it, you see things, and you start believing that you could be something that sounds good, but you know it ain’t right.”The artist then got more specific, saying: “Because a woman is a woman and a man is a man – that’s it.”“Whatever you wanna do in the closet, that’s your business. I’m OK with that.”Santana went on to shoutout comedian Dave Chappelle – who has previously faced backlash for making trans jokes in his standup routines – and said he was “like this with my brother Dave Chappelle”, bringing his hands together.Santana has since clarified his comments in a statement obtained by Billboard.

Lady Gaga is giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into a hard day at work as she prepares for her upcoming Las Vegas residency.

Lady Gaga is hard at work before she takes Las Vegas by storm! On Wednesday, the 37-year-old shared three posts on her Instagram page, bringing her followers along to her rehearsal for her upcoming Las Vegas residency,. The first post was a selfie of Gaga in her car, dressed in black and wearing matching sunglasses.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor North Hollywood’s United American Costume Company has been dressing Hollywood since 1977. The company counts costume designers Sandy Powell, Arianne Phillips and Ellen Mirojnick among its clients, and has provided outfits for “Yellowstone” as well as “American Horror Story.” But with the writers and actors on strike, the business is in danger. “I could survive probably five months, but I would be left with nothing,” says the company’s owner, Diana Foster.

Sony Picture Classics and Trafalgar Releasing have firmed up worldwide release plans for Carlos, their feature documentary on 10-time Grammy-winning musical icon, Carlos Santana.

John Lurie is putting away his watercolors.

If art is creativity plus proficiency plus chance, Fievel Is Glauque are exemplars of its purist form. During their trans-Atlantic “writing trips,” generally held when multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips and singer Ma Clement visit each other in Brooklyn and Brussels, respectively, they take a spontaneous yet controlled approach, starting and finishing a song each day, with Phillips constructing intricate arrangements to Clement’s angular melodies, one bar at a time.

Turnstile and BADBADNOTGOOD have collaborated on a new EP, ‘New Heart Designs’ – listen below.Released today (August 11), the collection comprises alternative, jazz-orientated re-workings of three songs from Turnstile’s third studio album, ‘Glow On’, which came out in 2021.Toronto alt-jazz ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD assisted the hardcore punk outfit on the updated versions of ‘Mystery’, ‘Alien Love Call’ (ft. Blood Orange) and ‘Underwater Boi’.Additionally, Turnstile have shared an accompanying 10-minute video that features each reimagined track.

Italian production designer Tonino Zera, whose credits include Roman Polanski’s upcoming drama The Palace, will be feted with the Campari Passion Award at the 80th edition of Venice Film Festival, running from August 30 to September 9.