Russia

Oleg Lundstrem

Joseph Paice May 11, 2020

Oleg Lundstrem (1916-2005) ran the earliest (and longest lived) big band in Russia. He was born in Chita in Eastern...

Igor Butman

Joseph Paice May 9, 2020

Born in St Petersburg in 1961, Russian saxophonist Igor Butman studied clarinet at the Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music, where he...

So why me? I have worked in jazz for more than 10 years, organising international projects and programming one of the world’s leading jazz clubs. As a result, I have become convinced that there is a wealth of exciting jazz talent to be found in every corner of the world from London to Lusaka, Shanghai to Sidney. I hope to prove that here, before I run out of steam…

You can find out more about me at my ‘professional’ website here, or on my blog here. You might also like my other lockdown project – the Art of Song website.