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I am officially a proud member of ‘Women in Jazz Media’. Founded by fellow jazz musician Fiona Ross, Women in Jazz Media is striving to: Promote and celebrate women who work in Jazz Media Encourage and support a more diverse Jazz community Create a healthy and supportive environment for women who work in Jazz Media Encourage collaborative thinking and mutual support within the Jazz community To find out more, …
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Jazz Rebounds: the UK’s proud, creative resilience
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Some fast talking on Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine Show! I was sharing good news about my lock-down inspired music video ‘Crazy Times’ – How it involved many people from my local community and helped to raise spirits through the power of music. Declared “BEST music video of 2020” by Music Interview Magazine USA. You can check out my fast talking here: https://youtu.be/cJNug0OTpis The ‘Crazy Times’ video can be viewed …
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I was excited and nervous in equal quantity when I received a call today from the production team of the Jeremy Vine show on channel 5 TV (ok, maybe I was a little more excited than nervous!) I called the show today to share our ‘Crazy Times’ story as part of their ‘Good News in 60 secs’ feature. I did not expect to be called back. The AMAZING …
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Wow, just wow! Big thanks to US online music magazine ‘Music Interview Magazine’ for declaring ‘Crazy Times’ as: “The BEST music video of 2020!” Watch the video here:
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Tomorrow we head into a new year. So, I decided to take a moment to reflect on the past year, 2020. Oh, what a year it’s been! The initial response to 2020 is that it’s been an absolutely dire year and there’s no denying it has been in so many ways. But, I have to say there have been some really surprising wonderful things to come out of …
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WOW, a personal letter of thanks from Herbie Hancock…his will be framed! Life is so full of ups and downs, but it really makes you cherish the good times. This personal letter from such an amazing and inspiring jazz legend, for us, means the absolute world and is a definite highlight in our musical life. At a time when we were all in lockdown, the incredible jazz community kicked …
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My thanks to Gemma Nelson for featuring some of my inspired original music together with an interview on her radio show on Jazz 628. It’s always great to have the opportunity to share the wonderful stories behind each piece of music.
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My thanks to ‘Bebop Spoken Here’ for featuring ‘Crazy Times’ in their online jazz blog “As one of the most exciting saxophonists, vocalists and composers in the modern age of music, Kim is using her platform to remind us to treasure the things that we can still enjoy despite social distancing regulations — in this case, it’s music.” You can read the full feature at the link below: https://lance-bebopspokenhere.blogspot.com/2020/12/kim-cypher-reflects-on-covid-19.html …
