Jazz Connective is a collaborative project between different European actors built to sustainably strengthen our artistic scenes, composed of promoters and producers, musicians and professionals, by exploring these issues on a European scale. This project is supported by the European Union within the framework of Creative Europe - Cooperation Project and will take place in several stages, in several European cities. Read more
Participants
Natalie South
Natalie South is the Grassroots Project Manager for Attitude is everything, a charity with 18 years of experience supporting non-profit and commercial organisations to make what they do more accessible …
Žiga Pucelj
Journalist, presenter, interviewer, music critic, and radio playlist selector.
Mary Wakelam Sloan
Mary Wakelam Sloan manages the Jazz Programme at Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham presenting a year round range of concerts and talent development programmes. At Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Mary holds …
Huw V Williams
London bass player and composer, Huw Williams hosts since 2018 the ‘Improvised Music Agenda Podcast’ in which he interviews fellow musicians from the international jazz and improvised music scene.
Pierre Horckmans
Bass, alto and Bb clarinetist, music arranger and writer, with a classical and jazz training background.
Annamaija Saarela
Curator and CEO of G Livelab Tampere
Articles
Thoughts on European Jazz
As each european country seem to reflect a specific cultural and musical identity, the shape of european jazz seem to get clearer and richer with artistic circulation.
Inclusion and inclusivity.
A provocation by Oliver Weindling
Watch | Audience Development for Innovative Music
Jazz Connective's first roundtable at Ljubljana for Druga Godba festival invited Mathieu Durand (Fr), Ellen Cranitch (IE), Miha Zadnikar (SI), Cormac Larkin (IE) to share their experiences and point …
Jazz Connective in Slovenia by Andrew Dehany
“For innovative music we need an innovative environment.”
Jazz Connective Ljubljana Notes & Observations by Cormac Larkin
In an increasingly ‘connected’ world, it is clearly important to the survival of creative music in Europe that individual scenes, and the people who make them – musicians, promoters, stakeholders, even …
Slow Touring - Savour the Journey
Any musician will tell you that touring is a blessing for a band. "It's a special experience, absolutely essential for developing your artistry" states French cellist Vincent Courtois. Some …