Hello everyone, welcome to the NEW LOOK Jazzizit newsletter bringing you all the gossip from South London’s finest Jazz Label.

Derek has been nominated in the jazz instrumentalist category for the Global Music Foundation London Awards and the result will be announced on August 16th at the Pizza Express Jazz Club.   A great review of Derek's latest CD Snapshot appeared in Jazz UK Magazine this month. Brian Blain states "This selection of themes, realised by a dream team rhythm section defines what a great,  satisfying chunk of the language of jazz still sounds like. Nash is involved in so many musical situations that it is easy to forget what a fine multi-saxophonist he is"

If you aren't familiar with Derek's music. Click the link Snapshot to listen and buy the latest CD.

Trudy teams up with her long-time friend, the Australian jazz chanteuse, Ingrid James. Between them, they deliver an eclectic selection of jazz, latin and folk songs by composers such as Chick Corea, Bob Dorough, Baden Powell and Carole King. Supported by Tom Cawley (piano), Geoff Gascoyne (bass) and Seb de Krom (drums), Trudy and Ingrid laid down the albumʼs thirteen tracks at the Clowns Pocket Studios in Kent. Song titles include a swinging version of ʻThis Could Be the Start of Something Bigʼ inspired by Jon Hendricks; ʻDancing on the Ceilingʼ with a vocalese penned by Georgie Fame; ʻCry No Moreʼ by Baden Powell and ʻSoft Shoeʼ based on the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet arrangement. Trudy and Ingrid provided the words for the vocalese on ʻSoft Shoeʼ and the complete lyrics for Bud Powellʼs ʻA Little Crazyʼ aka Un Poco Loco.

Although Reunion will not be released until Sept in the UK you can listen and buy here.  Just click on Reunion

In July Trudy travels to Australia to start a tour with Ingrid James and will start the UK Tour in September.  Check out tour dates at www.trudykerr.com

We are also excited to announce Jazzizit recording artiste, jazz singer Anjali Perin has qualified for the semi final at the Prestigious Jazz Voices Competition, held at the Montreaux jazz Festival, Switzerland on July 14 & 15 2010. Quincy Jones is one of the judges this year, wow! Good luck to her. Click the link to listen to and buy Anjali's Jazzizit CD  First Refection

Geoff has been working hard in his home studio over the past year on several projects. He has discovered a young Australian singer called Joshua Kyle and is developing him as an artiste. The pair will be recording a new CD this month which will fuse jazz, RnB, and electronic dance music. Geoff has also remixed some tracks for Jazzizit recording artist John Heavens and mastered Trudy's new CD Reunion.

Geoff Gascoyne has just finished a National Jazz Services Tour with his ‘Pop Bop’ Quartet, 22 sell out dates from St Ives to Wakefield. 'The band were so inspiring to play with every night' says a weary but satisfied Geoff. "Sebastiaan was robotically reliable as ever, Graeme’s tambourine playing moved to a new level (and he even sounded a lot like Andy Panayi on some nights) and Jim Mullen played his **** off”  Keep a look out on the site for more Pop Bop dates and Geoff's exciting new projects. To listen and buy click on Pop Bop

Congratulations to Nigel Price's Organ Trio, Nigel, Pete Whittaker and Matt Home recently won the Group of the Year Category at The Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2010.  If you haven't heard the album click hear to listen and buy Nigel Price Live!

Geoff Gascoyne, Dave O’Higgins & drummer Matt Home have been collaborating lately on a new recording project centered around Dave’s brand new home studio. The ‘DMG TRIO’ that explores the unusual 'tenor trio' format (as made famous by the great Sonny Rollins) have already recorded over 2 hours of music that will be available for download very soon at  www.smashdigital.co.uk

In September Trudy Kerr and Ingrid James embark on a UK Tour to promote the release of the new Reunion CD. The dates begin on Sept 26 in Ascot. They play the Pizza Express in London's Soho on Oct 3. More details soon.