During the first three weeks of July, World Heart Beat launched its first ever Summer Jazz Hang Programme in partnership with The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. Approximately 30 young, soulful and talented jazz musicians have come together to cultivate their artistry, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and friendship. With […]
Our ZEDRA Talent Development musicians are thriving thanks to ZEDRA, the global active wealth, corporate and fund solutions specialist, which provides continued funding of our successful jazz programme. The following seven musicians have been selected for the programme due to showing significant promise. The funding enables them to reach their full potential; the students receive […]
‘Masks for Seeing’ project with Byron Wallen in SE London schools. […]
Weekly New Orleans Jazz class starting on Thursday 8th October, from 5:00 – 6:15pm. We are delighted to welcome jazz musician Orlando Gilbert to World Heart Beat – he will be hosting a weekly New Orleans Jazz class. Orlando was born into a musical family in New Orleans; all his life he has been saturated in music, and he studied the saxophone – in […]
Supporting young jazz musicians Young jazz musicians and alumni from World Heart Beat have come together online during lockdown, to produce two classic jazz music videos (below) as part of the ZEDRA Talent Development – Jazz Programme. This music making project, funded by ZEDRA — the global active wealth, corporate and fund solutions specialist — […]