Nikki Iles, who attracted attention in 2020 as a participant in the NDR Bigband's podium for composers and arrangers, has been appointed composer-in-residence of the ensemble in 2023.

The Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra play the Grand Theatre, Clitheroe, on Monday, May 6th. Tickets for the Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Festival are available at www.thegrandvenue.co.uk Continue Reading ...

The transatlantic band that created Hush--British pianist Nikki Iles, and American bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Jeff Williams--had never played together as a trio before their single rehearsal ...

In the latest edition of Jazzwise magazine marking the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Duke Ellington Jazz Orchestra, composer, arranger, conductor, bandleader, pianist and educator, Nikki ...

Nikki Iles is a British jazz pianist. She was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire on 16th May 1963. Over the last few years Nikki Iles has progressed steadily into the front rank of British jazz ...

The mood-soaked originals, delicate arranger’s touch and focused playing of pianist-composer Nikki Iles’ 30-plus album appearances cement her as a British jazz standout.

Saxophonist Stan Sulzmann honed his airy upper register and underlying grit playing on the Queen Mary liner in its final years; pianist Nikki Iles developed her expansive impressionism supporting ...

May, one of the UK’s pre-eminent jazz singers, and much-in-demand pianist and composer Iles are currently celebrating their 20th year of working together and celebrate by embarking on a Scottish ...

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The amalgamation of poetry with jazz is not a new concept. Jack Kerouac was reading his words accompanied by Steve Allen on piano on the album Poetry For The Beat Generation way back in 1959 and over ...

Clips from Stan Sulzmann and Nikki Iles, Nigel Short, Tippett Quartet ...

On the closing night of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival, a packed Cadogan Hall witnessed a similarly harmonious collaboration, with Iles crafting a programme – entitled ‘A Love of Imperfect ...