Gordon & Gillian Wedderburn – GW Jazz

Gordon & Gillian are the couple behind GW Jazz, a multi-platform entity that promotes the now & next generation of jazz related music and musicians. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, They’ve called London home for the past 18 years. Jazz in all its past, present and future Incarnations, is the stimulus behind their activities. The focus is on the present, looking at how the “now”, generation of musicians & producers present and infuse jazz into their work.

Gordon presents the weekly show “Jazz in the Present Tense” on award winning community station, Riverside Radio, and with Gillian, have curated live jazz events in South London and Soho and Jamaica. Gordon dabbles occasionally in journalism and has contributed articles to Jazz Services, the Vision newspaper (UK/Canada), and Jazz Syndicate management & Promotions.

As a dj/selectors, they go under the moniker of Mr. & Mrs. Wedderburn and have played The Ritzy in Brixton, Rich Mix, Village Underground, Scala, Koko, Bedroom Bar and The Jazz Cafe in addition to Jazz Re:Fest  and Mondomix Festivals.