Today, JAZZ RE:FRESHED OUTERNATIONAL, the international showcasing partnership between Jazz re:freshed and British Underground, announced the lineup for their UK Jazz Showcase at this year’s SXSW, taking place on March 15 at Sellers Underground. The showcase returns to SXSW for its sixth year and marks Jazz re:freshed’s twentieth year nurturing British jazz talent and propelling it onto the global stage.

Today British Underground and Jazz re:freshed announced the release of “Outernational Live from Studio Two Abbey Road” a unique live LP featuring new stars of UK jazz recorded at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios during the winter lockdown of 2021. Tracks were originally laid-down for a covid-friendly filmed show hosted by the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in March of that year following a run of ground-breaking live showcases at the Austin event since 2017.