
It is roughly a decade since saxophonist and clarinettist James Allsopp led a band, Golden Age of Steam. He has formedĀ a new quartet, the James Allsopp Quartet and is looking forward […]
It is roughly a decade since saxophonist and clarinettist James Allsopp led a band, Golden Age of Steam. He has formedĀ a new quartet, the James Allsopp Quartet and is looking forward […]
Jesse Davis – Live At Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar Music group. Album review by Len Weinreich) Thereās a reason why New Orleans born alto saxophonist Jesse Davisās name doesnāt trip off the […]
London Brew – London Brew (Concord Jazz ā 0088807245869. 2 CDs. Album review by Graham Spry) The album London Brew is the culmination of a project featuring leading London-based musicians responding to […]
Mike Westbrook ā The Piano and Me (Download only; album review by Patrick Hadfield) The Piano and Me is Mike Westbrookās third album of solo piano music in recent years, following Paris and […]
Elchin Shirinov Trio (Heath Street Baptist Church Hampstead, 18 March 2023. Live review by Oliver Weindling) It is over four years since Azerbaijan-born pianist Elchin Shirinov was able to play as a […]
Pharoah Sanders Quartet ā Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1980 (NDR Kultur D77123 ā CD/2LP review by Mark McKergow) Pharoah Sanders leads a fine quartet through some of his best loved tunes in […]
Italian-born saxophonist Aldevis Tibaldi got to know Tony Coe in recent years. He remembers him with gratitude, and sadness. Italian-born saxophonist Aldevis Tibaldi got to know Tony Coe in recent years. He […]
Sultan Stevenson āFaithful Oneā (Whirlwind Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) Thereās a real sense of excitement surrounding the release of this debut album from the pianist Sultan Stevenson. The young Londoner […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars (Ronnie Scott’s. 19 March 2023. Live review by Charles Rees) Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter talks often of his love for the playing of bebop drummer Philly Joe Jones, which […]
Mondays With Morgan is a new column in London Jazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. He will be diving deeply into the jazz that […]
Vocalist, poet and photographer, Paula Rae Gibson releases her latest album, “I Found You Eating Colours” via a new outlet, the art magazine Unvaeled, which is adding a music label to its […]
āIn London Iāve been able to develop more confidence and figure out how to be a band leader, in all senses.ā Canadian pianist Sean Fyfe has certainly earned his place on the […]
An Audience with Father John Misty (Sage Gateshead, 13 March 2023. Report by AJ Dehany) āAs you can tell from all the fake jazz music you heard earlier, I was really floundering […]
Mothers In Jazzā is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
The second day of this year’s Two-Steinway Festival at PizzaExpress Dean Street, Sunday 19 March, consists of two concerts by the duo of Julian Joseph and Gwilym Simcock, at 1pm and then […]
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