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Chaka Khan: A Celebration of 50 Years in Music(Royal Festival Hall. 14 June 2024. Part of 2024 Meltdown. Review by Lavender Sutton) Curators of the Southbank Centre’s annual, iconic Meltdown Festival have […]
Chaka Khan: A Celebration of 50 Years in Music(Royal Festival Hall. 14 June 2024. Part of 2024 Meltdown. Review by Lavender Sutton) Curators of the Southbank Centre’s annual, iconic Meltdown Festival have […]
Back, Down Another Road: The Jazz Music Of Sir Karl Jenkins (Festival Pavilion, Museum Green, Swansea. 14 June 2024. Review by John Quinn) For the 2024 Swansea International Jazz Festival – which […]
Stan Getz – Unissued Session Copenhagen 1977(Steeplechase SCCD 31960. CD Review by Len Weinreich) Scene: a London hospital bed occupied by Ronnie Scott, legendary club owner poleaxed by a rogue spinal disc. […]
Pianist Liam Noble has a new improvising project with synthesizers…working with dancer Maya Takeda (link to video below) which he describes as “work in progress”. For this article in UKJN’s “10 Tracks…” […]
Award-winning alto saxophonist Sam Braysher is about to release his latest album, That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weill, exploring ten of this fascinating composer’s lesser-known tunes. The album launch is on […]
Following a successful first year, Summer Jazz Camp Scotland, directed by Andrew Bain and Ryan Quigley, is returning to the South Lanarkshire hills this August. Feature and interview with saxophone tutor Helena […]
Beth Gibbons (Barbican Hall. 9 June 2024. Review by Dick Hovenga(*)) Of course you shouldn’t do it. I know that. But because Beth Gibbons and her amazing band’s concert last Wednesday night […]
Sam Newbould – ‘Homing’(ZenneZ Records. Album review by Pete Woodman) Amsterdam-based saxophonist and composer Sam Newbould, born and raised in rural North Yorkshire, deserves to be better known. His first two CDs […]
The early jazz music of legendary composer Sir Karl Jenkins will feature at this year’s Swansea International Jazz Festival as part of his 80th birthday year celebrations. Sir Karl, who is also […]
Sebastian attended the 16th Jazzdor Festival in Berlin. A write-up of the first show is HERE. In this second piece he picks just a few highlights and themes (*) from the remainder […]
Threeway (Ben Crosland – bass composition, Steve Lodder – keyboards, Steve Waterman – trumpet) with guest John Etheridge have a new album, HARKEN!, marking the 500th anniversary of the foundation of Sedbergh […]
Los Angeles-based, platinum-awarded jazz singer, songwriter and lyricist Mark Winkler’s new album The Rules Don’t Apply is released in the UK on 28 June, and he is performing at Pizza Express Soho […]
The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2024 will take place in the city from 12-21 July, at several venues including the re-opened Jazz Bar. UKJN writers and Edinburgh residents Patrick Hadfield and […]
“230 Musicians 50 Bands 1 Stroller Ticket….“ (Festival poster). “A well-balanced, diverse programme of quality music.” (Festival Director Paul Kelly.) Swanage Jazz Festival will take place from 12 to 14 July 2024… […]
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist/composer/arranger Roger Kellaway. His new album, Roger Kellaway Live at Mezzrow, arrived 17 May 2024 via Cellar Music Group in collaboration […]
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