French horn player Jim Rattigan’s new release, the 3-CD box set “Duos” – also featuring pianists Ivo Neame and Hans Koller, and guitarist Nick Costley-White – will be released on 20 October […]
Jim Rattigan (new 3-CD box set ‘Duos’)
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4 October 2023
READ ELSEWHERE In a half-hour YouTube video, Adam Neely ponders the question of whether Icelandic vocalist Laufey is “jazz”… or perhaps”mid-century pop” (?) – read more Bassist Richard Davis – Guardian obituary […]
Ogun and Cadillac Records – 50th birthday celebrations at Cafe Oto
Ogun and Cadillac Records – 50th birthday celebrations with Mike Westbrook, Jason Yarde, Alexander Hawkins and others(Cafe Oto. 28 September 2023. Live review and drawings/photos by Geoff Winston) This was a cleverly constructed […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Geoffrey Keezer – ‘The Art Of Arranging’ in Edinburgh
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Geoffrey Keezer – The Art Of Arranging(Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, 1 October 2023. Live review by Mark McKergow) Arranger, pianist and composer Geoffrey Keezer’s short visit to Scotland […]
Eltham Jazz Club’s Tribute to Dave Colton with Jim Mullen/Nigel Price (5 October)
Georgia Mancio writes: This week (Thursday 5 October) at Eltham we have a really special night in tribute to my much missed friend, Australian guitarist, Dave Colton, on what would have been […]
John Altman (Big Band in London 14 Oct, Henley 25 Oct)
“My main career has been as a composer/arranger/conductor for movies and records. But I’ve never stopped playing jazz,” writes John Altman. He looks forward to two performances by his Big Band playing […]
Mondays With Morgan: Eddie Henderson (new album ‘Witness to History’)
Mondays With Morgan is a column in LondonJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Therein, he dives deep into the jazz that moves him – […]
Nils Petter Molvær (new album ‘Certainty of Tides’ and Ronnie Scott’s date, both on 6 October)
Two things will coincide for Nils Petter Molvær this Friday 6 October: he will be at Ronnie Scott’s with his quartet: Jo Berger Myhre, guitar/bass, drummer Erland Dahlen, Swedish guitarist/ pedal steel […]
Mothers in Jazz (62): Allison Miller
“Mothers In Jazz” 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 […]
Nigel Price (tour dates with Lorne Lofsky – 13-21 Oct., and new album)
Nigel Price is currently on an extended organ trio/quartet tour, with over forty dates. But for just over a week in mid-October, Canadian guitarist Lorne Lofsky – renowned for his years with […]
Speakers and Artists announced for Jazz Promotion Network 2023 Conference & Showcases (Birmingham, 31 Oct- 2 Nov)
JPN has announced a significant part of the programme for its conference to be held this year in Birmingham. One of the themes of the event is inclusivity, with a session specifically […]
Matana Roberts – ‘Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden’
Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden(Constellation CST170. Album review by Jon Turney) So we reach the fifth instalment, of a projected 12, of saxophonist and sound artist Matana […]
Mike Westbrook Band of Bands at Pizza Express Dean Street
Mike Westbrook Band of Bands(Pizza Express, Dean Street. 23 September 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) This gig closed in a way that summed up the whole event: with a joyous, witty, […]
John Hart – ‘Resonance’
John Hart – Resonance(Steeplechase- 31948. Album review by Frank Griffith) Florida-based guitarist John Hart was a longtime resident in NYC from 1984-2012, before relocating to Miami for the post of Head Of […]
Cleveland Watkiss and Mark Mondesir at Frank and Mark’s, Oxford
Cleveland Watkiss, Mark Mondesir, Frank Harrison, Mark Hodgson (Frank and Mark’s, Iffley Church Hall, Oxford. 20 September 2023. Review by Mark Rowan-Hull) The other evening I went to a local village hall […]
