
READ ELSEWHERE Bassist Richard Davis is remembered by John Fordham in the Guardian – read more Richard Williams has a new Blue Moment piece about a newly released recording of Miles Davis […]
READ ELSEWHERE Bassist Richard Davis is remembered by John Fordham in the Guardian – read more Richard Williams has a new Blue Moment piece about a newly released recording of Miles Davis […]
Ogun and Cadillac Records – 50th birthday celebrations with Mike Westbrook, Jason Yarde, Alex 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(Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, 1 October 2023. Live review by Mark McKergow) Arranger, pianist and composer Geoffrey Keezer’s short visit to Scotland […]
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 […]
“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 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 – […]
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” 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 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 […]
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(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(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(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, 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 […]
Bruno Råberg (Shapeshifter Lab, Park Slope, Brooklyn . 23 September 2023. ‘Look Inside’ album launch. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Album launches are interesting events: they highlight the excitement of spontaneous live performance […]