One of the major jazz anniversaries of 2022 is the centenary of Toots Thielemans on Friday 29 April. LJN will be covering the big celebration of it in his native city, Brussels […]
Charles Mingus – Mingus Three (expanded reissue) (Rhino 603497841035 – album review by Mark McKergow) Friday 22 April 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Charles Mingus, double bassist, composer, pianist, band leader, activist […]
Trish Clowes – A View with a Room (Greenleaf GRE-CD-1094. Album review by Jon Turney) Jazz ensembles at two ends of a spectrum can both yield a kind of freedom. At one, […]
Sebastian writes: A sudden addition to the Wigmore Hall calendar today is Roscoe Mitchell on 28 June. (Quoting release) “Tuesday 28 June 2022 7:30PM Roscoe Mitchell saxophone; Plus special guests to be […]
Irish singer Christine Tobin recently moved back across the Atlantic. After five years in New York, she and partner Phil Robson are now based in rural Northwest Co. Roscommon. She is looking […]
We published the letter from Nigel Price to the DCMS on 13 April. Now, a week later, responses following on from that letter have also been made public. We publish them here: […]
Julie Sassoon Quartet/ Therese Hämer. – “It is my whole life” (Charlotte Salomon Project) Hamakom Theatre Vienna, 10 April 2022. Review by Oliver Weindling) Since moving to Berlin from London in 2009, […]
With the Mingus Centenary falling on 22 April 2022, we have attempted to collate UK events to mark the anniversary – please feel free to add to the list – either by […]
Serious/ EFG London Jazz Festival is announcing today the first wave of artists for its 30th festival. These include: Abdullah Ibrahim at the Barbican Melody Gardot and Jan Garbarek Group – both […]
Mingus – The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s(Resonance. 3-LP or 3-CD set (*). Review by Dan Bergsagel) In August 1972, the Charles Mingus Sextet had a two-week residency at Ronnie Scott’s. Now, […]
Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Friends – In Concert(The Last Music Company, BCLB 002. Review by Leonard Weinreich)Jazz, as we know it, first surfaced in New Orleans, a city unique in its country. […]
The W is Bruno Heinen’s group with Heidi Vogel(*), Gene Calderazzo and Andrea Di Biase. “We play all original music by Bruno but with total freedom of our own individual styles,” says […]
“Our peaceful, Grade I registered garden is unlike any other with its romantic design and architecture,” say the owners of Iford Manor, situated near Bradford-on-Avon, within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, […]
(XJAZZ! Berlin. 4-8 May 2022. Preview by Izzy Blankfield) Berlin is a city constantly in flux, and its jazz scene is no different. This year’s XJAZZ! Festival – taking place from 4 […]
Malcolm Earle Smith – Vocal Intent(Self-released via Bandcamp. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Few jazz instrumentalists were consummate jazz vocalists, most notably Louis Armstrong (who invented the art), Fats Waller, Nat Cole […]
