Peter Bernstein and Jim Mullen (606 Club. 23 November 2021. Review by Nigel Price) The jazz world can be a very noisy place. It can often feel like the only way to […]
Peter Bernstein and Jim Mullen at the 606 Club
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Mulo Francel – ‘Mountain Melody’
Mulo Francel – Mountain Melody GLM Music Records: FM262-2 . Album Review by Jane Mann) This new album from composer and saxophonist Mulo Francel is fascinating and highly unusual. Francel grew up […]
Andrea Rinciari – ‘To Bud’
Andrea Rinciari – To Bud (Soho Live. EP Review by Lavender Sutton) London-based Italian guitarist Andrea Rinciari‘s debut EP To Bud is a stellar first endeavour. With a passion for Bud Powell’s […]
‘For You I Must Become a Tree’ from Sara Serpa’s new album ‘Intimate Strangers’
Sara Serpa’s new album Intimate Strangers (Biophilia Records) is due out on 3 December, 2021. It features vocalists Aubrey Johnson and Sofia Rei and Serpa herself, with pianist Matt Mitchell and synth […]
Alyn Shipton Interview: New Jazz Titles from Equinox Books
The first few months of 2022 will see quite a few new additions to the Equinox Books Jazz List, in the series Popular Music History. Series Editor is broadcaster, author and bassist […]
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion at the Royal Festival Hall (EFG LJF 2021)
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion(Royal Festival Hall. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by George James) As befits a legend, a large and enthusiastic crowd thronged the RFH for a concert […]
In Brief: The 2021 EFG London Jazz Festival in short reviews
LJN provides the most comprehensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. By a considerable margin. And yet our reviews (twenty and still counting at the time of publishing this) only pick […]
Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Gene Calderazzo at Frith Manor Primary School (2021 EFG LJF)
Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Gene Calderazzo (Frith Manor Primary School, Woodside Park, Barnet. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) The EFG London Jazz Festival has taken a Barnet […]
Abdullah Ibrahim – ‘Solotude’
Abdullah Ibrahim – Solotude(Gearbox Records. Available on 12-inch vinyl LP or CD. Review by Len Weinreich)Over the past few years, Abdullah Ibrahim (born Cape Town, South Africa, 9 October 1934) has shared […]
WoodKid + Yo La Tengo (EFG LJF 2021)
WoodKid + Yo La Tengo(Royal Festival Hall. 17/19 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by AJ Dehany) The Beyond Margins series at the London Jazz Festival presents artists who don’t usually appear in […]
Nils Petter Molvaer at Ronnie Scott’s (EFG LJF 2021)
Nils Petter Molvaer (Ronnie Scott’s. 17 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rob Mallows) This was a very Norwegian gig.Sure, there were three Norwegian musicians on stage. Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, drummer […]
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra at Union Chapel (EFG LJF 2021)
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra (Union Chapel. 20 November 2021. EFG LJGF. Review by Rob Mallows) As homecomings go, this one was a rip-snorter! Bill Laurance – who started his career as Snarky […]
Bansangu Orchestra at the Spice of Life (EFG LJF 2021)
Bansangu Orchestra (Spice of Life. 21 November 2021. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Bansangu, I hear you ask? As Paul Booth who runs Bansangu Orchestra has explained: “The band’s name comes from the […]
Luzmira Zerpa at The Sanctuary, E17 (EFG LJF 2021)
Luzmira Zerpa (The Sanctuary, E17. 18 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rosa Sawer) Venezuelan-born and London-based musician Luzmira Zerpa brought all the zeal and passion of Latin America to the intimate […]
Andrew McCormack Trio + Rob Barron Trio at Pizza Express Holborn (EFG LJF 2021)
Andrew McCormack Trio + Rob Barron Trio(Pizza Express Live Holborn, 19 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Mike Collins) Early on in Andrew McCormack’s set on the last Friday of the London […]
