Yes! Trio (New Morning, Paris, 3 December 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What happens when everything goes right? When three friends who already knew each other as music students remain in contact […]
Yes! Trio at New Morning in Paris
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Brian Blain at 90 – Accolades and Anecdotes
Happy 90th Birthday BRIAN BLAIN. On this happy day, which will end with a birthday gig by Liane Carroll at Lauderdale House, we present accolades and anecdotes from friends and colleagues, to […]
Panorama of Nordic Jazz and Nordic Comets Showcase in Paris
Sebastian writes: The opening day of the AJC’s annual meeting “Les Rencontres AJC” on 2 December 2019 at the new Pan Piper venue in the 11th Arondissement was given over to a […]
Soweto Kinch: The Black Peril at EartH (2019 EFG LJF)
Soweto Kinch: The Black Peril (EartH Hackney, EFG London Jazz Festival. 22 November 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) “Peaky Blinders meets W.E.B. Du Bois” is how Richard Coles on BBC Radio 4’s […]
Boptet and Steve Fishwick Nonet at BOPFEST (2019 EFG LJF)
Boptet and Steve Fishwick Nonet (Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Bar. 23 November 2019. BOPFEST/EFG LJF. Review by Frank Griffith) Much flying Bopster-ity and beyond was to be heard during the seven days of […]
RIP Roy Willox (1929-2019)
Sebastian writes: We are sad to hear of the death yesterday of alto saxophonist Roy Willox at the age of 90. Roy was involved in countless studio and big band sessions. Colleagues […]
We Also Heard… mini-reviews from the 2019 EFG London Jazz Festival
Sebastian writes: LondonJazz News provides the most comprehensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. This year we have around 40 full length reviews. And yet… we are not covering more than […]
Lorne Lofsky Quartet with Lauren Bush (2019 EFG LJF)
Lorne Lofsky Quartet with Lauren Bush – The Chet Stream (Pizza Express Dean Street. EFG London Jazz Festival. 24 November 2019. Review by Frank Griffith) Legendary Canadian guitarist Lorne Lofsky was making his first visit to […]
Vanessa Rubin featuring Danny Grissett (2019 EFG LJF)
Vanessa Rubin featuring Danny Grissett (Pizza Pheasantry. 23 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Alison Bentley) “Every night, I stand up here on the shoulders of every singer that has […]
Larry Goldings Trio at the 606 Club (2019 EFG LJF)
Larry Goldings Trio (606 Club, EFG London Jazz Festival, 20 November 2019. Review by Peter Jones) Although he has played in London on many occasions, this was the first time organist Larry […]
Hermeto Pascoal at Ronnie Scott’s (2019 EFG LJF)
Hermeto Pascoal (Ronnie Scott’s. 18 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is, quite literally, no other musical experience like a concert by Hermeto Pascoal. In his review […]
Ant Law Quintet (2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival)
Ant Law Quintet – Life I Know (Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College. Cambridge Jazz Festival. 18 November 2019. Review by John Arnett) The small but very characterful theatre setting, in one of […]
SEED Ensemble at the 2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival
SEED Ensemble (Storey’s Field Centre. Cambridge International Jazz Festival. 17 November 2019. Review by John Arnett) The SEED Ensemble delivered a triumphant conclusion to Sunday’s festival programme in the pristine concert hall […]
Robin Phillips (Re-Versed album launch, Pizza Express Jazz Club, 30 Nov)
Robin Phillips is an in-demand singer-pianist who is originally from Surrey who now lives on the outskirts of Cambridge. In a typical year he performs over 200 gigs. In this interview with […]
Jan Garbarek Group (2019 EFG LJF)
Jan Garbarek Group (Royal Festival Hall. 17 November 2019. EFG London Festival. Review by Mike Collins) Trading fours sounds different in a Jan Garbarek set. An hour and half into their gig […]
