LondonJazz News contributor, bassist Olie Brice is part of a new quartet and is delighted to find that his heroes are also his colleagues and friends: One of the amazing things about […]
Global Music Foundation 2020 offers jazz intensive music courses and festivals in Tuscany and London. Its director, Stephen Keogh explains more: We’re starting off this new year with the launch of a […]
AfuriKo – Tao (AFRK01. CD Review by Graham Spry) AfuriKo are undoubtedly an international duo. Their name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for Africa and Child. The Anglo-French pianist, Jim Funnell, […]
Grégory Privat – Soley (Buddham Jazz Records. CD review by Rob Mallows) Until this year’s London Jazz Festival, I had not heard of French pianist Grégory Privat. Then I saw him playing as part of […]
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks – Complete (Summerfold. BBSF 030BX . CD and download Review by Patrick Hadfield) Complete, a large collection, comprising 24 CDs and DVDs, documents the 20-year career of Bill Bruford’s […]
Mark Guiliana and Billy Martin with Soul Gnawa (Winter JazzFest) (The Sultan Room, 14 January 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) After the acoustic overload that is much of the Winter JazzFest – […]
Simone Baron & Arco Belo – The Space Between Disguises (GenreFluid Records GF0001. CD Review by Jane Mann) This is a new recording, released at the end of last year, from Italian-American […]
Manhattan Marathon night, Winter JazzFest (Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11 January 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) The Winter JazzFest in New York runs over 11 days in January, but the Manhattan marathon nights […]
Quentin Collins Sextet – Road Warrior (Ubuntu Records – UB0027 CD Review by Paul Kelly) Whilst mid-40s Bebop created the seismic break from 30s swing, it was, in reality its slightly less frenetic successor, […]
International Jazzfestival Münster 2020 – Shortcut Koma Saxo Airelle Besson / Lionel Suarez Duo Pipe Dream (Theater Münster, 5 January 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) What to do in the post-holiday lull […]
Peter Bacon reports: It’s called The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, and it’s not only strange but plays loose with reality. As the small print states: “The events in […]
Peter Bacon reports: Thursday 9 January sees the launch of the Paul Dunmall Invitation Series in the Eastside Jazz Club at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Promoter Tony Dudley-Evans explained: “The idea and project […]
Andrea Brachfeld – Brazilian Whispers (Origin 82795. CD Review by Sam Norris) Flautist Andrea Brachfeld’s CV reads like a who’s who of Latin jazz. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, […]
Freelance photographer Brian Homer and jazz scholar Dr Pedro Cravinho got together to investigate the “other lives” that jazz musicians have. The result is an exhibition called Jazz Journeys: Everyday Life, a […]
We asked our writers and friends to each submit one Jazz Highlight of 2019. Here are the results: Rob Adams: Pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski (aka New Focus) exploring The […]
