John Pearce – Just Friends (JCP001. CD review by Mark McKergow) Bristol-based violinist John Pearce makes his CD debut with this delicious collection of jazz performances, standards brought to life by exciting […]
John Pearce – Just Friends
peterbacon
Trish Clowes’ eighth Emulsion festival (Vortex, 12 Oct)
Peter Bacon reports: The 2019 edition of Emulsion, saxophonist/composer Trish Clowes‘ one-day festival of genre-straddling music (her eighth), will take place in the Vortex Jazz Club, in Dalston, London, on Saturday 12 […]
Sam Rivers Trio featuring Cecil McBee and Norman Connors – Emanation
Sam Rivers Trio featuring Cecil McBee and Norman Connors – Emanation (NoBusiness Records NBCD 118. CD review by Brian Marley) When Sam Rivers signed to Impulse! at the tail end of the […]
Pigfoot – Pigfoot Shuffle launch at The Vortex
Pigfoot – Pigfoot Shuffle launch (The Vortex, 7 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’d just gone along as a punter, and to be honest, Adrian Pallant’s liner notes to the new album launched […]
Bill Evans ft. WDR Big Band Cologne – The East End
Bill Evans ft. WDR Big Band Cologne – The East End (Jazzline Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) Each week, LondonJazz News reviewers receive an email with the latest album releases needing reviews. When I […]
ADVICE: Sound Reasoning Part 6 – preamps
Mark Wingfield is a mixing and mastering engineer at Heron Island Studio. He has three DownBeat Masterpiece albums under his belt, a Jazzwise Best Release Of The Year, and over 300 rave […]
Eric Lewis – Intents and Purposes: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation
Eric Lewis – Intents and Purposes: Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation (Michigan University Press Hbk 265pp. Book review by Andy Hamilton) Intents and Purposes is named after a 1966 album by […]
Punkt Festival 2019, Norway – Part 2
Punkt Festival – Part 2 (Kristiansand, Norway, 5-7 September 2019. Round-Up by Martin Longley) It’s unusual to hear the Thurston Moore Group play instrumental music, but that’s what’s promised on their soon-coming […]
Evelyn Kallansee, vocalist with Tristan (UK tour 2-6 Oct)
Amsterdam-based acid jazz quintet Tristan return to the UK as part of the Going Dutch project, funded by Dutch Performing arts and administrated by the Jazz Promotion Network. The partnership with Going […]
London East Jazz Festival (Leytonstone, 5 Oct)
There’s a new jazz festival in town and it’s bringing exciting, diverse acts from across the UK to Leytonstone. There will be a full day of both free and ticketed music taking […]
Michael Janisch – Worlds Collide
Michael Janisch – Worlds Collide (Whirlwind Recordings. WR4742. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Michael Janisch has put together a band of some of the best players from London and New York for […]
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – Worldwide
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – Worldwide (Orenda Records ORENDA0065. Review by Peter Vacher) Tenorist Weiskopf is one of those top New York pros whose career has taken in the heady first-call local session […]
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers
Binker Golding – Abstractions of Reality Past and Incredible Feathers (Binker Golding. CD review by Harry Stott) Surprisingly straight up and filled with wonderfully lyrical flourishes, tenor saxophonist Binker Golding’s new record, […]
Marama Café Band – Introducing…
Marama Café Band – Introducing… (MARAMA RECORDS MR0001. CD Review by Alison Bentley) It’s that feeling of wandering round an old European city – Bucharest, maybe, or Sofia – and suddenly hearing music […]
Struan Douglas – The Story Of South African Jazz: Volume One
Struan Douglas – The Story Of South African Jazz: Volume One (Afribeat.com Pbk 344pp Book review by Andy Hamilton) Struan Douglas is a jazz journalist and trumpeter, born in Durban. This second […]
