Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (Jazz Standard, New York, 24 October 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) There is no dramatic start or ear-catching launch; instead, Darcy James Argue is slowly layering the […]
Van Morrison – Three Chords And The Truth (Exile/Caroline. CD review by Adam Sieff) Here’s Van Morrison at 74, a hard working man with a busy tour schedule releasing his sixth album in […]
Belgrade Jazz Festival (Various venues, 22-28 October 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) How much, I wondered, is Stanley Clarke’s right thumb insured for? As he hammered it down with awesome power […]
Peter Bacon reports: The Sunday Jazz Weekender is back and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Brian Kellock, Gwilym Simcock, plus duos of SNJO head honcho Tommy Smith and Kellock, and Zoe Gilby […]
Gradischnig/Fishwick/Raible/Antoniou/Home – Mo Is On: The Music of Elmo Hope Vol 2 (Trio Records TR604. CD review by Leonard Weinreich) Jazz is haunted by tragic ghosts: giants like Bix, Christian, Blanton, Bird and […]
Ray Swinfield, who played woodwinds with everyone from Count Basie to The Beatles, died earlier this month at the age of 79. Lindy Swinfield has very kindly shared with LondonJazz News this […]
Peter Bacon reports: Birmingam bassist Chris Mapp’s Stillefelt, his Norwegian-influenced trio project with trumpeter Percy Pursglove and guitarist Thomas Seminar Ford, is playing a four-day residency at the Artefact centre in Stirchley, […]
Peter Bacon reports: British saxophonist Stan Sulzmann – surely one of the most admired and certainly one of the most loved jazz musicians in the UK – has a new album coming out […]
Jazz & The City Festival – Part 1 (Various venues, Salzburg, 17/18 October 2019. Round-up review by Leah Williams) Landing quite late on the second official day of Salzburg’s Jazz & the […]
Marc Copland Trio – And I Love Her (Illusions Mirage IM4004. CD review by Mike Collins) In a recording studio somewhere, the drummer drops into a groove: a ghost of a backbeat; a […]
