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 […]
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SNJO and Simcock headline Middlesbrough Sunday Jazz Weekender (27 Oct)
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
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 […]
R.I.P. Ray Swinfield (14 Dec 1939 – 4 Oct 2019) – in tribute
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 […]
Chris Mapp’s Stillefelt residency at Artefact, Stirchley, West Midlands (23-26 Oct)
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, […]
Stan Sulzmann Organ Quartet album launch at the 606
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, Salzburg – Part 1
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
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 […]
ADVICE: Sound Reasoning Part 7 – other things to consider
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 […]
Soloists announced for Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas (Royal Albert Hall, 19 Dec)
Peter Bacon reports: This, annnounced this morning, from the Royal Albert Hall: “A host of special guests have been announced for Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas, as the bandleader’s festive showcase returns […]
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – UK Premiere at London Film Festival
Miles Davis: Birth Of The Cool – UK Premiere at London Film Festival Director: Stanley Nelson (Eagle Rock/Firelight Films/American Masters Pictures/BBC Music. Film review by Adam Sieff) When a really great music documentary comes […]
Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano – Roma
Enrico Rava/Joe Lovano – Roma (ECM 774 2428. Review by Peter Bacon) Such is the quality of live recordings these days that it can come as a surprise to hear applause at […]
Martin Speake & Alex Maguire – Feathers
Martin Speake & Alex Maguire – Feathers (Pumpkin Records. 011. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) This two-CD set from Martin Speake (alto saxophone) and Alex Maguire (piano) shows the two improvisers in deep conversation, […]
Mike Stern & Jeff Lorber Fusion – Eleven
Mike Stern & Jeff Lorber Fusion – Eleven (Concord Jazz Records. CD review by Rob Mallows) Jeff Lorber is the original gangster when it comes to jazz-funk-fusion and all the variations thereof (indeed, he’s been […]
Luca Manning – When The Sun Comes Out
Luca Manning – When The Sun Comes Out (Luca Manning. CD review by Mark McKergow) The debut CD from Glasgow vocalist Luca Manning is a real landmark – a stripped-back collection of […]
