Bassist Calum Gourlay was born in Glasgow, and grew up in Fife, playing in his father’s jazz workshops and Scottish big bands, including Tommy Smith’s Youth Jazz Orchestra. He’s now based in London. His […]
Guy Barker’s annual big band Christmas spectacular has become a fixture in the jazz calendar. This year’s, the fourth, features vocalists Grammy-winner Kurt Elling and Quincy Jones collaborator Vula Malinga, clarinettist Giacomo […]
The latest edition of the exciting, musician-led Kennington mini-fest, which includes tributes to two jazz greats, features some top international players. Martin Chilton previews the festival for LondonJazz News: The now annual […]
With over 70 events spanning early and modern, soul, funk, blues, gypsy, electronic, and rock-influenced sounds, the fifth Cambridge International Jazz Festival celebrates jazz in all its diversity. Rachel Coombes previews the […]
LondonJazz News: What prompted you to give up orchestral playing? Jim Rattigan: I’d always had a passion for jazz, and played a bit on the piano. Playing the French horn is what […]
The Sounds of Denmark Festival at Pizza Express later this month will offer a fresh insight into the state of jazz in a country with a fine tradition of the music. Martin […]
The latest of the Jazz Repertory Company’s Cadogan Hall recreations of defining moments in jazz brings an historic big band battle back to life. Pete Long explained its significance to Peter Vacher: […]
Vocalist and songwriter Sue Rynhart is releasing a single We Are on Time (Flower Seeds) ahead of her appearances at this autumn’s Galway, Cork and London Jazz Festivals. She spoke from Inis […]
ARQ (the Alison Rayner Quintet) are about to launch their third album, Short Stories, and will be touring over the coming months, including two London dates: The Albany in Deptford on 29 […]
Vocalist and songwriter Georgia Mancio hosts her 2019 Hang at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho on 9 – 11 October. She spoke to John Fordham about collaboration, heritage, lyrics, multiple realities […]
Michael Janisch launches his latest album, Worlds Collide, with a concert by his new band at Kings Place on Friday, September 27. He spoke to Rob Adams: It’s the Wisconsin-born, London-based bass guitarist and double bassist’s […]
The latest in the historical concerts presented by Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory Company, focuses on a jazz icon, Miles Davis, and his annus mirabilis, 1959. Peter Vacher fills in the background to […]
Quentin Collins releases a new album, Road Warrior, on Friday 13 September. It’s an album that reflects on the trumpeter’s 25 years playing jazz and celebrates all the musicians out there who […]
He works incredibly hard, leaps into any situation he likes the sound of, has played in the bands of Dave Douglas and Paul Motian, and is making a rare visit to the […]
Under the leadership of drummer Clark Tracey, Herts Jazz has become one of the strongest in the British, volunteer-run jazz club circuit. Tracey spoke to John Fordham about how the club developed […]
