Italian singer, composer and lyricist Germana Stella La Sorsa moved to London in 2017, and quickly made an impact on the London scene with her Jazz in Cinema project. Tony Kofi has […]
Roy Mor – ‘After The Real Thing’ (new album on Ubuntu Music, release 21 May)
The ‘sound of surprise’, writes Mike Collins, is a description often attached to jazz since American writer Whitney Balliett used it in the early 60s. It sprang to mind as London Jazz […]
Mood Indigo resume live events (6 June 2021)
Pandemic or no pandemic, London-based gig promoters Mood Indigo have not let the grass grow under their feet. With a series of streamed events over the last year, co-organisers Terence Collie and […]
Jazz South Online Festival (22-30 April)
Since the founding of Jazz South three years ago (*), the programme has been busy developing networks, connections and talent across the south of England. To celebrate the diverse talent across the […]
Sam Braysher – new trio album release
Saxophonist Sam Braysher has been quietly but determinedly carving out his own space in London’s jazz scene since graduating from Guildhall in 2011. While his freelance portfolio involves larger ensembles (including John […]
Julie Sassoon (new solo album ‘If You Can’t Go Outside…Go Inside’)
Since moving to Berlin more than a decade ago, Manchester-born pianist Julie Sassoon has forged a substantial career in Germany. She appears as solo pianist, with her quartet, and in duos such […]
Logan Richardson ‘Afrofuturism’ – (album released on Whirlwind Recordings)
With his new album, “Afrofuturism”, Kansas City-born alto saxophonist Logan Richardson has started to achieve a number of long-held ambitions. He describes his processes, methods and objectives to Martin Longley: Right at […]
Ann Liebeck (‘Violetta’s Last Tango’ Celebrating the Astor Piazzolla Centenary)
Happy 100th birthday Astor Piazzolla (born 11 March 1921). In this feature John Bungey investigates singer Ann Liebeck’s plans to celebrate the tango master on his centenary…tonight: Astor Piazzolla took the dance […]
Georgia Mancio/ Alan Broadbent (new album plus songbook for release 27 March)
The sense of a special relationship slowly evolving has been unmistakeable whenever the gifted and versatile British/Italian singer-songwriter Georgia Mancio reflects on her now eight year-old partnership with the Grammy-winning former Woody […]
Shez Raja : ‘Tales From The Punjab’
“It really is a miracle that I managed to record this album,” says Shez Raja. The highly rated bassist and bandleader travelled 4,000 miles to create Tales From The Punjab, his new […]
QOW Trio – (Eddie Myer, Riley Stone-Lonergan, Spike Wells – Debut Album Release on Ubuntu Music, 5 Feb 2021)
Starting out as a one-off gig paying tribute to Sonny Rollins, this sax-bass-drums trio took on a life of its own as three generations of jazz musicians brought both their shared influences […]
Fred Thomas (new album with Benoît Delbecq and Ewan Bleach: ‘Dick Wag – A Tribute to Richard Wagner’)
Fred Thomas’s new album on the Babel label, Dick Wag – A Tribute to Richard Wagner, “brings a fresh perspective to some best-loved Wagnerian moments by stripping its forces back to the […]
Will Glaser – new album ‘Climbing In Circles’
Climbing In Circles (Ubuntu Music) is the “culmination of a slow-burning three-year project” by Nottinghamshire-born drummer Will Glaser in his trio with Matthew Herd and Liam Noble. He explained the background to […]
Jeff Williams (new album on Whirlwind Recordings: ‘Road Tales’
“I feel like I know what jazz is- the dedication, the seriousness, the humour, the joy of making this music.” Ohio-born, UK-based drummer Jeff Williams’ new album features John O’Gallagher (alto), Josh […]
Rubim de Toledo: new notes from Canada (new album ‘The Dig’)
When lockdown scuppered Rubim de Toledo’s year, the Edmonton-based bassist and bandleader discovered a new way of working – and a new sound. John Bungey reports: Has lockdown changed the work that […]
