The first few months of 2022 will see quite a few new additions to the Equinox Books Jazz List, in the series Popular Music History. Series Editor is broadcaster, author and bassist […]
Sara Colman (new album ‘Ink on a Pin’ and touring until 26 Nov)
British singer Sara Colman is an acclaimed singer-songwriter. Her last album “What We’re Made Of” was praised by US critic Ted Gioia. She won ‘Lyricist of the Year’ in the UK Songwriting […]
‘Bossa Nova with Strings’ (Cadogan Hall, 21 November, 2021 EFG LJF)
The Jazz Repertory Company’s latest show, Bossa Nova with Strings, will be premiered at London’s Cadogan Hall on Sunday 21 November. It promises to be a night of glittering variety. As well […]
Guy Barker (Big Band Christmas, Royal Albert Hall, 10 December)
Guy Barker is returning to the Royal Albert Hall this December for the sixth year of his Big Band Christmas, and it’s back to full capacity. Interview by Mary James LondonJazz News: […]
Nishla Smith (new album ‘Friends with Monsters’ and touring)
Singer and writer Nishla Smith is about to launch her debut album, Friends with Monsters (Whirlwind Recordings). She ” is a natural storyteller” and the album is “a set of inventive narratives […]
Esbe (New Album ‘Under Cover’)
Esbe is a London-based singer, composer, producer, artist and multi-instrumentalist. She studied classical guitar at the Royal Academy of Music. Her background is North African, Middle Eastern, British and Jewish. She has […]
Nicolas Meier World Group (new triple album ‘Magnificent’, and 606 Club launch on 20 October)
Guitarist Nicolas Meier is about to release a new, ambitious triple album, Magnificent, with his World Group, (violinist Richard Jones, bassist Kevin Glasgow and percussionist Demi Garcia Sabat). “The collection often suggests […]
Kevin Brady (new album ‘Plan B’, Ubuntu Music; Irish tour Nov-Dec 2021)
Irish drummer and bandleader Kevin Brady has reinvented his acoustic trio as an electric quartet for a new album on Ubuntu Music, Plan B – with Seamus Blake, Dave Redmond and Bill […]
Andrew Woodhead (‘Pendulums – Music for Bellringers, Improvisers & Electronics’ album launch 16 October)
Birmingham-based composer Andrew Woodhead is about to perform the most ambitious piece you’ll hear this year. The album Pendulums – Music for Bellringers, Improvisers & Electronics was released in June, and the launch […]
John Law’s Congregation – ‘CONFIGURATION’ (Album Launch 27 October)
A year and a half after its release in May 2020, John Law’s Congregation will be celebrating the launch of their new album CONFIGURATION next month at King’s Place. Feature by Jon […]
Fiona Ross (new album ‘Red Flags and High Heels’, launch 6 October)
Fiona Ross’s fifth album Red Flags and High Heels will be launched at Pizza Express Dean Street on 6 October. She explains the background. Interview by Sebastian Scotney, LondonJazz News: There are […]
Vula Viel/ Bex Burch (Tour Dates 14-20 Oct)
Bex Burch’s trio Vula Viel, with Jim Hart on drums and Ruth Goller on bass are shortly setting off on tour, starting in Brighton on 14 October, with subsequent gigs in Poole, at […]
Helena Debono – new album ‘Right Here’
Singer Helena Debono’s new album ‘Right Here’ is out right now. She talks to Andrew Cartmel. Before I met Helena Debono to chat about her new album, I did a little bit […]
Tim Richards and MusicGurus – ‘Beginning Jazz Piano’ (interactive course of lessons)
Pianist and composer Tim Richards has been performing and composing for bands on the British jazz scene for well over 30 years. Parallel to the journey as a working musician has been […]
Steve Dyer – ‘Revision’ (new album released 16 September)
“It’s about the interrelationships between patterns”: South African saxophonist and bandleader Steve Dyer’s new album ‘Revision’ is released on 16 September. Interview by South African jazz writer Gwen Ansell. Ghana’s sankofa bird […]
