“Harmony was the main interest that sent me down the jazz route – harmony resonated with me,” says pianist Jonny Liebeck . A graduate of both the Royal Academy of Music and […]
Jonny Liebeck (new release “Mellow Mind”)
Dan Waldman (new release “Sources & Angles”)
UK Guitarist Dan Waldman has just released his debut album as leader Sources & Angles, which reflects the time he spent learning his trade in New York’s West Village. John Bungey tells […]
In lockdown with…pianist Brian Kellock
Scottish pianist Brian Kellock released a superb solo piano album in 2019, Bidin’ My Time. There are review and purchase links below (*) . His typically modest answer to the “instrument you […]
Sam Leak (“Absolute Pitch: myths, misconceptions, and learnability” – Online Talks at Midday on 13-17 July)
Pianist/composer Sam Leak is doing five online talks next week Monday-Friday 13 – 17 July, each day at noon, each lasting around forty-five minutes, on the subject of the Cambridge University Ph.D. […]
Jonny Mansfield (‘Portrait’, an album in a day – 6 August)
Huddersfield-born Jonny Mansfield is a percussionist who specialises in vibraphone. His studies with Jim Hart at the Royal Academy of Music culminated in winning the Kenny Wheeler Prize, and the debut recording […]
Reflections on unlocking live music by Tony Dudley-Evans
Tony Dudley-Evans writes Lockdown has given me the opportunity to relax, to think. And – I’ll admit it – I have enjoyed that… …and I have been enjoying live streamed events such […]
In lockdown with…Sara Gazarek
Sara Gazarek is a vocalist and educator, originally from Seattle and based in Los Angeles. Her 2019 album Thirsty Ghost, her seventh as leader, was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album. First […]
Lorenzo De Finti: “Safely distanced. Very careful. It’s time for our journey to start again.”
“How did it feel?”. “Unreal.” Italian-Swiss pianist Lorenzo De Finti, a good friend of LJN, placed this photo on Facebook on Saturday 27 June, with the caption “Safely distanced. Very careful. It’s […]
Norma Winstone has a new album project (Column in German magazine JAZZTHETIK)
For Sebastian’s regular London Column in the German magazine JAZZTHETIK(*), he spoke to Norma Winstone in mid-May, to discover that she is working on a new album project… In a world […]
Andrew McCormack (new album “Solo” released on 26 June)
Pianist Andrew McCormack’s first solo album Solo is about to be released. Feature by John Fordham: In October 2006, three months after a then little-known 28 year-old London pianist called Andrew McCormack […]
In lockdown with… duo Mishka Adams and Beto Caletti
The duo of Mishka Adams and Beto Caletti has its musical roots firmly planted in South America’s Afro-Latin rhythmic traditions. The combination of guitar, handheld percussion and intricate vocal harmonies bring an […]
In lockdown with… jazz club manager Kathianne Hingwan
Kathianne Hingwan is the general manager of the Vortex Jazz Club. As part of her work there, she has created and developed a number of new strategic projects including The Shape of […]
National Youth Jazz Collective: adapting to online (interview with Issie Barratt)
The impact of the lockdown on freelance musicians has been grave. Opportunities to play, rehearse and record have all but disappeared with only the virtual, digital world an outlet at present. That […]
In Lockdown with…. vocalist Julia Biel
Vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Julia Biel is one of Britain’s most versatile musicians. Her distinctive neo mellow sound combines a jazz approach with art-pop sensibilities and has seen her nominated for MOBO […]
In lockdown with… saxophonist Moreira Chonguiça
Mozambican jazz saxophonist, composer, producer, academic and philanthropist, Moreira Chonguiça is celebrated for blazing a trail from his East African roots to the world, notably through having founded the Morejazz Festival in […]
