“Many artists seem to plateau after a while, to “coast” – Ben is NOT one of these. He continues to surprise me,” writes guitarist Ant Law. In the latest of LJN’s series […]
10 Ben Monder Tracks I Can’t Do Without…by Ant Law
Tom Smith (new album ‘Drifter Days’, with Daniel Bulatkin Trio – Czech Republic)
London-based saxophonist Tom Smith has a new double album ‘Drifter Days’ with a trio led by Czech pianist Daniel Bulatkin. The launch will be at Pizza Express Dean Street on Monday 23 […]
Tim Garland – Vigil Songbook (Band on the Wall, 29 May / Ronnie Scott’s, 1 June)
Since his emergence an an artist in the late ‘80s, Tim Garland has firmly established an international reputation as one of Britain’s foremost saxophonists and composers. Some highlights of his career include […]
10 Tracks by Earl Hines I Can’t Do Without…by Liam Noble
In this edition of ’10 Tracks I Can’t Do Without, a series in which jazz musicians do a personal deep dive into the music of their antecedents and idols, Liam Noble considers […]
Ten Mike Gibbs tracks I can’t do without…by John L. Walters
John L. Walters writes: Michael Gibbs (b. 1937) is one of the world’s great jazz composer/arrangers, who came to prominence in the late 1960s London jazz scene. Over the past five decades […]
Ten Tracks by Charles Mingus (and Dannie Richmond) I Can’t Do Without . . . by Chris Biscoe
For the Centenary of Charles Mingus’ birth, LJN asked saxophonist Chris Biscoe, who has run the Mingus Moves Sextet since 1995 (see details of three forthcoming gig dates below), to reflect on […]
Christine Tobin (live dates 29/4, 30/4, 9/5 + new songs/album)
Irish singer Christine Tobin recently moved back across the Atlantic. After five years in New York, she and partner Phil Robson are now based in rural Northwest Co. Roscommon. She is looking […]
Tia Brazda (Pizza Express Holborn, 2 May)
Growing up in Vancouver, Tia Brazda says “singing and writing became like companions” that she still has to this day. Coming to London to promote her new album When I Get Low with […]
Ten Sonny Rollins Tracks I Can’t Live Without…by Liam Noble
In LJN’s ‘Ten Tracks I Can’t Do Without’ series, where jazz musicians write about their inspirations, Liam Noble writes about Sonny Rollins: Liam Noble writes: You can’t chose your family, nor the […]
Xhosa Cole (Stanley Arts, Norwood, Int. Jazz Day, 30 April)
“I think people can underestimate the capacity that this music has to transform you emotionally and spiritually. We take that task and that job very seriously.” Xhosa Cole. Among the London gigs […]
10 Tracks by Duke Ellington (as pianist) that I Can’t Do Without…by Liam Noble
In our growing series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, pianist Liam Noble writes about Duke Ellington as pianist: A […]
Anna Ferrer (vocalist from Menorca, The Pheasantry, 6 April)
“I love it deeply, I need it, I need to leave it… and to come back crying because I had forgotten that nowhere do I feel as centred as when I am […]
Ten Tracks by Bill Frisell I can’t do without… by Liam Noble
For the LJN “10 Tracks I Can’t Do Without” series, in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, Liam Noble writes […]
Brigitte Beraha (Lucid Dreamers tour, 25 March-24 July)
Vocalist Brigitte Beraha’s quartet Lucid Dreamers, with Alcyona Mick (piano/ synth), George Crowley (sax/clarinet/ electronics) and Tim Giles (drums/ electronics) has a new album, Blink, for release on 20 May with a […]
Ten Tracks by Joni Mitchell I can’t do without… by Tara Minton
For the LJN “10 Tracks I Can’t Do Without” series, in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, singer-songwriter Tara Minton picks […]
