Sebastian writes: On the day of the Charlie Parker centennial we published reflections by twenty-four alto saxophone players. (LINK TO FEATURE). One musician whom we were unable to reach in advance of […]
“Finding myself on this label under my own name is a dream come true.” Dominik Wania is an outstanding young Polish pianist of a striking originality, whose fully improvised solo piano album […]
“The entire world is struggling with issues of governance, belief, financial resources, and cultural integrity. This is not the time for sleepwalking,” Wynton Marsalis tweeted recently. The Ever Fonky Lowdown , launched […]
Alan Wakeman – The Octet Broadcasts – 1969 and 1979 is about to be released as a double vinyl LP, on digital and as a Mini Vinyl replica-style double compact disc by […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
