Alyn Shipton’s new book On Jazz draws on a weighty archive of interviews he has accumulated in a long career mixing roles as publisher, author, editor, broadcaster and, not least, musician. He explains how […]
Alyn Shipton (new book ‘On Jazz’)
Alex Merritt/Steve Fishwick Quintet (new album ‘Mind-Ear-Ladder’, and tour dates)
Mind-Ear-Ladder is the debut album from the quintet co-led by saxophonist Alex Merritt and trumpeter Steve Fishwick, (Fresh Sound New Talent). The album puts a new spin on a classic jazz sound […]
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 […]
Claire Martin (Iford Manor Jazz Festival 2022, 22-24 July)
“Our peaceful, Grade I registered garden is unlike any other with its romantic design and architecture,” say the owners of Iford Manor, situated near Bradford-on-Avon, within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, […]
XJAZZ! Festival 2022, Berlin – (4 to 8 May)
(XJAZZ! Berlin. 4-8 May 2022. Preview by Izzy Blankfield) Berlin is a city constantly in flux, and its jazz scene is no different. This year’s XJAZZ! Festival – taking place from 4 […]
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 […]
Koki Nakano (Stone Nest, 22 April)
“I always have a habit of imagining movement when I compose,” Japanese composer and pianist Koki Nakano, based in France will be performing at Stone Nest in Shaftesbury Avenue, to mark the forthcoming […]
Germana Stella La Sorsa (‘Vapour’ Album Launch, Vortex, 30 April)
Germana Stella La Sorsa refers to herself as a jazz singer and storyteller. With her debut album Vapour, released on the 33Jazz Label, she explores the crossroads of many musical components, […]
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 […]
Trish Clowes: when making jazz is “the most fun ever”
Bandleader, composer and saxophonist Trish Clowes explains how her band, My Iris, has taken the spirit of adventure into the studio for their new album. Feature by John Bungey. The essence of […]
Laila Biali: from Cole Porter to Coldplay (Ronnie Scott’s, 3 May)
She’s acclaimed in her native Canada for her covers of jazz classics but she’s sung pop with Sting and adapted rock hits too, so what sort of show will the award-winning singer-pianist […]
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 […]
Ryan McCaffrey (Cong-Fusion album ‘The World As We Know It’ – CLF Art Lounge 15 April)
Jazz-funk fusion seven-piece Cong-Fusion’s debut album The World As We Know It is brimming with musical inspirations from Afro-Cuban music, jazz, funk and soul, with deep personal reflections on family, bullying, alcohol, […]
