Violinist Faith Brackenbury continues her collaboration with avant garde free jazz drummer Tony Bianco with the release of a new double album ‘Wayward Mystic’, improvisations on the music of St. Hildegard von […]
In our growing series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, composer/arranger, saxophonist and LondonJazz contributor Charles Rees looks at the […]
“What’s not to love! These musicians are beautiful, creative people and their personality just flows out through the speakers,” writes pianist/composer Steve Baker of the experience of working with Laura Jurd, Mark […]
“Frances Madden’s songwriting is a great mixture and is incredibly accessible to the public, with beautifully written melodies”. Chong Lim AM, who has been musical director or producer for many of Australia’s most […]
Going into the studio on his own to record a solo album had never appealed to John Scofield. From his flat in New York, Scofield spoke to Belgian writer Jean-Pierre Goffin about […]
This Sunday 17 July sees the UK debut of French pianist Sofiane Pamart. The video below, of him playing at the Montreux Jazz Festival, has had over a million views since being […]
There are quiet heroes. Mike Westbrook is one of them. Since the early 1970s, the English pianist, composer and horn player has been offering elegant, rich and intelligent music that is off […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is offering music fans the chance to access part of its programme – even if they can’t get to Scotland’s capital city in person. Rob Adams reports: […]
County Durham-born pianist/composer Paul Edis is best known for his work as Musical Director and co-songwriter for Jo Harrop – they are originally from the same town, Chester-Le-Street; Paul Edis is now […]
In the latest of LJN’s series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about composer and multi-reedist Henry Threadgill, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016 and an NEA […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has a special offer: a digital pass offering online access to twenty of the concerts during the festival. The full list of the concerts available via the […]
Jerry & The Pelican System aka Jerzy Mączyński, a young Polish jazz and experimental saxophonist and composer, will present music from his latest release “Sariani”, combining electronic ambient textures with a deeply […]
The Jazz Weekend of the Buxton International Festival 2022 will present something of a coup, the first appearance since 2015 of The Impossible Gentlemen, in what is described as a “2022 version” […]
Sarah Chaplin, who runs the jazzlondonlive.com listings website, which since 2017 has been the online successor to Jazz in London, also does a weekly jazz radio show for Brooklands Radio (DAB and […]
The Jazz Repertory Company (JazzRep) is back. It returns to Cadogan Hall with “It’s Trad Dad”, a popular show celebrating “a black and white snap of a different Britain on the brink […]
