Clark Tracey and the Festival Team in 2016Photo credit: Melody McLaren With just under two weeks to go until this year’s eighth Herts Jazz Festival, Clark Tracey reflected on this year’s programme, […]
Leszek MożdżerPhoto credit Lukasz Gawronski Pianist and composer Leszek Możdżer is one of the great revelations of the last decade in Polish jazz. His most successful album to date, Komeda, released on the […]
A muqam trio in a restaurantPhoto: Mary James One of LJN’s regular contributors, Mary James recently spent a few days in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Here are some impressions, plus a few […]
Sara ColmanPhoto: Ian Wallman Sara Colman has her new album, What We’re Made Of, coming out later this month, and will be performing music from it, as well as some arrangements of […]
Dakhla Brass at the 2016 Montreal Jazz FestivalPhoto: FIJM Bristol’s DAKHLA BRASS already contrived a richly orchestrated sound when they were a three-horns and drums four-piece. Now they are exploring a richer […]
Photo Credit: Dan Hopkins GABRIELLE DUCOMBLE goes further into her desire to make music that means something with her third album, Across The Bridge, which she launches at Pizza Express Jazz Club, […]
Georgia Mancio, jazz vocalist and lyricist, as well as the producer/organiser from 2010 to 2014 of the ReVoice! Festival, last year devised her first Hang. It’s a mini-festival of sorts which takes […]
BabelfishPhoto Credit: Monika S Jakubowska Babelfish have a 19-date tour of the UK from September to November 2018. Singer Brigitte Beraha talked to Alison Bentley about working with pianist Barry Green, bassist […]
Nadin Deventer, Artistic Director of JazzFest BerlinPhoto credit: Camille Blake/ Berliner Festspiele The full programme for this year’s 55th JazzFest Berlin was announced this morning. Tickets go on sale on 8 September […]
Monitoring levels are importantPhoto credit: © Borislav Kresojević Mark Wingfield is a mixing and mastering engineer at Heron Island Studio. He has three DownBeat Masterpiece albums under his belt, a Jazzwise Best Release […]
Richard Pite celebrates ten years of the Jazz Repertory Company at Cadogan Hall with a re-run of his sell-out concert of 2015 featuring the music of Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, […]
Don WellerPhoto credit: Nicholas de Jong Cleyndert On Monday 10 September the 606 Club presents a night of music and celebration in honour of the great British saxophonist Don Weller. Don is […]
Joe Locke and Gwilym SimcockPhoto credit: Monika S Jakubowska A special concert coming up gives us the opportunity to see two exciting but contrasting groups, both featuring pianist Gwilym Simcock. For the first […]
Ramón VallePublicity Photo by Gerhard Richter “You don’t need to play free jazz to feel free in jazz,” says Amsterdam-based Cuban pianist RAMÓN VALLE, who will be with his trio at Ronnie […]
The Julian Costello QuartetPhoto: © Lisa Miniussi Saxophonist Julian Costello starts out soon on a tour with a difference – his Open Soundcheck tour. He tells Mary James what it’s all about.London […]
