Alyn CoskerPublicity Photo The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s resident drummer, Alyn Cosker brings his own group to London for two gigs this month. As well as much experience at home with SNJO, […]
Alison RaynerPhoto Credit: Jane C Reid The Alison Rayner Quintet (ARQ) was named Jazz Ensemble of the Year in the recent Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Alison spoke to Gail Tasker about the band’s […]
Laila BialiPhoto credit and © Rockie Nolan/ ACT Music In the past ten months since LJN last interviewed Canadian vocalist/pianist Laila Biali (link below), she’s been busy touring her latest, eponymous album […]
Paweł BrodowskiPhoto credit: Hans Kumpf There was a time in the early 1950s when jazz was illegal in Poland. It was played only by a group of enthusiasts secretly in the catacombs. […]
A Christmas show doesn’t have to be cosy – it can be swinging, unpredictable and even edgy, as John Fordham explains: Back in the distant day, before war engulfed the planet in […]
John Korsrud directing the Hard Rubber Orchestraat the Orpheum in Vancouver in 2017Photo credit and © Diane Smithers “To the best of our knowledge, this is the last large work Kenny Wheeler […]
Paul Pace (right) with Shu Ishikawa’s TrioPhoto credit: Yuko Yokoi PAUL PACE will be hosting a celebration of twenty years of live jazz at the Spice of Life on Wednesday 7 November. […]
Jasper HøibyPublicity picture by Dave Stapleton Bassist and bandleader Jasper Høiby has a new project brewing. Featuring saxophonist Josh Arcoleo and Drummer Marc Michel, Jasper Høiby’s Planet B will make its first […]
The Jazz Repertory Company’s EFG London Jazz Festival concert goes back to the very earliest days of jazz.. The World Gone Mad features a fascinating selection of the sounds emanating from America […]
Stan Sulzmann and Neon Orchestra at the 606Photo credit:Matt Pannell Saxophonist/composer/arranger/educator STAN SULZMANN, one of the central figures in British jazz, will celebrate his 70th birthday this November by going on tour […]
Dario NapoliPhoto Credit: Fabiana Toppia Nervi Django Reinhardt was only 43 when he died and he sometimes lamented in his final months that he might be overlooked by history. Happily, the virtuoso […]
Large diaphram condenser mics are great for recording double bass Mark Wingfield is a mixing and mastering engineer at Heron Island Studio. He has three DownBeat Masterpiece albums under his belt, a […]
Myles SankoPhoto Credit: Bruno Ferreira The Cambridge International Jazz Festival starting on 13 November is entering its fourth year. One of the key themes this year is the contribution/leadership of women in jazz, with headliners […]
Lorenzo De FintiPhoto credit: Francesco Locate LORENZO DE FINTI is an Italian/Swiss pianist based in Milan who records for the Norwegian label Losen. He explains his story and the background to his […]
Grant StewartPhoto Credit: John Abbott One of the many delights of the London Jazz Festival is the event-within-an-event called BopFest, which this year comprises nine concerts and features top-class musicians paying tribute […]
