Glasshopper’s long-awaited debut album Fortune Rules is a significant step forward for the trio, expanding and refining the group’s sound, instrumentation and ambition. AJ Dehany spoke with saxophonist Jonathan Chung over Zoom. […]
Vocalist/actor Emily Rose Laurence brought out her debut album “Relativity” in July. She has worked on several projects, including stage shows and gigs in and around London. Her strongest connection to the […]
Sebastian writes: This article has just one purpose: to wish a very happy 80th birthday, today 26 October 2020, to Eddie Henderson. It was a pleasure and a privilege to check in […]
For the past few years, Canadian trumpeter Lina Allemano has been moving back and forth between Toronto and Berlin, and has been a lively and active participant and bandleader in these two […]
Canada Calling is new occasional series from vocalist and composer Nicky Schrire. London-born and South African-bred, Schrire recently moved to Toronto, Canada, where she has been learning both how to pronounce “Toronto” […]
The annual Doc’n Roll film festival will take place from 4 – 15 November 2020. This year it will be online and across six London cinemas including the Barbican and Southbank Centre […]
The global celebration of Charlie Parker’s centenary sparked numerous virtual events and jam sessions… writes Rosa Sawer. It also marked the local premiere of Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere, a film by […]
William James “Count” Basie (1904-1984) was one of the supreme jazz bandleaders in the great days of swing. A new 75-minute documentary about him, Count Basie Through His Own Eyes, will receive […]
Rob Barron has a new trio album out. ‘From This Moment On’ is on Ubuntu Music. It is his second as leader. Interview by John Fordham: Maybe a contrarian streak can lead […]
Shuffle is the fifth edition of the biennial Luxembourg Jazz Meeting, a vital showcase of the vibrancy of the Luxembourg scene. A labour of love, in 2020 the three-day festival stands as […]
Originally from Buenos Aires where he trained and performed as a jazz singer, voice coach and vocal improviser, Guillermo Rozenthuler has lived in London since the early 2000s. He teaches Circlesinging and […]
Giles Thornton’s first album, Be In Today, was issued in mid-2018, just as he was graduating from Guildhall School. It was a complex enterprise, involving 25 musicians and featuring his compositions for […]
Mike and Kate Westbrook have created a remarkable and continually expanding archive of films, The Westbrook Jazz Moving Picture Show. The latest addition is Toad’s Washerwoman a brand new animation to a […]
This is the second in a series of interviews with jazz promoters and venues which LJN is publishing in partnership with Nigel Price. The seventh date of the Nigel Price Organ Trio […]
London-based saxophonist and composer Aaron Liddard has worked in the bands of Amy Winehouse, Beverley Knight, Bob Geldof and for Prince’s now-legendary 21 days at the 02 Arena. His music encompasses jazz, […]
