Bassist Calum Gourlay was born in Glasgow, and grew up in Fife, playing in his father’s jazz workshops and Scottish big bands, including Tommy Smith’s Youth Jazz Orchestra. He’s now based in London. His […]
Guy Barker’s annual big band Christmas spectacular has become a fixture in the jazz calendar. This year’s, the fourth, features vocalists Grammy-winner Kurt Elling and Quincy Jones collaborator Vula Malinga, clarinettist Giacomo […]
Everybody sings on Bill Frisell’s new album HARMONY by the band of the same name… but this being Bill Frisell, everyone sings in their own way, of course. Ahead of the band’s […]
Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni brings his trio to the UK next month, with a London date at Kansas Smitty’s among the tour dates. Adrian Pallant wrote of the trio’s 2018 release Fundur: […]
LondonJazz News: What prompted you to give up orchestral playing? Jim Rattigan: I’d always had a passion for jazz, and played a bit on the piano. Playing the French horn is what […]
Sun-Mi Hong is a Korean drummer who is currently based in Amsterdam, having studied at Amsterdam Conservatoire, where she graduated in 2017. With her fluent style, switching easily between dramatic but controlled powerhouse outbursts and […]
The latest of the Jazz Repertory Company’s Cadogan Hall recreations of defining moments in jazz brings an historic big band battle back to life. Pete Long explained its significance to Peter Vacher: […]
Michael Winograd is a driving force in modern Klezmer music in New York and beyond. He spoke to Dan Bergsagel about the music, its traditions, and his band Honorable Mentschn’s new album, […]
Vocalist and songwriter Sue Rynhart is releasing a single We Are on Time (Flower Seeds) ahead of her appearances at this autumn’s Galway, Cork and London Jazz Festivals. She spoke from Inis […]
ARQ (the Alison Rayner Quintet) are about to launch their third album, Short Stories, and will be touring over the coming months, including two London dates: The Albany in Deptford on 29 […]
