NCW 4 (Nick Costley-White, Ivo Neame, Conor Chaplin, Lewis Wright) (Sound Cellar, The Avocet, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. 20 January 2022. Live review by Paul Kelly) The post-industrial seaside Dorset town of Poole […]
Loré Lixenberg performs Conlon Nancarrow (Cafe Oto, 10 January 2022. Live review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Mezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg’s vocal interpretation of the works for player-piano of American composer Conlon Nancarrow […]
Shirley Smart Trio (St. Mary’s Church, Perivale. 19 January 2022. Live Review by Peter Slavid) There are very few modern jazz venues in West London, so it was refreshing to find some […]
Pat Martino tribute concerts and documentary screening (The Django/The Roxy, NYC. 6 January 2021. Report / review by Dan Bergsagel) On 1 November 2021 Patrick C Azzara – better known as Pat […]
Jim Rattigan (Pizza Express Jazz Club. 8 January 2022. Review by Lavender Sutton) The niche-ness of jazz French horn might perplex some, but Jim Rattigan has been championing it for over 20 […]
The Alan Barnes Octet’s performance of ‘Christmas with Copperfield’, on 19 December 2021 in front of a full house at the Maltings Theatre in St Alban’s was the final gig from Herts […]
The regular year-end meetings of the French jazz organisation AJC (Association Jazzé Croisé) are a major gathering for people involved professionally in jazz in France. They provide the annual platform at which […]
Peter Bernstein and Jim Mullen (606 Club. 23 November 2021. Review by Nigel Price) The jazz world can be a very noisy place. It can often feel like the only way to […]
The 4th International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition took place in Kraków on 18-20 November 2021. The festival, directed by Witold Wnuk, is usually held in June to coincide with the Kraków […]
Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion(Royal Festival Hall. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by George James) As befits a legend, a large and enthusiastic crowd thronged the RFH for a concert […]
LJN provides the most comprehensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. By a considerable margin. And yet our reviews (twenty and still counting at the time of publishing this) only pick […]
Zoe Rahman, Alec Dankworth and Gene Calderazzo (Frith Manor Primary School, Woodside Park, Barnet. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) The EFG London Jazz Festival has taken a Barnet […]
WoodKid + Yo La Tengo(Royal Festival Hall. 17/19 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by AJ Dehany) The Beyond Margins series at the London Jazz Festival presents artists who don’t usually appear in […]
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra(Pizza Express Soho. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Mike Collins) The Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra in full flight is a thing to behold. Often, as a solo […]
Nils Petter Molvaer (Ronnie Scott’s. 17 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rob Mallows) This was a very Norwegian gig. Sure, there were three Norwegian musicians on stage. Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, […]
