Here is Sebastian’s brief report on the annual meeting in Paris hosted by French jazz network organisation AJC (*), held at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and the Dynamo Club […]
Rencontres AJC 2022 (20 Years of Jazz Migration)
Reis Demuth Wiltgen with Emile V. Schlesser: ‘Synaesthesia’ at SHUFFLE LX in Luxembourg
Reis Demuth Wiltgen with Emile V. Schlesser — Synaesthesia ( SHUFFLE LX —Opderschmelz, Dudelange, Luxembourg. 26 November 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) “I can see colours dancing in my head. I […]
St. Barbe – ‘Tellicherry’ single release party at Grow, Hackney
St. Barbe (Grow, Hackney. Tellicherry single release party 23 November 2022. Live review by Richard Lee) Already garnering attention from Dennis Chambers of the Mike Stern Band, for whom they opened at […]
Bendik Giske at King’s Place Hall Two (2022 EFG LJF)
Bendik Giske (King’s Place Hall Two. 19 November 2022. Review by AJ Dehany) Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Giske’s performances are shamanic studies of physicality, vulnerability and endurance, made with just the body, breath, […]
Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra play Mike Gibbs at the Vortex (2022 EFG LJF)
Mike Gibbs’ 85th Birthday Celebration – Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Josephine Davies (Vortex, EFG London Jazz Festival, 14 November 2022. Second house. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) In four concerts […]
Led Bib and Anthropods at the Vortex (2022 EFG LJF)
Led Bib and Anthropods at the Vortex The true finale to the 2022 London Jazz Festival was an evening of completely new music from the mind of New Jersey-born drummer, composer and […]
Heard in brief – mini-reviews and photos from 2022 EFG LJF
LJN provides the most extensive review coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. By far. This year we will have done over thirty of them. We have also asked our writers and […]
Dhafer Youssef plus Zoe Rahman Trio (2022 EFG LJF)
Dhafer Youssef with Ballaké Sissoko, Eivind Aarset and Adriano Dos Santos: Digital Africa – plus Zoe Rahman Trio (Barbican Hall, 19 November 2022. Live review by Alison Bentley) It was Dhafer Youssef’s […]
The Big Swing featuring Emma Smith, Georgina Jackson & Vula Malinga at Cadogan Hall (2022 EFG LJF)
The Big Swing featuring Emma Smith, Georgina Jackson & Vula Malinga (Cadogan Hall, London SW3, 18 November 2022. Review by Len Weinreich) The evening started with a bundle of promises as singer […]
‘Tribute to Don Cherry’ (2022 EFG LJF)
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble plus Guests – Tribute to Don Cherry (Barbican. 20 November 2022. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Don Cherry was a pioneer. After his work with Ornette Coleman in the […]
Catherine Russell at Pizza Express Soho (2022 EFG LJF)
Catherine Russell (Pizza Express Soho, 20 November 2022. Live review by Lavender Sutton) New York native Catherine Russell performed in London for the first time at Dean Street Pizza Express on the […]
Pančevo Jazz Festival 2022 (Serbia)
Pančevo Jazz Festival (Kulturnog centra Pančeva, Serbia. 4-6 November 2022. Review and photos by John Watson) There is certainly a great deal of fine music on the international jazz scene – but […]
Nardis Jazz Club – London Pop-Up by Turquazz (2022 EFG LJF)
Nardis Jazz Club pop-up (24, Exmouth Market, 19 November, Review by Rachel Coombes) As LJF celebrated its thirtieth birthday with a sold-out show of electronic jazz (or ‘jazz-dance’) at the 6000-capacity venue […]
Daniel Herskedal Trio at Kings Place (2022 EFG LJF)
Daniel Herskedal Trio (Kings Place. 18 November. Live review by Jon Turney) The Norwegian Daniel Herskedal may be the most Nordic of all the fine players Scandinavian jazz has brought us in […]
Melody Gardot (2022 EFG LJF)
Melody Gardot (Royal Festival Hall. 19 November 2022. London Jazz Festival. Review by Andrew Cartmel) When Melody Gardot last performed at the Royal Festival Hall, in 2018 (*), Guy Barker was up […]
