Jason Moran – The Harlem Hellfighters (Video premiere, streamed on 22 January 2021.) Here’s an unexpected pleasure. Jason Moran toured this important history-awakening project in 2018, briefly but brilliantly, to mark the […]
Miracle on 34th Street (Kansas Smitty’s film score livestreamed 24 December HERE. Review by Leah Williams) The much-loved and irrepressible Kansas Smitty’s band continue to be hugely creative with online formats: just […]
David Milligan Trio and Stephen Henderson’s Modern Vikings (Streamed from 54EP, Sighthill by Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Scottish Jazz Weekend, 5 December 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Edinburgh Jazz & […]
Chanda Rule – David Murray Gospel Project (Streamed live from Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Munich on 8 December, 2020. Review by John Bungey) If you’re an aspiring singer the critics are starting to love, […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (Streamed from Perth Concert Hall on 5 December 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) For any band to keep going for twenty five years is impressive; for the Scottish […]
Alice Zawadzki Band & Rob Luft Quintet + Amika String Quartet (Livestreamed from Cambridge Jazz Festival, 21 November 2020. Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) This double bill livestreamed from the Junction Theatre in […]
Gary Crosby’s Groundation (Streamed from Church of Sound for EFG London Jazz Festival, 20 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Gary Crosby brought his band comprised of alumni from Tomorrow’s Warriors to […]
Rosie Turton Septet (Total Refreshment Centre . Streamed on 21 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Mary James) This was a daytime gig and the natural light at Total Refreshment […]
Binker Golding with Olie Brice and Steve Noble (Livestream from Kings Place for EFG London Jazz Festival. 21 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Whilst billed as Binker Golding‘s show, this was […]
Jerry & The Pelican System – Virtual Tour Final Episode (UK premiere screening from Poznan on 22 November. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Slavid) Reading the EFG London Jazz Festival […]
Istanbul Psychedelic (Streamed on 21 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Rachel Coombes) A recent LondonJazz News interview with Serious’s Director of Programming Pelin Opcin (director of Istanbul Jazz Festival since 2005) […]
Pigfoot (Stream premiered on 21 November 2020 from Karamel. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Leah Williams) From the opening growl of Chris Batchelor’s muted trumpet and the equally purposeful yet joyful […]
Liane Carroll (606 Club Livestream. 18 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) “I started my career playing empty jazz clubs and it’s come full circle!” It’s a killer […]
Gwilym Simcock: Solo (Live stream performance, presented by The 606 Club, for EFG London Jazz Festival. 19 November 2020. Review by Jon Carvell) Stuck at home in Berlin due to travel restrictions, […]
Shabaka Hutchings & Britten Sinfonia (Live Stream from The Barbican. 18 November 2020. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Shabaka Hutchings has become a leading figure in the so-called new young wave of British […]
