Linda May Han Oh (Stream premiered on 18 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Alison Bentley) “It’s like a really cool puzzle you’re trying to figure out.” Bassist Linda May […]
Linda May Han Oh (2020 EFG LJF)
Harold López-Nussa (2020 EFG LJF)
Harold López-Nussa — Te Lo Dije (Free stream on demand. EFG London Jazz Festival 2020. First broadcast 17 November. Review by AJ Dehany) Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa’s album Te Lo Dije (2020) […]
Henry Lowther’s Still Waters at Karamel (2020 EFG LJF)
Henry Lowther’s Still Waters (Karamel livestream as part of EFG London Jazz Festival, 16 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Henry Lowther brought his quintet, Still Waters, to north London’s Karamel for […]
Emma-Jean Thackray at Total Refreshment Centre (2020 EFG LJF)
Emma-Jean Thackray (Total Refreshment Centre. Stream performance. 13 November 2020. Review by Graham Spry) The Total Refreshment Centre must be one of the most intimate venues in the country. To watch a […]
Tigran Hamasyan (2020 EFG LJF)
Tigran Hamasyan – solo set (14 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review from Livestream by Alison Bentley) “It’s been a while since I’ve played a concert,” said Armenian pianist/composer Tigran Hamasyan. […]
Jay Phelps Quartet – ‘Live At The Cockpit’ (2020 EFG LJF)
Jay Phelps Quartet – Live At The Cockpit (Streamed as part of EFG London Jazz Festival, 14 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) The latest record from Jay Phelps is Live At The Cockpit, […]
Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia at Sage Gateshead
Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia (Sage Gateshead livestream 14 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Polyhymnia is the Greek Muse of sacred poetry, hymn and dance, a deep thinker credited with inventing the lyre, […]
Total Vibration (2020 EFG LJF)
Total Vibration (Green Note. 15 November 2020. Livestream from EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) This looks enticing. Familiar players in an unfamiliar combination: trumpeters Laura Jurd and Chris Batchelor, […]
Dinosaur at Kings Place (2020 EFG LJF)
Dinosaur (Livestreamed from Kings Place, EFG London Jazz Festival 15 November 2020. Review by John Bungey) As an emergency new medium, the online-only gig has yet to reach perfection. When Dinosaur ended […]
New Switzerland: Julie Campiche + Ikarus + Trio Heinz Herbert (2020 EFG LJF)
New Switzerland: Julie Campiche + Ikarus + Trio Heinz Herbert (EFG London Jazz Festival. 14 November 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) Jazz musicians are always adaptable – we may not have been […]
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren’s ‘Lockdown Jazz Session’ from Cardiff
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren (Cardiff University Concert Hall. 11 November 2020. Review by Sam Norris) Few names in British jazz guarantee quality quite like those of pianist Huw Warren and tenor […]
SEED Ensemble and Guests: ‘Celebrating The Music of Pharoah Sanders’ (2020 EFG LJF)
SEED Ensemble and Guests: Celebrating The Music of Pharoah Sanders (Barbican. 14 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review from livestream by Tony Dudley-Evans) ‘Beauty’ and ‘simplicity’ were the two features that […]
Jazz Voice at Cadogan Hall (2020 EFG LJF)
Jazz Voice (Livestreamed from Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival 13 November 2020. Review by Leah Williams) As the EFG London Jazz Festival kicks off this year, it is navigating – as […]
Review of Jazzfest Berlin 2020
Jazzfest Berlin was livestreamed from various venues across Berlin and New York, 5-8 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany: The 57th edition of Jazzfest Berlin was completely online via livestream and on […]
Review of Artonov festival in Brussels
Martin Longley reviews Artonov festival, which took place in Brussels, Belgium 4-6 October 2020, and takes an in-depth look at two performances that made a significant impression, Homecoming and Come On Feet. […]
