Forward Festival 2018L-R: Matthew Putman, Hillard Greene, Federico UghiPatrick Holmes, Daniel CarterPhoto credit: Tobias Wilner Forward Festival 2018(Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, 6 and 7 December. Review by Dan Bergsagel) There are wires everywhere, […]
SNJOPhoto Credit: Patrick Hadfield Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – The Count & The Duke(Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 6 December 2018. Review by Patrick Hadfield) The programme promised a big evening of music: Duke Ellington’s […]
The 42nd Jazz Juniors Competition was won by Marcin Pater TrioPhoto credit: Andrzej Banaś (Jazz Juniors 2018) Jazz Juniors Festival(ICE Kraków Congress Centre 29 November – 2 December 2018. Report by Mary […]
No TonguesPhoto credit: Nigel Slee Jazz Migration Showcase(La Dynamo, Pantin, France, 3 December 2018. Review by Leah Williams) Jazz Migration has been supporting and mentoring young creative jazz musicians since its inception […]
Ian Shaw at Kings PlaceBoth photos courtesy of Charlotte Keech Ian Shaw: Shine Sister Shine(Kings Place Hall One, 24 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) This review is […]
Cyrille AiméePhone snap by Alison Bentley Cyrille Aimée(PizzaExpress Jazz Club. 25 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Alison Bentley) Singer Cyrille Aimée has called improvisation an “expérience humaine”, a “way […]
Makaya McCravenPhoto credit: Emile Holba for the EFG London Jazz Festival Makaya McCraven + Nubya Garcia – Chicago X London(EartH, Dalston, 24 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Gail Tasker) […]
Wonky Logic, Jazz in the Round at Kings PlacePhone snap by Jacob Silkin Jazz In The Round – Wonky Logic, StringTing, Tony Kofi and The Organisation(Kings Place Hall Two, 24 November 2018. […]
Madeleine PeyrouxPublicity Photo by Anne Zimmerman Madeleine Peyroux – the Anthem tour(Royal Festival Hall, London. 24 November 2018. Review by Jane Mann) There was a full house in the Royal Festival Hall […]
Anton Eger of Phronesis at Southbank CentrePhoto credit: John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk The team of writers at LondonJazz News has produced over 50 full-length reviews of the 2018 EFG London Jazz Festival. We […]
Melody Gardot in 2010Photo credit: Stefanie Meynberg/ Creative Commons Melody Gardot(Royal Festival Hall. 25 November 2018. London Jazz Festival. Review by Andrew Cartmel) “Is that Guy Barker?” I asked my companion. Sure […]
The Espen Eriksen Trio and Andy SheppardSt George’s Bristol, 12 October 2018Photo credit: Evan Dawson Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard(Pizza Express Jazz Club, 24 November 2018. Review by Mike Collins) The […]
Bill LaurancePhoto creit: John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Bill Laurance and the WDR Big Band(Queen Elizabeth Hall. 25 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Rob Mallows) Bill Laurance is a hot property […]
Omar Sosa and Yilian CañizaresPublicity photo Jazz Cubano!(Barbican Hall, 24 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by John L. Walters) Last Friday’s triple-bill at the Barbican threatened to self-combust with its […]
Ranjana GhatakPublicity Photo Daylight Music(Union Chapel, 24 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Slavid) Daylight Music is a unique and very unusual programme of music. All the gigs are […]
