Photographer Melody McLaren was at the Jazz Cafe, completely packed with a young audience to see the launch of “Faithful One” (Whirlwind Recordings), with support from Oreglo and GW Jazz. Melody photographed […]
Helen Sung Trio – with Kush Abadey and Josh Ginsburg (Ronnie Scott’s. 3 October 2022. Photos by Monika S. Jakubowska, Words by Sebastian Scotney) Helen Sung‘s piano playing is completely dazzling – […]
‘MY COUNTRY IS BURNING’ Alina Bzhezhinska and guests, Concert For Ukraine (Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26 August 2022. Closing event of B:Jazz Festival. Photo-Essay by John Watson) John Watson went to hear, see […]
Charles Rees writes: Monika S. Jakubowska’s photos here perfectly capture the mood at harpist and vocalist Tara Minton‘s debut as headliner at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on 18 July 2022. For the […]
Sebastian writes: There are evenings when the 606 Club acts as the focal point for the community of jazz musicians. On Monday 9 May, Dave Lewis was the host/organizer of a benefit […]
Denny Ilett‘s Electric Lady Big Band played on 1 May in the Jazz Arena at the 2022 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. John Watson writes: It was a joy and a privilege to be […]
11 November 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of one of the uniquely, irrepressibly creative figures at the heart of British jazz for over four decades, Michael Garrick (1933-2021). A […]
Sebastian writes: The 606 hosted an evening (28 October 2021) in celebration of saxophonist Christian Brewer, who died in February this year, in the presence of friends and family. Monika S. Jakubowska‘s […]
John Watson writes : The fifth Ipswich Jazz Festival was able to go ahead over the weekend (June 26-27), with strict Covid-19 precautions including the audience distanced and masked. Artists who appeared […]
Tom Seminar Ford Livestream (Ronnie Scott’s Lockdown sessions. 11 January 2021. All Photos: Monika S.Jakubowska/Ronnie Scott’s. Words by AJ Dehany) Birmingham-raised, Berklee-trained guitarist Tom Seminar Ford played a delay-rich fusion sound […]
Writer AJ Dehany and photographer Monika S. Jakubowska combine their impressions of Rodney Green’s ‘Jackson Miller’, making their London Debut at Pizza Express Jazz Soho on Sunday 1 March 2020: “My name […]
Sebastian writes: Photographer Monika Jakubowska was down at the 606 taking pictures of the quintet of Toku (vocals and flugelhorn), Tim Whitehead (tenor sax), Giovanni Mirabassi (piano, also the label boss at […]
Sebastian writes: Monika Jakubowska’s photos here capture the mood of an evening at Pizza Express Dean Street. The quiet appreciative buzz of a full house, increasingly drawn in to the ebb and […]
