Sebastian writes: Welsh pianist Geoff Eales has alerted us to one of those extraordinary one-off evenings of music and poetry, involving Maggie Nicols – a UK artist who is perhaps only properly […]
The jazz concert series at Morley College has now enjoyed two very successful seasons featuring the likes of Stan Sulzmann, Tori Freestone, Nikki Iles, Ivo Neame, Sara Dowling and Julian Siegel. Under […]
Saxophonist Martin Speake and pianist Alcyona Mick have both played in the London Jazz Orchestra for a decade. And yet, despite the fact that both musicians are accomplished, creative composers and performers, […]
Sebastian writes: The instrumentation of Deadeye is a Hammond trio, consisting of Kit Downes, Dutch guitarist Reinier Baas and German drummer (the uncannily Doppelgängerish!) Jonas Burgwinkel. But, as Tony Dudley-Evans pointed out […]
The second day of this year’s Two-Steinway Festival at PizzaExpress Dean Street, Sunday 19 March, consists of two concerts by the duo of Julian Joseph and Gwilym Simcock, at 1pm and then […]
Sebastian writes: Inntoene is a boutique festival in the Innviertel in Austria which is the creation of trombonist/ impresario/ farmer Paul Zauner. Paul, a good friend of LJN, has been highly adept […]
“We’ve been in London only twice in 10 years, so who knows when we’ll make it back?” Norwegian jazz collective WAKO was originally formed when its members were students together in Trondheim. […]
Paul Walker (*) writes: Michael Brecker fans should head down to the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone next Tuesday 21 March to see the Northern California-based jazz trio Charged Particles, (Murray Low, […]
The Sunday 26 March edition of BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Record Requests (4pm) will be marking the death of Wayne Shorter with a special programme including interview extracts. Listeners are invited to […]
As he looks forward to this year’s Swanage Jazz Festival, and announces the programme, Festival Chair Paul Kelly writes: Swanage Jazz Festival has the most stunning setting with the Mowlem Theatre sited […]
The premiere of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s version of Peter and the Wolf, translated specially into the language particular to the area, is included in the programme for Aberdeen Jazz Festival. […]
Saxophonist duo, father and son Stan and Matt Sulzmann will play with their quintet at Vortex Jazz Club this Saturday 4 March. The set features some never-before-heard newly commissioned music, as well […]
Among the jazz centenaries in 2023 is that of pianist New York pianist Elmo Hope (1923-1967). The Herwig Gradischnig-Claus Raible Quintet has made a speciality of performing Hope’s music, and includes two […]
Saxophonist Mark Buckingham runs a big Band of professional players in South West London. A newly-formed iteration of the band, “Mark Buckingham’s Thad Jones Legacy Orchestra”, will be marking the Thad Jones […]
Exciting Polish-Japanese duo Szymon Mika (guitars) and Yumi Ito (vocals and piano) will play material from their latest release “Ekual” at Jazz Café POSK on Friday 24 February 2023. Interview/preview by Tomasz Furmanek […]
