The EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 is gradually taking shape. Following three “waves” of artists being announced by the organisers, programmes for other venues are being announced. We have already looked at […]
Sebastian writes: thank you to friend of the site and long-term supporter of the Ealing Jazz Festival for being the first to bring this year’s programme to our attention.. The festival takes […]
A new lunchtime concert series brings improvised music to Norwich courtesy of the Hard Edges trio, plus special guests Brigitte Beraha, Matthew Bourne and Neil Metcalfe. Hard Edges member Ben Higham spoke […]
‘How often can you go to a concert and see five singers doing their thing with the best big band around?’ The BBC Big Band will take to the stage at Cadogan […]
“A festival should be an experience,” says Stefan Festini Cucco, new Festival president. With 55 concerts in over 30 stunning venues and locations among the mountains of Suedtirol/Alto Adige, incredible experiences at […]
Swiss-French Jazz guitarist Alex Scheuerer is joined by vocalist Najwa Ezzaher to perform material from their recent album together La Vie En Soul and more at Pizza Express Soho on Monday 10 […]
Sebastian writes: Flight Call is a new vocal trio: Georgia Cécile, L.A. Daniels and Pete Horsfall. Their London debut is on 28 June at the 100 Club. Pete Horsfall is one of the […]
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, […]
