The Lowestoft Jazz Weekend returns in September, running from the Thursday 16 to Sunday 19, writes promoter Bob Blizzard After successful festivals in 2018 and 2019, the event, like most others, had […]
Lowestoft Jazz Weekend (16-19 September 2021)
Tommy Smith contemplates cathedrals of sound
Internationally acclaimed Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith plays three concerts in cathedrals during July, writes Rob Adams. Smith, whose most recent recording, Solow, features solo versions of praise songs, including a Gaelic psalm, […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2021
Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige, Fri 25 June–Sun 4 July 2021 Preview by Alison Bentley It’s reassuring to know that jazz festivals are happening, even if some of us aren’t allowed to travel […]
‘Ongemang – Exploring the Spaces in Between’ – (Cafe OTO / Spitalfields Festival, 8 July)
Sebastian looks forward to Ongemang – Exploring the Spaces in Between. This is a premiere performance at Cafe OTO on 8 July, with Kit Downes, Lauren Kinsella and Tom Challenger, and is […]
Jupiter Rising festival (Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, 28-29 August 2021)
AJ Dehany remembers the 2019 edition and looks forward to dipping a toe back in the water of music festivals: Styling itself as a Scottish Supernormal, the delayed third edition of the […]
Somi (Single ‘Pata Pata’ from forthcoming album ‘Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba.’)
Vocalist Somi (Kakoma) was born in Illinois to Rwandan and Ugandan parents, writes Nicky Schrire. In her previous records and in her music at large, she has fully embraced her African heritage, […]
Fizzle at Centrala, Digbeth Birmingham (23 May, 20 June & 18 July, 2pm)
Alto saxophonist Lee Griffiths, originally from Northamptonshire, studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and is one of the organisers behind the Fizzle series of improvised and experimental music. He and Olivia Murphy will be […]
Introducing our International Women’s Day series (sixteen features) for #IWD2021
LEAH WILLIAMS, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: This weekend marks exactly a decade since we first published a special series for International Women’s Day and this year we’re […]
…with a month to go until International Womens Day (8 March) #IWD2021 #womentothefore
Leah Willliams, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: We are currently preparing the 2021 edition of LJN’s International Women’s Day series. This has been a feature of the site […]
Stan Getz: ‘The Lost Interview’ (to be broadcast on Jazz FM on 2 February)
Backstage at the Nice Jazz Festival in July 1987, the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz gave a recorded interview to Norwegian broadcaster and musician Harald Gundhus which, for some undisclosed reason, was […]
Playtime – New Adventures in Music (Series starts 29 January)
Edinburgh’s Playtime Collective is venturing into international live-streaming sessions with its latest programme of concerts, writes Rob Adams. Prevented from streaming from their temporary home in Pathhead Village Hall due to […]
Alan Barnes and Dave Newton (Livestream from The Boileroom, Guildford, 12 Jan 2021)
Guildford Jazz’s first livestream of the new year features the Alan Barnes and Dave Newton Quartet from the Boileroom in Guildford on Tuesday 12 January. The gig is being presented in collaboration […]
NQ Jazz, Manchester, announces 2021 season (starts 11 Jan with Soweto Kinch)
Live jazz looks likely to make a triumphant return to the North West in January 2021 courtesy of NQ Jazz. Since their inception in 2015, the Manchester-based live music promoters have hosted […]
Vortex announces ‘Rough Takes’ series (starts 20 Dec with Olly Chalk)
The Vortex Jazz Club has announced the first in a series of online events in which one featured artist is given carte blanche to invite the others who will take part. The […]
Iain Ballamy and Jason Rebello (Christmas Show from Cooper Hall in Frome, 9 December)
The superb duo of saxophonist Iain Ballamy and pianist Jason Rebello will be streaming their now traditional Christmas show from the Cooper Hall in Frome on 9 December. Interview with Iain Ballamy […]
