Ambleside Days 2022 will take place from 1-4 September. Preview by Dan Paton: Whether it be the multi-venue extravaganza of the London Jazz Festival, or rushing between various stages at Love Supreme […]
Ambleside Days (1-4 Sep 2022)
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (23-25 Sep and 29 Sep-2 Oct)
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (Jesmond 23-25 Sep, then Newcastle 29 Sep-2 Oct) Peter Slavid writes: The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (NFOJAIM) started in 2017, and after […]
London Jazz Orchestra (compositions by Henry Lowther and Martin Speake arr. Charlie Rees, Vortex, 3 July)
The London Jazz Orchestra’s 30th anniversary season will close this Sunday afternoon 3 July (*) with a concert featuring the music of Martin Speake and Henry Lowther. There is an LJN connection […]
42nd Montreal International Jazz Festival (30 Jun- 9 July 20220
The biggest (*) jazz festival in the world is back. The 42nd Montreal International Jazz Festival starts this Thursday 30 June. It has a very special atmosphere where crowds flock to the […]
Suedtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2022 (24 Jun-3 July)
Alison Bentley is looking forward to going back to Suedtirol/Alto Adige…. “Jazz keeps the continent together,” says this year’s festival, with modern jazz and improvised music from all over Europe. In each […]
Up-And-Coming Artists at Love Supreme (1-3 July, Glynde Place)
Brighton-based saxophonist Julian Nicholas looks forward to hearing up-and-coming bands who will be appearing at Love Supreme, the UK’s only greenfield jazz festival, at Glynde Place in East Sussex between Fri 1 […]
Gareth Williams Trio: (‘Short Stories’ at Ronnie Scott’s, 13 June)
Gareth Williams’s trio will be at Ronnie Scott’s on 13 June. Doors open 8. 30 pm. Booking link below. Preview by Sebastian Scotney “I know the place well,” says pianist Gareth Williams. […]
Art Themen (playing a sax owned by Ronnie Scott at the club on 14 June)
Art Themen has recently bought a tenor saxophone, a Selmer Super Balanced Action which was owned by Ronnie Scott, and will play it at the Frith Street club on 14 June. Hats […]
Picks from Glasgow Jazz Festival (16-19 June 2022) and Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (15-24 July 2022)
Full programmes for both the Glasgow and Edinburgh jazz festivals have now been released. Patrick Hadfield and Mark McKergow, two of LJN’s ‘friends in the North’, have scrutinised both line-ups. Here are […]
‘In Our Own Space: A Conversation with Philip Watson and Bill Frisell’ (A SoundCellar Poole production. Online, 22 May)
“Wonderful. It captures exactly the Bill I know.” (Gavin Bryars, referring to the book Beautiful Dreamer) The imaginative programming team at Soundcellar Poole are starting up a bold and interesting new programming […]
‘Tales of the Tribe’ (New project from SNJO – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, 12-14 May)
Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark…myths…legends… These are the mysterious places to which SNJO’s new project, also involving Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, actor Blythe Duff and a selection of Scottish traditional musicians, wants […]
Soweto Kinch: Resident Artistic Director at SFJazz, San Francisco (19-22 May 2022)
Soweto Kinch is heading off to San Francisco, where he will be Resident Artistic Director of SFJazz for the four days from 19 to 22 May. Preview feature by Tony Dudley-Evans. Two […]
Jazz at Morley College Series 2022 (20 May, 27 May, 24 Jun)
Flavio Li Vigni, Head of Jazz at Morley College London, has let us know about a new series of performances in the Emma Cons Hall at the college. He has put together […]
Bristol New Music Festival (5-8 May 2022)
Todd Wills, former music programmer for the Vortex, is Artistic Director at Bristol Beacon, and is about to launch the fourth edition of Bristol New Music festival. A collective involving Spike Island, […]
B3 Lounge at The Bohemia N12 (Re-Opening with Ed Bentley 8 May)
A Hammond-dedicated venue, with its own instrument in place will open at the Bohemia in North Finchley on Sunday 8 May. The gigs will take place on Sundays twice a month, with […]
