It started as a pop-up two years ago; now it’s grown to a four-day affair. Jazz Leeds Festival founder Steve Crocker shares details of the 2019 festival: “After its successful debut in […]
Jazz Leeds Festival (18-21 July)
Flamenco meets jazz (Sadler’s Wells, 10 July)
Peter Bacon reports: The improvisatory links are strong, so bringing jazz music together with flamenco dance feels like a very natural marriage, but one too that will strike sparks. In the Sadler’s […]
Guitar Summit (Kings Place, 18-21 July)
The International Guitar Foundation’s four-day Guitar Summit at Kings Place covers the full range of fret activity, from classical to sophisticated pop, taking in lute music, jazz and flamenco along the way. Rob […]
Polish Jazz London – a monthly series (4 July to 21 November 2019)
B Side Events are bringing to London the best Polish contemporary/avant garde jazz by some of the most interesting and highly acclaimed artists to come out of Poland in recent years. Tomasz […]
Caiphus Semenya to be celebrated (South African Jazz Night, Vortex 29 June)
Peter Bacon reports: He’s not as well known as Masekela or Ibrahim, but his achievements and influence have been considerable. Which is why his music is being celebrated at the Vortex Jazz […]
Soho Jazz Festival (5-15 July 2019)
Rachel Coombes previews this year’s Soho Jazz Festival: This year the Soho Jazz Festival pays homage to the legacy of Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, who passed away in November last year […]
Alex Merritt (Alex Merritt/Gareth Fowler Quintet – Kansas Smitty’s 19 June, The Geldart, Cambridge 26 June)
Having gathered around him some of today’s finest young players based in Europe and the US, the London-based composer and tenor saxophonist Alex Merritt has spent the past week touring some of […]
Südtirol Jazz Festival, Alto Adige (28 June – 7 July)
For a jazz festival which presents strong players in spectacular settings, Südtirol is hard to beat. Alison Bentley previews the 2019 festival: Every year, the Südtirol Jazz Festival brings musicians from different […]
Edinburgh Fringe – LJN writers’ pick of the jazz
The Edinburgh Fringe programme is out. There is a decent smattering of jazz alongside all the comedy and other stuff. We asked three of our writers for their tips: Mark McKergow Big […]
Flora Purim and Airto Moreira (Ronnie Scott’s, 27-29 June)
Brazilian singer Flora Purim and percussionist Airto Moreira used to be habitués at Ronnie Scott’s; their group Fourth World recorded a live album there for the club’s in-house label in 1992. They […]
Guitarists Libor Smoldas and Nigel Price (UK dates 17-22 June)
Guitarists Libor Smoldas from Prague and Nigel Price from Surrey have six UK dates between 17 and 22 June 2019, in Swansea, Swindon, Bristol and the Isle of Wight, bookended by London. Sebastian […]
The Many Voices of Eve – London Vocal Project and The Printmakers (Kings Place, 16 June)
London Vocal Project Photo: Karen Hatch The Many Voices of Eve is a much-welcomed collaboration between The London Vocal Project and The Printmakers, and will comprise a concert at Kings Place on […]
LoLanders dates in UK and Netherlands (7-27 June)
Oene van Geel Publicity picture The Dutch/Scots collaboration LoLanders plays a series of dates in the UK and the Netherlands this month. Rob Adams reports: Formed by Dutch violist Oene van Geel […]
Leïla Martial: Baa Box – Warm Canto (plus mjf 26 May performance)
Leïla Martial: Baa Box – Warm Canto (Laborie Jazz CD.LJ48. CD review by Sebastian Maniura) Vocalist, clown and improvisor Leïla Martial releases her third album, Warm Canto, on 24 May. It features […]
PREVIEW: Edinburgh Jazz Festival (12 – 21 July 2019)
Laura MacdonaldPublicity picture As well as the big names, such as the Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu, the Chris Barber Big Band and Donny McCaslin, the range of gigs offered by […]
