The unfailingly creative pianist and composer Keith Tippett, who died last Summer, worked in a remarkable range of styles and settings over 50 years of music-making. So the idea of an event […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
