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 […]
Vortex announces ‘Rough Takes’ series (starts 20 Dec with Olly Chalk)
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 […]
Deal Music & Arts (Virtual) Creative Jazz Weekend (27 – 29 November)
Norma Winstone, NYJO (with Joe Browne and the NYJO Ambassadors), and LJN writer Adam Sieff feature in a new event, Deal Music & Arts Virtual Creative Jazz Weekend which will run from […]
Two Polish acts streaming at EFG London Jazz Festival 2020 (Błoto, 15 Nov / Jerry & The Pelican System, 22 Nov)
B Side Events will present two young acts from Poland as part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2020: On Sunday 15 November Błoto, a unique quartet made up of musicians from EABS […]
Title Track video for Melody Gardot’s new album “Sunset In The Blue”
Decca/ Universal tell us they have released a video of the title track from Melody Gardot’s fifth album, Sunset In The Blue, to be released on 23 October. The team includes producer […]
Around The Houses – May programme (Sundays)
Like other jazz musicians around the world, saxophonist Alex Woods, guitarist Sam Slater and bassist Chris Mapp have been adapting to the new world order. Their solution is Around The Houses, an […]
Fergus McCreadie Trio (new EP, “Live at Black Mountain”)
Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie’s trio is releasing a live EP, Live at Black Mountain, today, Friday 27 March. Rob Adams has the background: The recording, which was completely unplanned, is comprised of […]
The first Guildford JazzFest (20-22 March 2020)
Surrey has a new jazz festival, and its wide-ranging mix of star names, concerts, film, talk, workshop and a young musicians’ showcase makes for a very impressive inaugural programme. Lauren Bush finds […]
Fergus McCreadie Trio coming to the 606 Club (4 March)
Rob Adams previews: Multi-award-winning Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie brings his trio to the 606 Club on Wednesday 4 March, the group’s first London appearance since McCreadie’s debut recording, Turas, won Album of […]
Dee Byrne (MoonMot “Going Down the Well” album release & launch 18 Feb)
MoonMot is made up of six musicians from the UK and Switzerland who all thrive on the energy of free improvisation and melodic deconstruction. Their music has been described by singer Elina […]
Morley Jazz Series (starts Friday 28 February 2020)
After a highly successful inaugural series of jazz concerts in 2019, Morley College has announced a new programme of five concerts to take place at the end of each month from 28 […]
Martin Speake International Quartet (tour dates 13 – 29 Feb 2020)
The distinctive tone of UK saxophonist Martin Speake has been well-known since his work with Itchy Fingers in the 1980s. Since then, he’s recorded 23 albums, including one for ECM with Paul […]
Liverpool International Jazz Festival (27 Feb – 1 March)
Peter Slavid previews this year’s eighth Liverpool International Jazz Festival. It will be his first visit to the festival. He picks a double bill of Martin Archer’s Anthropology Band and Moonmot as […]
Andrew Woodhead (Ideas of Noise Festival, Birmingham, Coventry, Stourbridge, 30 January-9 February)
The 2020 edition of the Ideas of Noise festival finds it expanded into an eight-day extravaganza embracing different genres of left-field music, art and performance taking place across Birmingham and the West […]
Dunmall and Williams with Brice and Pursglove (dates 2-5 Feb incl Ideas of Noise Fest)
LondonJazz News contributor, bassist Olie Brice is part of a new quartet and is delighted to find that his heroes are also his colleagues and friends: One of the amazing things about […]
