Marc Copland /Adrian Vedady /Jim Doxas Trio (Dièse Onze, Saint Denis Street, Montreal. MIJF. 2 July 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There are some facts that need saying. Often. And maybe what […]
Roy Willox – First Recordings (Privately produced by Eileen Mann. 14 minutes. EP review by Sebastian Scotney) This is a little piece of history. We covered the passing of Roy Willox (1929-2019) […]
Iain Ballamy quintet; Moses Boyd (Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 1 May, 2 May 2022. Reviews by Jon Turney) Quite the Mayday weekend for Iain Ballamy. He premiered a saxophone concerto written for him […]
The LJN team’s coverage of the 2022 Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been substantial. Jon Turney, Peter Slavid and photographer John Watson have done a great job. We have published their reviews of […]
Saxophonist/flautist/ pianist/ bandleader/ educator David Angol was born near Preston in Lancashire to parents originally from Dominica. A graduate of Middlesex University he has a long CV in music. He played in […]
The country that has arguably given the world the best big band / jazz orchestra arrangers… now has a National Jazz Orchestra. The inaugural concert will be in Calgary on 28 April. […]
Violinist/composer/arranger Alicja Śmietana has prepared a very special concert programme to celebrate the life and music of her late father, one of the legends of Polish jazz, guitarist Jarek Śmietana (1951-2013). With […]
(Raindrop Music. LP and Download Review by Jane Mann) Voice on Shellac is the new album from songwriter/guitarist Virginie Lacour-Puiboube (VL-P) and her talented septet Laughing with the Raindrops. Lacour-Puiboube is a […]
Stéphane Belmondo/Kirk Lightsey Quintet Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli (Tube’s, Graz (Austria). 10 March 2022 (Belmondo/Lightsey) and 11 March 2022 (Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli ). Live Reviews by Oliver Weindling) Tube’s is a new venue in Graz in the […]
Dr Stephen Tromans and Friends – Duos & Remixes (Bandcamp. Link below. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The various lockdown periods in the last two years have clearly been extremely difficult for freelance […]
Adrian Cox and Joe Webb – Both Sides Now (A.P.P Records. Album review by Denny Ilett) Adrian Cox (clarinet) and Joe Webb (piano) are two young musicians with a deep love, respect […]
Thursday 3 February will see the London album launch of Adorna (Ulysses Arts) at St Martin in the Fields. The concert and the new album bring together the atmospheric Gregorian plainchant of […]
NCW 4 (Nick Costley-White, Ivo Neame, Conor Chaplin, Lewis Wright) (Sound Cellar, The Avocet, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. 20 January 2022. Live review by Paul Kelly) The post-industrial seaside Dorset town of Poole […]
The 51st of Jon Turney’s weekly selections finds an undersung tenor player reaching for the heights. There are any number of great tenor saxophone players who never quite achieve the recognition they […]
The 50th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections sees a great jazz family uniting to good effect. In the 1970s, hard times for old boppers, the three Heath brothers, Jimmy, Percy and younger […]
