Miracle on 34th Street (Kansas Smitty’s film score livestreamed 24 December HERE. Review by Leah Williams) The much-loved and irrepressible Kansas Smitty’s band continue to be hugely creative with online formats: just […]
“I feel like I know what jazz is- the dedication, the seriousness, the humour, the joy of making this music.” Ohio-born, UK-based drummer Jeff Williams’ new album features John O’Gallagher (alto), Josh […]
The Open Jazz programme from France-Musique is currently in the middle of a two-week, ten-part epic series marking the centenary of the birth of Dave Brubeck. It includes a fascinating interview from […]
Motian in Motion (Film directed by Michael Patrick Kelly. Aquapio Films. 86 minutes. Review by Jon Turney) UPDATE 5 January 2020 via Twitter from DocnRoll Fest: “England going into another full lockdown […]
When lockdown scuppered Rubim de Toledo’s year, the Edmonton-based bassist and bandleader discovered a new way of working – and a new sound. John Bungey reports: Has lockdown changed the work that […]
Ron Mathewson – Memorial (Jazz in Britain JIB 17-S-DL. Album review by Liam Noble) So this is a review. I’ve never really thought about that word, what it means specifically, until now. Should […]
Just over a year ago we were celebrating. We marked LondonJazz News’ 10th anniversary with a party. Liane Carroll, Claire Martin, Georgia Mancio and Kate Williams (hidden in the picture below) performed. […]
Up From The Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music (Mercury Studios/ Michael Murphy Productions. 104 minutes. Film Review by Sandy Burnett) It hits you from the moment you touch down on […]
Gabriel Vicéns – The Way We Are Created (Inner Circle Music INCM 094. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Gabriel Vicéns is a Puerto Rican guitarist now resident in New York, and The Way […]
The Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) jazz school is starting a new project in January 2021, where school kids will be given the chance to play Charles Mingus The BYMT jazz school […]
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & The MaXx – Live (MNJ Records MNJ002. Review by Peter Slavid) I have to admit I was always going to be favourably predisposed towards a big-band album with […]
Two good friends of LJN, vocalist Esther Bennett and pianist Terence Collie, have recorded a Christmas song by the much-missed Duncan Lamont. Esther tells us: “A Yellow Ribbon (and Love) is one […]
Lord Sebastian Coe, Honorary Vice President of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, did a radio interview (*) with Jazz FM presenter Ruth Fisher about his passion and love for jazz and how […]
Tenderlonious – Ragas from Lahore: Improvisations with Jaubi (22a Records 22a038, LP/CD/digital. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Jazz musicians have rarely intersected with classical Indian and Pakistani music, but when they do they […]
Hideaki Ura is a pianist and keyboard player from Kyushu, the southernmost island of Japan. Born in 1994, he has just completed three years’ study at Berklee. His first EP will be […]
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