The nominations are announced for the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2021. Winners will be announced on Monday 26 July. LJN is very honoured to be nominated ; thank you to people […]
Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2021 – Nominees Announced
Rod Oughton’s OK Aurora. New album ‘Only In Autumn’ (Ubuntu)
‘We’ve got a small big band, we’ve got a rock band, we’ve got a jazz quartet, we’ve got a vocalist so there’s lyrics to write. It’s endless possibilities,” says drummer, composer, lyricist […]
Lowestoft Jazz Weekend (16-19 September 2021)
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 […]
Crazy Coqs – Programme now announced to end-October
Sebastian writes: The Crazy Coqs venue at Brasserie Zedel opened in 2012, so it will be celebrating ten years next year. It’s an intimate venue, right next to Piccadilly Circus tube, and […]
Alice Russell – ‘To Dust’
Alice Russell – To Dust (Bonus Track Edition) (Tru Thoughts. Album review by Amy Sibley-Allen) Nobody can deny the heart and soul that reverberate from British singer-songwriter Alice Russell. With this special […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (27. ‘A Prayer for Peace’ – Stanley Cowell, Musa: Ancestral Streams, 1974)
The 27th of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) highlights the work of a late, great piano master. The marvellous Stanley Cowell’s first solo piano album graced the storied label he ran […]
Emma-Jean Thackray – ‘Yellow’
Emma-Jean Thackray – Yellow (Movementt. Album review by AJ Dehany) Mercury is the planet that is said to rule communication, and Mercury presides over trumpeter and composer Emma-Jean Thackray’s first full-length album Yellow […]
‘Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain’ (1965-1972, Decca)
Journeys In Modern Jazz: Britain (Decca 5393586. Album review by Denny Ilett) The great trumpeter and educator Clark Terry used a phrase that became somewhat of a mantra for budding jazz musicians; […]
‘The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman’
The Indigenous Afro-Jazz Sounds of Philip Tabane and his Malombo Jazzman’ (WABB-090. Album review by Adam Sieff) This is yet another South African vinyl reissue of great interest from Canadian label We […]
Archie Shepp, Jason Moran, Avishai Cohen, Brad Mehldau, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Westbrook Blake… announced for 2021 EFG LJF
A Press release this morning from the EFG London Jazz Festival is announcing a number of shows. The full text of the press release is as follows. Festival website link and previously […]
10 Tracks by Brad Mehldau I Can’t Do Without…by Scott Flanigan
In the latest of our series in which musicians do a deep dive into the music of their idols and inspirations, pianist/ organist Scott Flanigan from Belfast (*) chooses just ten tracks […]
‘Joe Harriott, Harry Beckett, Shake Keane and the Caribbean Jazz Influence’: Symposium and Concert at Guildhall School
The Guildhall School held a seminar and concert on Tuesday 29 June shining a light on the important influence of British musicians with a Caribbean heritage: Joe Harriott, Shake Keane and Harry […]
Stuart Brooks: A Tribute by Mike Westbrook
Mike Westbrook pays tribute to trumpeter Stuart Brooks: We just heard the sad news that Stuart Brooks has died after a two-year fight with cancer. Stuart was one of the finest trumpet […]
Tommy Smith contemplates cathedrals of sound
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, […]
Karen Ruimy – ‘Black Coffee’
Karen Ruimy – Black Coffee(Independent. EP review by Chris Wheatley) A change of musical direction here for Casablanca-born Karen Ruimy. Black Coffee sees the artist move away from flamenco and firmly into […]
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