Anton Hunter – Article XI(Efpi Records FP027. Review by AJ Dehany) Article XI recalls the joyous emancipatory fervor of Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra and its commitment to sending a message. The […]
CD REVIEW: Anton Hunter – Article XI
REVIEW: Django Bates’ Belovèd at Ronnie Scott’s
Django Bates’ Belovèd(Ronnie Scott’s. 30 January 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) Django Bates’ Belovèd trio could be characterised as a left-of-leftfield postmodern standards trio exploring, celebrating, and deconstructing Bird and Bill Evans… […]
REVIEW/FEATURE: Brot & Sterne (Franz Hautzinger, Matthias Loibner, Peter Rosmanith) at Jazzit:Musik:Club Salzburg
Brot & Sterne (Franz Hautzinger, Matthias Loibner, Peter Rosmanith) (Jazzit:Musik:Club Salzburg, 14 January 2018. Review/feature by AJ Dehany) Obeying a wanderlust born of a lack of inner resources, I found myself on the […]
REVIEW: Beats & Pieces Big Band + Johnny Hunter Quartet at Ronnie Scott’s
Board outside the club for the second night of the Beats & Pieces Residency REVIEW: Beats & Pieces Big Band + Johnny Hunter Quartet (Ronnie Scott’s, 1 January 2018. First night of […]
YEAR-END LISTS 2017 (4 of 4) JAZZ WISHES FOR 2018
Wishful Eggheads answer In this, the fourth and final year-end list, London Jazz News’ friends – musicians, writers and promoters – look into 2018 and share their hopes and dreams. You can […]
YEAR-END LISTS 2017 (3 of 4) RECORDED MEMORY OF THE YEAR
In this third of our four year-end lists, a wide range of jazz people – musicians, writers, promoters – named and proclaimed their recorded sounds of the year. You can add your […]
YEAR-END LISTS 2017 (2 of 4) LIVE MEMORY OF THE YEAR
Volker Goetze QuintetPhoto credit: Alison Bentley In the second of London Jazz News’ four year-end lists from a wide range of jazz people, musicians, writers, promoters name their favourite live moments of […]
INTERVIEW/FEATURE: Mica Paris sings Ella Fitzgerald 5-date Valentine’s Tour, Feb. 2018)
Mica Paris Ahead of a five-date UK Valentine’s Tour and a new album, Mica Sings Ella, AJ Dehany interviewed MICA PARIS, a major presence on the UK music scene since first emerging […]
REVIEW: Penny Rimbaud’s What Passing Bells (The War Poems of Wilfred Owen) at the Vortex
REVIEW: What Passing Bells (The War Poems of Wilfred Owen) — Penny Rimbaud, Liam Noble, Kate Shortt (The Vortex. 6 December 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) “My subject is War, and the […]
INTERVIEW: (Steve Coxshall, Hampstead Lounge & Jazz Club, Hampstead)
The trio Naima at the Hampstead Lounge & Jazz Club AJ Dehany visited the Hampstead Lounge & Jazz Club and spoke to owner Steve Coxshall about his aspirations to make the venue […]
REVIEW: Stories of the Danube + Terence Blanchard Quintet at the Barbican (2017 EFG LJF)
Kristjan Järvi conducting Stories of the DanubePhoto credit: John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Joe Zawinul’s Stories of the Danube + Terence Blanchard Quintet(Barbican. 19 November 2017. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany, with […]
REVIEW: A Concert for Alice and John with Pharoah Sanders at the Barbican (2017 EFG LJF)
Pharaoh SandersPhoto credit: Mick Destino A Concert for Alice and John: Pharoah Sanders Quartet + Denys Baptiste Quartet + Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet(Barbican. 18 November 2017. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) A […]
REVIEWED IN BRIEF: We also went to… at the 2017 EFG London Jazz Festival
Liudas Mockunas of Heavy BeautyPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk With around forty single-gig reviews of the EFG London Jazz Festival this year, LondonJazz News will again have provided more coverage of the festival than any […]
REVIEW: Hard rain: Barb Jungr sings Dylan and Cohen Live at Zédel (2017 EFG LJF)
“The greatest interpreter of the songs Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen that I’ve ever seen”Barb Jungr with Simon Wallace (L) and Davide Mantovani (R) Hard rain: Barb Jungr sings Dylan and Cohen […]
REVIEW: Naima at Hampstead Lounge & Jazz Club (2017 EFG LJF)
Naima at Hampstead Lounge & Jazz ClubL-R:Enrique Ruiz, Oscar Cuchillo, Luis TorregrosaPhoto credit: Ina Irens Naima(Hampstead Lounge & Jazz Club. 12 November 2017. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) It has been […]
