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Tough Times for Jazz Promotion (Interview No. 4 with Steve Crocker of Jazz Leeds)

By rosasawer on 7 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

For our fourth interview in a series of interviews with jazz promoters and venues – which LJN is publishing in partnership with Nigel Price – we have spoken to Steve Crocker who […]

Mark McKergow (reflections on writing his 100th piece for LJN)

By londonjazz on 7 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Mark McKergow has been contributing reviews to London Jazz News since 2014, and we recently published his 100th piece. Here, Mark looks back on some of his personal highlights, and also reflects […]

Michael Wollny – ‘Mondenkind’

By londonjazz on 7 December 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Michael Wollny – Mondenkind(ACT 9765-2. CD review by Mike Collins) The far side of the moon is a traditional source of mystery. When it was visible to Apollo 11 as it orbited […]

Lucia Cadotsch – ‘Speak Low II’

By londonjazz on 7 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Lucia Cadotsch – Speak Low II (We Jazz Records. CD review by Jon Turney) Swiss vocalist Lucia Cadotsch delivers the least ornamented treatments of songs you may ever hear. Like a writing […]

Golden Age of Steam – ‘Tomato Brain’

By londonjazz on 7 December 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Golden Age of Steam – Tomato Brain (NOISE Records LTNO 13. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The music of James Allsopp’s Golden Age of Steam has been described as ‘abstract electronica meets radical […]

The Jazz Standard: “Our doors on 27th Street will remain permanently closed”

By londonjazz on 7 December 2020 • ( 1 Comment )
Jazz Standard twitter post announcing closure

“A real loss.” The Jazz Standard announced on 2 December 2020 that it will be closing permanently. Dan Bergsagel reflects: The Jazz Standard has announced that it will be shutting its doors […]

James Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – ‘Yorkshire Suite’

By ap-reviews.com on 7 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

James Hamilton Jazz Orchestra – Yorkshire Suite (New Jazz Records. Review by Adrian Pallant) The premise of this live recording is heartwarming, and should be to anyone with an interest in the […]

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra at Perth Concert Hall (Concert to mark 25 years of the orchestra)

By londonjazz on 6 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (Streamed from Perth Concert Hall on 5 December 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) For any band to keep going for twenty five years is impressive; for the Scottish […]

Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh Announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards

By londonjazz on 6 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Xhosa Cole, Lara Jones, Liam De Tar/Yaatri and Shirley Tetteh are announced as Winners of 2020 Peter Whittingham Awards, for which Help Musicians have announced an increased level of support. Xhosa Cole, […]

RIP Ron Mathewson (1944-2020)

By londonjazz on 4 December 2020 • ( 7 Comments )

The very great Scottish bassist Ron Mathewson passed away shortly before midnight yesterday 3 December 2020. He had been admitted to hospital with Covid in mid-November.   Dave Holland writes:  The way […]

Jazz South Radar Sessions

By romes81 on 4 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

In the Covid year of the snowy diary, Jazz South, which supports musicians across the southeast and southwest of England, has been busy commissioning showcases for musicians online. As well as new […]

Julie Campiche

By londonjazz on 4 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

“I feel I’m a musician and the harp is the instrument.” Following her online gig at the EFG London Jazz Festival, Julie Campiche spoke to Alison Bentley about her Quartet’s new album, […]

Jim Rattigan – ‘When’

By londonjazz on 4 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Jim Rattigan – When(Three World Records TWR0005. CD review by Mark McKergow) French horn virtuoso Jim Rattigan bridges the genres of scored music and jazz with this delightful collection of tunes for jazz quartet […]

Nils Wogram – ‘Bright Lights’

By londonjazz on 3 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Nils Wogram – Bright Lights (nwog records 033. Review by Jon Carvell) There’s something of a tradition among German jazz trombonists of releasing solo albums. And I don’t mean as leaders of […]

Matthew Halsall (new album ‘Salute to the Sun’)

By londonjazz on 3 December 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Trumpeter and Gondwana Records label owner Matthew Halsall is one of the leading figures on the thriving Manchester jazz scene. He featured on BBC Four’s Jazz 625 last month as part of […]

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