The EFG London Jazz Festival is making a third announcement today concerning its programme. The full programme launch event for with the programmes of all venues will be on 12 September. Our […]
Gabriels (Somerset House Summer Series, 7 July 2023; review, photo and drawing by Geoff Winston) Gabriels, the formidable, nu-soul trio based in LA, have carefully taken their time to raise their heads […]
Suedtirol Jazz Festival, 30 June-2 July. This is the first in a series of LJN’s three reports from Suedtirol 2023. Oliver Weindling writes about the first weekend. Alison Bentley will write parts […]
Johnny Hodges – ‘In Concert’ (Steeplechase Records. Album review by Olie Brice) In March 1961 the Duke Ellington band were given two weeks off mid-European tour, to allow Ellington to complete work […]
Mondays With Morgan is a column in LondonJazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Therein, he dives deep into the jazz that moves him – […]
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – Connection (Enja Yellowbird. Album review by Jon Turney) Marc Ribot’s heavily rhythmic, slightly distorted electric guitar sound is rooted in rock and the bluesier end of Americana […]
The third edition of the ten-day Sicilia Jazz Festival in Palermo, with headliners such as Marcus Miller and Gregory Porter, was a success. Francesco Ragni(*), who attended the first four days, reports. […]
Soweto Kinch (Classic Music Sundays Special Edition, Spitalfields Festival. 6 July 2023. Report by John Stevenson) In a special edition of Classic Music Sundays for the Spitalfields Festival, MOBO award-winning jazz saxophonist, […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Kai Hoffman was inspired by the film ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day‘ to start the Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival. 2023 presents the sixth edition, at which 95% of the events […]
Tom Ollendorff – Open House Fresh Sounds Records FSNT 656 (CD review by Mike Collins) Listening to guitarist Tom Ollendorff’s new release, his second under his own name, I’ve been trying to […]
Christine Jensen Quartet (“Day Moon” Album launch. Upstairs, Montreal. 5 July 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Some bleary-eyed logic coming here, the result of a week rushing to gigs (and avoiding […]
JAZZx Festival, Timisoara, Romania Photographs and commentary by John Watson I find the music of Shakti so captivating that concentrating on photographing the group in concert might be considered the biggest challenge […]
McCoy Tyner – The Montreux Years(Claude Nobs Foundation/BMG 5053888948. Vinyl review by Phil Johnson) As shown in the fascinating recent three-part BBC television series on the Montreux Jazz Festival (‘They All Came […]
JAZZx Festival (Timisoara, Romania, 28 June – 2 July. Review and photos by John Watson) “We Jazz Together” – that was the theme of the JAZZx Festival, held in the beautiful Romanian […]
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