Mondays With Morgan is a new column in London Jazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. He will be diving deeply into the jazz that […]
Vocalist, poet and photographer, Paula Rae Gibson releases her latest album, “I Found You Eating Colours” via a new outlet, the art magazine Unvaeled, which is adding a music label to its […]
“In London I’ve been able to develop more confidence and figure out how to be a band leader, in all senses.” Canadian pianist Sean Fyfe has certainly earned his place on the […]
An Audience with Father John Misty (Sage Gateshead, 13 March 2023. Report by AJ Dehany) “As you can tell from all the fake jazz music you heard earlier, I was really floundering […]
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 […]
The second day of this year’s Two-Steinway Festival at PizzaExpress Dean Street, Sunday 19 March, consists of two concerts by the duo of Julian Joseph and Gwilym Simcock, at 1pm and then […]
Classic Jazz At The Philharmonic Jam Sessions (1950-1957)(Mosaic Records MD-10-275. 10-CD set. Review by Len Weinreich) In case this review catches the attention of a visiting Martian, a ‘jam session’ could be […]
Trichotomy – To Vanish (Earshift Music – Review by Bruce Lindsay) Six years after the release of Known/Unknown Trichotomy, the Australian piano/bass/drums trio formed in 1999, returns with studio album number eight, […]
Sebastian writes: Sad news. One of the understated greats of British jazz, saxophonist and clarinettist Tony Coe, passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of 88. The following tribute from Tim Garland’s […]
Sebastian writes: Inntoene is a boutique festival in the Innviertel in Austria which is the creation of trombonist/ impresario/ farmer Paul Zauner. Paul, a good friend of LJN, has been highly adept […]
Ralph Towner – At First Light (ECM 2758. Album review by John Arnett) Fifty years ago this year, Ralph Towner released his first solo album “Diary”, also on ECM and produced, as […]
Kenny Barron – The Source(Artwork Records ARTR2202. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Imagine, for a moment, you’re a jazz pianist. You’re alone, seated on a piano stool at a Steinway D, facing […]
Michael Janisch Band (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 14 March 2023. Review and photos by John Watson) Concerts by touring American bands have been rather thin on the ground in recent […]
It is announced today that PizzaExpress is to launch a record label. The first two releases on PX Records, for release on 14 April are: Full text of Press Release begins “PizzaExpress […]
Bobo Stenson Trio – Sphere (ECM 2775. Album review by Patrick Hadfield) Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson (b.1944) has had a long, illustrious career at the forefront of the vibrant Nordic jazz scene; […]
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