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 […]
Love Supreme Festival (Glynde Place. 30 June- 2 July 2023. Round-Up by Evie Hill) Evie Hill writes: Love Supreme is my favourite jazz festival. This year was my sixth time returning to […]
Sebastian writes: This piece is not about the 2023 festival, but rather an album for which I have huge affection, and think of as a masterpiece. In this feature, saxophonist Steve Kaldestad […]
Diana Krall with Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Anthony Wilson (Salle Wilfried Pelletier, Montreal 4 July 2023) I’ve been thinking about Diana Krall’s Montreal connections and had a chat recently with record producer […]
Here are the winners at the 2023 APPG ( Parliamentary) Jazz Awards: Jazz Vocalist of the Year – Elaine Delmar Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year – Gary Husband Jazz Album of the […]
Emmet Cohen Trio (Studio TD, FIJM Montreal. 3 July 2023) For anyone who believes in jazz, this gig by the Emmet Cohen Trio must be one of the most heartening sights of […]
With a new album out and his UK live debut soon, the Israeli pianist Uriel Herman explains how a jazz vision that finds room for Bowie and Mozart has won him a […]
With founding members Terry Seabrook (organ) and Peter Fraize (tenor sax) hailing from each side of the pond, naming the band in honour of the ocean that both separates and connects them […]
The Royal Albert Hall has announced some of the line-up for the 2023 Guy Barker Big Band Christmas on Wednesday 20 December The least known name here is that of the vocal […]
Melody Gardot (Salle Wilfried-Pelletier. 2 July 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney – with help*) Since a really thoughtful overnight review was being exquisitely crafted last night by the man in the next […]
Nate Smith with Lionel Loueke and Michael League (Centre Culturel Gesu. 2 July 2023. Live Review by Sebastian Scotney) This is why one goes to gigs, and in particular attends festivals: in […]
A new Summer Camp aims to instil passion for jazz… Rob Adams interviewed Ryan Quigley: Trumpeter Ryan Quigley and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s newly appointed Head of Jazz, […]
Zoe Rahman – Colour of Sound (Manushi Records MANUCD007. CD review by Mike Collins) A brooding piano rumble, then a grooving, funky riff and the band surges in behind Zoe Rahman’s piano. Click play […]
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 – […]
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