“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 Nonidentical – Material Tropes (NONID Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Material Tropes, the debut full album of the Nonidentical group led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Zac Gvi, is both thoughtful […]
Blossom Dearie – Discover Who I Am: The Fontana Years London 1966-70 (Fontana/ UMC- Mercury. Review of six-disc set by Lavender Sutton) Discover Who I Am, the new 6-disc release of Blossom […]
Reuben James – Champagne Kisses (Rufio Records – album review by Mark McKergow) Vocalist and keyboardist Reuben James presents his debut album, an abundant and smartly-produced collection of jazz-flavoured soul/R&B soaked in […]
Pianist/educator Simon Purcell has recently started “Jazz Mondays”, a new Monday gig with top jazz players at the Fox in Palmers Green. It is doing well. Simon is also a pro-active supporter […]
(ECM Luminessence series. Vinyl reviews by Phil Johnson) ECM’s new audiophile vinyl series follows up the inaugural releases (Kenny Wheeler and Nana Vasconcelos) with a second imaginatively matched pair, both albums again […]
Pat Metheny – Dream Box (Modern Recordings/ BMG. Album review by Simon Lasky) Throughout his career Metheny has interspersed his large ensemble projects with occasional solo or duo recordings. This album is […]
Modern Jazz Quartet – The Montreux Years (Montreux Sounds BMGCAT733CD. Album review by Len Weinreich) Shortly after the name changed from the Milt Jackson Quartet to the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), critics […]
“A Capoeira Turca (Baia Havası)” is the first single from Istanbul-born, Boston-based Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol’s (*) forthcoming album ‘Turkish Hipster: Tales From Swing To Psychedelic’. We covered an ambitious and complex large […]
Dee Byrne – Outlines (Whirlwind Records CD WR 4809. CD review by Jon Turney) Alto saxophonist Dee Byrne’s title for this very attractive set apparently refers to drawings she made as a […]
The PBS documentary ‘Little Satchmo’, written and directed edited by John Alexander, and based on the 2012 memoir “Little Satchmo: Living in the Shadow of my Father Louis Daniel Armstrong” by Sharon […]
In a press release today, Edinburgh-born Andrew Bain is announced as the New Head of Jazz at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, as the successor to bassist Paula Gardiner, […]
“A festival should be an experience,” says Stefan Festini Cucco, new Festival president. With 55 concerts in over 30 stunning venues and locations among the mountains of Suedtirol/Alto Adige, incredible experiences at […]
Swiss-French Jazz guitarist Alex Scheuerer is joined by vocalist Najwa Ezzaher to perform material from their recent album together La Vie En Soul and more at Pizza Express Soho on Monday 10 […]
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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