Tony Kofi, Alina Bzhezhinska and Larry BartleyPhoto credit: Mustafa GoldAlina Bzhezhinska Quartet(Vortex, 28 August 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) Increasingly regarded as a musical and spiritual visionary, for Alice Coltrane there was […]
Leo Pellegrino and the Metropole Orkest at Prom 53Photo Copyright: BBC/ Mark AllanREVIEW: Prom 53: Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited(Royal Albert Hall. 24 August 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) “I feel […]
CD REVIEW: Adam Fairhall – Friendly Ghosts (Efpi Records. Review by AJ Dehany) Adam Fairhall is a great example of an outside player who plays inside. Raised in Cornwall and resident in […]
Themba Mvula in The Cry of the Double Bass Photo credit: Claire ShoveltonSebastiano Dessanay’s The Cry of the Double Bass(Act 3 given as part of the Tête à Tête Opera Festival at […]
Gonimoblast – Live with Arve Henriksen/Maja Ratkje(Stoney Lane Records. Review by AJ Dehany)Samplers have been around since the ’60s, so why do they still seem so futuristic? It seems to have taken […]
Singer Jarvis Cocker with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra Photo credit BBC/Mark Allan REVIEW: Prom 15: The Songs of Scott Walker (1967-70) (Royal Albert Hall. 25 July 2017. Review by AJ […]
Generation XPhoto credit: Cleveland WatkissAlya Al-Sultani’s Collective X (Out-Spoken — Roundhouse Sackler Studio Theatre. 27 June 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) “This is the sexiest venue I’ve ever read at,” says poet […]
Terri Lyne Carrington in Birmingham Town HallPhoto credit: John Watson/jazzcamera.co.ukTerri Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project(Birmingham Town Hall, 21 May 2017. Review by A J Dehany)“It’s important to claim new standards,” says Terri Lyne […]
The Firebird at Sound UnboundPhoto Barbican / Mark AllanSound Unbound Festival (Barbican and surrounding venues, 29th-30th April 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) While all of Twitter has been lol-ing and lulzing about […]
Alison Balsom at Abbey Road in 2013Photo : Hales 8000 / Creative CommonsSound Unbound Festival Finale: Alison Balsom: Sketches of Spain / Rhapsody in Blue (Barbican, 30th April, Review by AJ Dehany)Bernstein […]
A traffic update (picture is of Karachi)Sebastian writes: Site TrafficApril 2017 has been the busiest month for traffic at the LondonJazz News website since the site started in 2009.With a total of 192,000 […]
Keith Tippett and Louis Moholo-Moholoat the VortexKeith Tippett and Louis Moholo-Moholo Duo (Vortex, 28th April 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) There is a queue stretching outside the Vortex. This is not usual. […]
Tigran Hamsyan solo Kings Place Hall One. 6th April 2017. Second house. Review by AJ Dehany) It’s a rare work of art that can transport you four thousand years back in time […]
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Zachary Gvirtzman (Zac Gvi) is a founding member of F-IRE Collective. His album of spontaneous solo piano meditations “Father Tongues” is released on 2 May. AJ Dehany asked him […]
Liran Donin in 2013Photo credit: Patrick HadfieldMark Holub, Liran Donan, Tom Herbert, Chris Batchelor Vortex, 22nd March 2017. Review by AJ Dehany) There’s something particularly earth-shattering and primal about duelling basses: the […]
