London East Jazz Festival (Leytonstone Ballroom/Red Lion, 5 October 2019. Review by Sarah Chaplin) Earlier this year, as Waltham Forest became the first ever London Borough of Culture, Mark Kass, a prolific […]
London East Jazz Festival
BopFest (Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Bar, 18 – 24 Nov)
The latest edition of the exciting, musician-led Kennington mini-fest, which includes tributes to two jazz greats, features some top international players. Martin Chilton previews the festival for LondonJazz News: The now annual […]
Joe Armon-Jones – Turn To Clear View
Joe Armon-Jones – Turn To Clear View (Brownswood BWOOD 0207CD. CD Review by Peter Jones) One of the many joys of the current new wave of British jazz, centred around London’s Jazz […]
Cambridge International Jazz Festival (13 – 24 November)
With over 70 events spanning early and modern, soul, funk, blues, gypsy, electronic, and rock-influenced sounds, the fifth Cambridge International Jazz Festival celebrates jazz in all its diversity. Rachel Coombes previews the […]
“Mountain jazz and all that is a bit of a cliché.” Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni (UK dates 3-7 November)
Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni brings his trio to the UK next month, with a London date at Kansas Smitty’s among the tour dates. Adrian Pallant wrote of the trio’s 2018 release Fundur: […]
Rebecca Nash/ Atlas – Peaceful King
Rebecca Nash/ Atlas – Peaceful King (Whirlwind WR4748. CD review by Mike Collins) With Peaceful King, pianist and keys player Rebecca Nash has produced an assured and distinctive debut. Her band Atlas […]
Marco Marconi Trio featuring Max Ionata – “New Roads” album launch at the 606 Club
Marco Marconi Trio featuring Max Ionata (606 Club. 3 October 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) One influential figure in British jazz recently told me a story. As he was walking past a […]
Paul Zauner and Carlton Holmes in Passau, Germany
Paul Zauner and Carlton Holmes (Gotischen Langhaus Niedernburg, Passau. 21 September 2019. Review by Oliver Weindling) A duo has a great sense of intimacy and the best manage to draw each member […]
Sendecki & Spiegel – Two in the Mirror
Sendecki & Spiegel – Two in the Mirror (Skip Records. CD review by Tomasz Furmanek) Two in the Mirror is the fruit of a collaboration between two jazz musicians with high profiles […]
Alpenspektakel 2019 – Gut Sonnenhausen
Alpenspektakel 2019 – Gut Sonnenhausen (Glonn, Upper Bavaria, 20-22 September 2019. Report by Ralf Dombrowski(*) Above all this is a lovely location. And it hosts a lovely festival. And these two go […]
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