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Matana Roberts at Milton Court (2022 EFG LJF)

By ljazzn on 19 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Matana Roberts (alto sax, clarinet & vocals), Joy Guidry (bassoon & vocals), Hannah Marcus (fiddle, accordion, guitar & vocals), Nic Caloia (bass & vocals), Sam Shalabi (guitar, oud & vocals) and Ryan Sawyer (drums, vibraphone, jaw […]

Jazz Sabbath at Pizza Express Soho (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 17 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Jazz Sabbath (Pizza Express Soho (2nd house) 16 November. Review by AJ Dehany) Adam Wakeman’s incendiary 2020 documentary “Before Black Sabbath: there was Jazz Sabbath”(LINK) broke a story that shocked the worlds […]

Aziza (Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland) at Cadogan Hall (2022 EFG LJF)

By ljazzn on 17 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Aziza: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland (Cadogan Hall. 16 November 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) Dave Holland’s regular appearances at the London festival have settled at Cadogan Hall […]

‘Indo-Jazz Fusions Revisited’ (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 17 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Indo-Jazz Fusions Revisited (Spice of Life, 16 November 2022, Review by Peter Slavid) Jazz in Britain today is a fabulous melange of influences from African, Asian, Caribbean and European styles as well […]

ChicagoXLondon at the Barbican (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 17 November 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Chicago X London — Jeff Parker, Ben LaMar Gay, Angel Bat Dawid, Alabaster DePlume (Barbican. 13 November 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) You could call 2022 the “Chicago Edition” of the […]

The Egyptian Jazz Projekt at Grand Junction (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 17 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Egyptian Jazz Projekt (Grand Junction, Paddington, EFG London Jazz Festival, 15 November 2022. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) Founded in 2015 by the jazz vocalist Ahmed Harfoush, the Egyptian Jazz Projekt […]

Erol Pekcan/Tuna Ötenel/ Kudret Öztoprak – ‘Jazz Semai’ (rec. 1978)

By londonjazz on 17 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Erol Pekcan/Tuna Ötenel/ Kudret Öztoprak – Jazz Semai (Nova Müzik .Album review by Francesco Martinelli) Forty-four years after its original release, the “Jazz Semai” album, widely considered the beginning of Turkish jazz, […]

MoodSwing Quartet (Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade) at the Barbican (2022 EFG LJF)

By Charles Rees on 16 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade (MoodSwing Quartet) (Barbican. 14 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Following its postponement in 2020 and 2021, MoodSwing Quartet finally made their […]

Tori Freestone wins Ivors Composer Award (Jazz Ensemble) 2022

By Charles Rees on 16 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Tenor saxophonist, flautist and composer Tori Freestone won the The Ivors Composer Award for Jazz Ensemble for her composition “Birds of Paradise”. The piece features Freestone on flute/triangle, vocals by Brigitte Beraha, […]

Jasper Høiby Planet B at the Purcell Room (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 16 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Jasper Høiby Planet B (Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, 13 November 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) A foggy (Sun)day in London town might have felt like an unlikely time to engage […]

Dianne Reeves (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 16 November 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Dianne Reeves (Queen Elizabeth Hall.  13 November 2022. Live review by Alison Bentley) It was the end of the tour for US singer Dianne Reeves and there was a feeling of irrepressible […]

Jazz Nominees for the 2023 GRAMMYs

By londonjazz on 15 November 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

The GRAMMYs ceremony (the 65th) will take place on 5 February. Here are the nominees, first in the jazz categories, and then some jazz related names in other categories from a very […]

RYMDEN at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (2022 EFG LJF)

By londonjazz on 15 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

RYMDEN (Queen Elizabeth Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, 12 November 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) RYMDEN are Bugge Wesseltoft (piano), Dan Berglund (bass) and Magnus Öström (drums); it’s twenty-five years since Wesseltoft made his name with his […]

Jan Garbarek Group at Royal Festival Hall (2022 EFG LJF)

By Charles Rees on 14 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Jan Garbarek, Rainer Brüninghaus, Yuri Daniel & Trilok Gurtu (Royal Festival Hall. 13 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Earlier this year, Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek turned 75. In celebration of […]

Heidi Vogel sings Sarah Vaughan (Jazz Café POSK, 26 November)

By londonjazz on 14 November 2022 • ( Leave a comment )
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Vocalist/songwriter Heidi Vogel, together with musical director Ivo Neame, has prepared a very special evening of songs to celebrate Sarah Vaughan. It will premiere at Jazz Café POSK on Saturday 26 November […]

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