Fergus McCreadie Trio (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival, 23 May 2023. Live review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist Fergus McCreadie is still, in his mid-twenties, at the beginning of his career, […]
(Cellar Music Group CM060922. Album review by Mike Collins) The phrases ‘Grammy award winning artist’ and ‘debut album’ are not usually found together in introductions. Vicente Archer has shown himself to be […]
Here is today’s short statement from Blue Note Records: ” Saxophonist Joshua Redman, one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the past 30 years, has signed to Blue […]
Described as “both hip and a hoot” by JazzWeekly, Canadian vocalist, songwriter and lyricist Angela Verbrugge Is coming to London’s Pizza Express, Soho on June 3rd and 4th. Originally from Victoria, Ontario, […]
Jazz North Northern Line showcase (mjf@ First Street Main Stage. Manchester Jazz Festival . 21 May 2023. Live reviews by AJ Dehany) Each year since 2012 the Jazz North development agency’s Northern […]
Italian pianist Ilario Ferrari loves working with strings and with his own group. To launch his latest album, Be Yourself, he brings a string quartet and a piano trio to the stage […]
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 in — […]
Emma Rawicz Quintet/Oscar Lyons Quartet (Watford Jazz Junction. Pump House Theatre, Watford. 20 May 2023. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s something special about listening to high quality live music in a […]
“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 […]
” This last couple of years have been amongst the most productive of my life. I’m thrilled to have been accepted by the New York City Jazz community…“, says Nottingham-born bassist Mark Lewandowski. […]
Sebastian writes: This is a three-part report. “Veinards!” (lucky so-and-so’s) was how a commenter on Facebook described us. We were participants in something of an experiment, the first try-out of a new […]
Vivien Ardley (with additional material by John Coles and Dave Gelly) – Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes and Rainbows (Jazz in Britain. Book review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Neil Ardley was a major figure in […]
Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry – Our Daily Bread (ECM Records – ECM 2777/4877746. Album review by Graham Spry) Joe Lovano has, quite simply, been one of America’s most accomplished tenor saxophonists for […]
Deadeye – LIVE (Dox Records. Download and LP, available from BandCamp. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) It was the name of Kit Downes that first piqued my interest in Deadeye, and indeed […]
Five-Way Split – All The Way (Ubuntu music UBU129 . Review by Len Weinreich) Around the time Brits were crowding the dance floor, jiving to the revival of New Orleans’ jazz, young […]
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