WoodKid + Yo La Tengo(Royal Festival Hall. 17/19 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by AJ Dehany) The Beyond Margins series at the London Jazz Festival presents artists who don’t usually appear in […]
WoodKid + Yo La Tengo (EFG LJF 2021)
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra at Pizza Express Soho (EFG LJF 2021)
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra(Pizza Express Soho. 21 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Mike Collins) The Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra in full flight is a thing to behold. Often, as a solo […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 47. ‘Tripping’ – Andrew Hill, Shades, 1986
The 47th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is a notable return to the limelight for a piano master. Andrew Hill hadn’t recorded for half a dozen years, so it was a great […]
Nils Petter Molvaer at Ronnie Scott’s (EFG LJF 2021)
Nils Petter Molvaer (Ronnie Scott’s. 17 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rob Mallows) This was a very Norwegian gig. Sure, there were three Norwegian musicians on stage. Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, […]
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra at Union Chapel (EFG LJF 2021)
Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra (Union Chapel. 20 November 2021. EFG LJGF. Review by Rob Mallows) As homecomings go, this one was a rip-snorter! Bill Laurance – who started his career as Snarky […]
Bansangu Orchestra at the Spice of Life (EFG LJF 2021)
Bansangu Orchestra (Spice of Life. 21 November 2021. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Bansangu, I hear you ask? As Paul Booth who runs Bansangu Orchestra has explained: “The band’s name comes from the […]
Luzmira Zerpa at The Sanctuary, E17 (EFG LJF 2021)
Luzmira Zerpa (The Sanctuary, E17. 18 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Rosa Sawer) Venezuelan-born and London-based musician Luzmira Zerpa brought all the zeal and passion of Latin America to the intimate […]
Andrew McCormack Trio + Rob Barron Trio at Pizza Express Holborn (EFG LJF 2021)
Andrew McCormack Trio + Rob Barron Trio(Pizza Express Live Holborn, 19 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Mike Collins) Early on in Andrew McCormack’s set on the last Friday of the London […]
Iver Cardas (Norway) Wins First Prize at International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition 2021
The winners of the 4th International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Kraków have been announced, writes Izzy Blankfield from Kraków: First prize: Iver Cardas (Norway) Second prize: Carl Morgan (Australia) Third […]
Finalists of the International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition announced
The finalists of the 4th International Jarek Śmietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Kraków have been announced. Of 16 semi-finalists, 7 players have been selected by the jury to perform in the final […]
Avishai Cohen + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran (EFG LJF 2021)
Avishai Cohen + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran (Barbican. 16 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Izzy Blankfield) Nikki Yeoh opened one of the most anticipated nights of the 2021 London […]
L.U.M.E (Lisbon) vs. LUME (London) at EFG LJF 2021
Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble, Purcell Room LUME, Hundred Years Gallery (EFG London Jazz Festival. 14 / 16 November 2021. Live review by AJ Dehany) The theory of thirty (*) is a phenomenon […]
Ivo Neame Septet at Pizza Express Holborn (EFG LJF 2021)
Ivo Neame Septet (Pizza Express Holborn – 15 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Peter Slavid) There’s something about the sound of a seven-piece band in an intimate venue like the Pizza […]
Ill Considered – ‘Liminal Space’
Ill Considered – Liminal Space (New Soil. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) This tenth album in four years from London-based free jazz quartet-turned-trio, Ill Considered marks a departure. Whereas their first nine albums […]
‘Shaney Forbes Explores Blossom Dearie’ at the 606 (EFG LJF 2021)
‘Shaney Forbes Explores Blossom Dearie’ (606 Club. 16 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Titles for gigs don’t come much more improbable or intriguing than this one, and […]
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