“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 […]
Mothers In Jazz (61): Allegra Levy
Floating Points with Shabaka Hutchings – ‘Promises’ at Hollywood Bowl
Floating Points with Shabaka Hutchings – “Promises” (Hollywood Bowl. 20 September 2023. Live review by Dick Hovenga(*)) There are concerts that you will never forget, and for as long as you live. […]
Itamar Borochov (new album ‘Arba’ + London dates 5/6 October)
Trumpeter Itamar Borochov has just released his new album “Arba” (Greenleaf Music- link to review below). With this record, he takes inspiration from the stirring melody-driven Middle Eastern sounds which have surrounded […]
Irreversible Entanglements – ‘Protect Your Light’
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light(Impulse!. Album review by Dan Bergsagel) The first time I heard Irreversible Entanglements was by accident, during NYC Winter Jazzfest in January 2019. I was sitting tucked into […]
Matt Carter Octet – ‘Read Between The Lines’
Matt Carter Octet – Read Between The Lines(Ubuntu Music. Album review by Frank Griffith) Pianist and arranger/composer, Matt Carter’s debut CD, Read Between The Lines is a refreshing and ambitious work in […]
ZAV (Jesper Zeuthen / Jacob Anderskov / Anders Vestergaard): ‘Nocturnal’
ZAV (Jesper Zeuthen / Jacob Anderskov / Anders Vestergaard) – Nocturnal(ILK Music ILK345, Review by Frank Graham) Uniting three generations of Danish improvisers, ZAV’s music is a visceral combination of heart-on-the-sleeve immediacy, […]
Ten Don Pullen Tracks I Can’t Live Without… by Liam Noble
In the latest of our series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about his favourite tracks by pianist Don Pullen (1941-1995). Liam writes: Don Pullen changed my life. […]
Brad Mehldau – “14 Reveries” premiere at Wigmore Hall
Brad Mehldau(Wigmore Hall. 20 September 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) You can tell instantly that it is Brad Mehldau playing. A particular touch at the piano, the shape of a phrase…it […]
Sarah Jane Morris (new show ‘The Sisterhood’ – premiere at Cadogan Hall, 6 October)
Sarah Jane Morris has a new show, The Sisterhood. “I have written ten songs about the lives of ten female singers and singer-songwriters who have inspired me over the years and who […]
Jazz Central Festival 2023 in Birmingham
Jazz Central Festival (1000 Trades, Birmingham. 8 -10 September 2023. Round-up by Tony Dudley-Evans) BACKGROUND Jazz Midlands, the consortium of jazz promoters in the West Midlands established by Birmingham Jazz, has set up […]
Nu Civilisation Orchestra with Nubya Garcia: ‘Focus’ at the Royal Festival Hall
Nu Civilisation Orchestra with Nubya Garcia presents Stan Getz’s Focus(Royal Festival Hall, 15 September 2023. Part of Nicholas Daley’s Woven Rhythms. Live review by John L. Walters) Eddie Sauter’s LP-length, seven-part suite […]
Pianist Emile Hinton wins 2023 Musicians’ Company Tina May Young Jazz Artist Award
The winner of the 2023 Musicians’ Company Tina May Young Jazz Artist Award was pianist Emile Hinton. The winner receives a medal, £1000 plus £600 for a winners gig in the coming […]
Mondays with Morgan: Miki Yamanaka (new album ‘Shades of Rainbow’)
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 him – […]
Peter Johnstone’s International Organ Quartet (tour dates feat. Joe Locke, Tommy Smith, Alyn Cosker, 19-24 October)
Scottish keyboardist Peter Johnstone has picked a dream team of world class jazz talents for his upcoming tour and recording. Feature/ interview by Rob Adams. Currently best known as the Scottish National […]
Len Phillips Swing Orchestra (new programme ‘Another…100 Years of Big Bands’, Cadogan Hall, 1 October)
“The band is sounding better than ever,” says Joe Pettitt, the ‘force of nature‘ who leads the Len Phillips Swing Orchestra. Known for their hit shows on Sky Arts, the Orchestra will be […]
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