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Dispatches from Istanbul / 2022 Akbank Jazz Festival (1)

By londonjazz on 6 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Francesco Martinelli reports from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul (24 September- 9 October 2022) Akbank Jazz Festival is a bank-sponsored autumn event in Istanbul. It has been celebrating its 32nd edition this […]

Leverton Fox – ‘In The Flicker’  

By londonjazz on 6 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Leverton Fox – In The Flicker   (Not Applicable. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) In The Flicker is Leverton Fox’s eighth album.  It presents experimental electronic music on the fringe of jazz, […]

Helen Sung Trio at Ronnie Scott’s

By londonjazz on 5 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Helen Sung Trio – with Kush Abadey and Josh Ginsburg (Ronnie Scott’s. 3 October 2022. Photos by Monika S. Jakubowska, Words by Sebastian Scotney) Helen Sung‘s piano playing is completely dazzling – […]

Nicki Leighton-Thomas (new album, lyrics by Fran Landesman: ‘One Good Scandal’)

By londonjazz on 4 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

“‘There’s an honesty and integrity to Fran Landesman’s songs,” says vocalist Nicki Leighton-Thomas. “Straight from knowledge and from the heart – and she wasn’t afraid to deal with the dark side.” Leighton-Thomas […]

Nicole Mitchell at the 2022 Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

By londonjazz on 4 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Nicole Mitchell Lit & Phil. Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music – Day 2 & 3. Two writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered the innovative 2022 NFoJaIM festival for […]

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2022 – Day 1 Report

By londonjazz on 4 October 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (The Lit& Phil, Newcastle. Day 1: Thursday 29 September 2022. Festival Report by Peter Slavid) Two LJN writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered […]

Jonathan Gee (new album: ‘The Lions Revisited’)

By londonjazz on 3 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Prolific, imaginative and versatile pianist-composer Jonathan Gee showcases his “second string” – on his first album majoring on his singing. Interview feature by Rob Adams, Jonathan Gee is talking about the creative […]

‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII – Sketches of Miles’ (Theo Croker)

By londonjazz on 3 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Theo Croker Quartet and members of the Berlin Philharmonic (arr Magnus Lindgren) – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII – Sketches of Miles (ACT 9948-2. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) To open CD 1 […]

Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra – John Taylor Celebration (12 October 2022)

By Charles Rees on 3 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

This September would have seen the 80th birthday of pianist and composer John Taylor, who died just two months before his 73rd birthday in 2015. The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra […]

Ten Tracks by John Taylor I Can’t Do Without…by Liam Noble

By ljazzn on 3 October 2022 • ( 5 Comments )

In the latest of our series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about his favourite tracks by pianist John Taylor. Liam writes: I don’t think of John Taylor […]

Mothers In Jazz (10): Shayna Steele

By londonjazz on 3 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

“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 […]

Dr John – ‘Things Happen That Way’

By londonjazz on 2 October 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

Dr John – Things Happen That Way (Rounder Records 00888072427433. Album review by Jane Mann) Things Happen That Way is Dr John’s final studio album – he was working on it when […]

Camilla George – ‘Ibio-Ibio’

By londonjazz on 2 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Camilla George – Ibio-Ibio (K7/ Ever Records – EVER102CD. Review by Graham Spry) So much of the vibrant young London Jazz scene owes a huge debt to Tomorrow’s Warriors, not only in […]

Art Themen at Bristol Music Club

By londonjazz on 1 October 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Art Themen (Fringe Jazz at Bristol Music Club. 28 September. Review by Mike Collins) A stone’s throw from the University of Bristol’s Student Union building, it’s easy to miss the steps down […]

Peter Jones – ‘Nightfly: The Life of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen’

By londonjazz on 1 October 2022 • ( 6 Comments )

Peter Jones – Nightfly: The Life of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen (Chicago Review Press. Book review by Peter Bacon) Mark Murphy… Jon Hendricks… Donald Fagen… For those of us not far from […]

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