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Donald Byrd – ‘Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux’ (rec. 1973)

By ljazzn on 9 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Donald Byrd – Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (Blue Note 4599839. Album review by Adam Sieff) More buried treasure courtesy of Blue Note. Hot on the heels of November’s Elvin […]

RIP Fionna Duncan (1939-2022)

By londonjazz on 8 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

An important and highly influential figure on the Scottish scene, vocalist and educator Fionna Duncan died on Tuesday 6 December 2022 at the age of 83. As Rob Adams has written in […]

Courtney Pine – ‘Spirituality’

By londonjazz on 8 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Courtney Pine – Spirituality (Destin-E. 777103579X. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) In what might be considered a sequel to their 2015 release Song (The Ballad Book) – reviewed for us by the […]

‘Blue Note Re:imagined II’

By londonjazz on 8 December 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Various Artists / Blue Note Re:imagined II (Decca Records 4563667. Album Review by Jane Mann) This second collection of reworked tunes from the Blue Note archives reminded me of the samplers of […]

Marc Mommaas – ‘The Impressionist’

By londonjazz on 6 December 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Marc Mommaas – The Impressionist (Sunnyside Records. Album review by Dick Hovenga (*)) Saxophonist Marc Mommaas makes far too few records, and that’s a fact. Because when he does get round to […]

Iain Dixon directs RNCM Big Band with guest Percy Pursglove (RNCM Theatre, Manchester, 16 Dec 2022)

By Charles Rees on 6 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Saxophonist Iain Dixon is a major figure in jazz and jazz education in the North-West. As a significant presence in Steve Berry’s team on the jazz faculty at RNCM, he is helping […]

David Gordon Trio (new album ‘Pachyderm’)

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

Award-winning UK pianist David Gordon draws on Latin music, modern jazz and Bach’s compositions for his new album released on Mister Sam Records. He’s worked with Jacqui Dankworth, Andy Sheppard, John Etheridge […]

Mike Westbrook – ‘LONDON BRIDGE. Live in Zürich 1990’

By londonjazz on 5 December 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Mike Westbrook – LONDON BRIDGE. Live in Zürich 1990 (Westbrook Records 011. Album review by Jon Turney) Mike Westbrook’s wonderfully extended career has covered a range from big bands to small groups […]

40 Musicians moving between Cafe Oto/ Vortex / SJQ, supporting Jason Yarde Recovery Benefit Fund (10 Dec)

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

Orphy Robinson has written: LINKS: 1) The main fundraising page for Jason’s recovery fund is HERE. PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY 2) (*) Vortex Booking Link Cafe Oto Booking Link

Wadada Leo Smith – ‘Emerald Duets’ / ‘String Quartets Nos. 1-12’ (boxsets)

By leahsiennaljn on 5 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )
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Wadada Leo Smith – Emerald Duets / String Quartets Nos. 1-12 (two boxsets)(TUM Records. Review by Olie Brice) The Finnish record label TUM has been doing an impressive job of documenting Wadada […]

The W (Bruno Heinen, Gene Calderazzo, Andrea Di Biase, Heidi Vogel) – ‘Portrait’

By londonjazz on 5 December 2022 • ( Leave a comment )
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The W – Portrait (Ubuntu Music. Album review by Graham Spry) For his first full-length studio album for Ubuntu Music, Portrait, London-based pianist and composer Bruno Heinen has gathered together a truly […]

Mothers In Jazz (19): Nomfundo Xaluva

By londonjazz on 5 December 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 […]

Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano – ‘Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian’

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

Jakob Bro & Joe Lovano – Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian (ECM 4599490. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) The recording career of Paul Motian (1931–2011) began with Bill Evans’s […]

Rencontres AJC 2022 (20 Years of Jazz Migration)

By londonjazz on 3 December 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Here is Sebastian’s brief report on the annual meeting in Paris hosted by French jazz network organisation AJC (*), held at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and the Dynamo Club […]

Reis Demuth Wiltgen with Emile V. Schlesser: ‘Synaesthesia’ at SHUFFLE LX in Luxembourg

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

Reis Demuth Wiltgen with Emile V. Schlesser — Synaesthesia ( SHUFFLE LX —Opderschmelz, Dudelange, Luxembourg. 26 November 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) “I can see colours dancing in my head. I […]

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