Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music (Brownswood / Warner Music/ Cashmere Thoughts Recordings/ Nonesuch Records in the US. Album review by Dan Paton) A prodigiously talented drummer, Yussef Dayes was already performing with […]
Gaume Jazz Festival(Rossignol, Belgium. 11-13 August 2023. Round-up by Oliver Weindling) Gaume Jazz Festival this year celebrated a full return to pre-pandemic sized programme, helped by extending the capacity of its second […]
Sebastian writes: Congratulations to Ezra Collective (Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison and Joe Armon-Jones) for bringing to an end one of the longest waits in British music…all of thirty-one […]
Jeppe Zeeberg – Occasionally, Good Things Do Happen(Self Released. Album review by Peter Slavid) Almost exactly four years ago I reviewed Universal Disappointment, an exciting and quirky album by young Danish pianist […]
Zoe Rahman Octet(Kings Place Hall One. “Colour of Sound” album launch. 6 September 2023. Brief (*) live review by Sebastian Scotney) Kings Place Hall One was completely sold out for the Zoe […]
Proms 66 + 67: Rufus Wainwright – ‘Want Symphonic: Want One & Want Two’(Royal Albert Hall. 5 September 2023. Live review by AJ Dehany) The Royal Albert Hall is the only place […]
The jazzahead! Showcase programme gives bands the opportunity to perform in front of a representative and influential group from the worldwide jazz industry. The window for applications to appear in the 2024 […]
Outreach Festival, (Schwaz, Austria, 3-5 August 2023. Round-up and photos by Oliver Weindling) Franz Hackl is the mastermind behind the Outreach Festival – this was the 31st edition. His particular skill is […]
Ambleside Days Contemporary Music Festival(31 August to 3 September 2023, Zeffirelli’s, Ambleside. Round-up review by Mike Collins) The fifth edition of the Ambleside Days Contemporary Music Festival confirmed the staying power of […]
Supersonic Festival 2023 (Various venues, Digbeth Birmingham. Festival round-up by AJ Dehany) Artists/bands covered: un.procedure (Piera Onacko/ Cassie Kinoshi /Nathan England-Jones); Matana Roberts (in absentia); Agathe Max; Jessica Moss; Ondata Rossa; Big […]
The poet Gboyega Odubanjo has died tragically early, at the age of just twenty-seven. A foundation has been set up to honour his legacy. At the time of publishing, it has already […]
Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins: ‘Lucky Teeth’(FMR Records FMRCD659-0423. Album review by Frank Graham) It would be remiss not to remark on the album’s enigmatic title, an allusion to the bizarre exploits […]
Ian Shaw(Ronnie Scott’s. 31 August 2023. First night of two, first house. Review by Sebastian Scotney) These Ronnie Scott’s gigs – of which I attended the first of four – were to […]
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 – […]
“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 […]
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