After a highly successful inaugural series of jazz concerts in 2019, Morley College has announced a new programme of five concerts to take place at the end of each month from 28 […]
Morley Jazz Series (starts Friday 28 February 2020)
Issie Barratt’s Interchange – “Donna’s Secret”
Issie Barratt’s Interchange – Donna’s Secret (Fuzzy Moon Records FUZ015. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Sixteen musicians and eight composers, who just happen to be women, on an album of highly accomplished […]
LJN writers’ and friends’ jazz highlights of 2019
We asked our writers and friends to each submit one Jazz Highlight of 2019. Here are the results: Rob Adams: Pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski (aka New Focus) exploring The […]
Ingrid and Christine Jensen/Whirlwind Jazz Orchestra at Purcell Room (2019 EFG LJF)
Ingrid and Christine Jensen with the Whirlwind Recordings Jazz Orchestra (Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Mike Collins) A delicate sequence of chords seemed to seep from […]
Ingrid and Christine Jensen + Whirlwind Orchestra in Nottingham
Ingrid and Christine Jensen with the Whirlwind Recording Artists Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Steps/ Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham. 14 November 2019. First night of tour. Review by Jeanie Barton.) The night was very […]
30th Reykjavik Jazz Festival
Reykjavik Jazzhátíð/ Reykjavik Jazz Festival (Reykjavik, Iceland. 4-8 September 2019. Festival Round-Up by Sebastian Scotney) This first-time visit to Iceland has been a fascinating voyage of discovery. During four days at the […]
Ten vinyl releases from Whirlwind Recordings
Sebastian writes: Michael Janisch’s label Whirlwind Recordings will be 10 years old in 2020. As a “pre-celebration” the label has launched a special edition of ten issues on vinyl. A pre-order period […]
Christine and Ingrid Jensen and the Whirlwind Orchestra to tour England and Ireland in November
Sebastian writes: Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen and her elder sister, trumpeter/bandleader Ingrid grew up in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, a town with a tradition of concert bands going back to the 1870s, and […]
INTERVIEW/PREVIEW: Flavio Li Vigni (Jazz at Morley College – new Friday series starts 25 January)
Flavio Li Vigni, Head of Jazz at Morley College London, has instigated a new monthly Friday late afternoon and evening jazz series starting on 25 January 2019. The full list for this […]
LJN YEAR-END LISTS (1): Musician/Band of the Year 2018
Yazz Ahmed, Helena Kay and Tori Freestonewith Interchange at the Parabola, CheltenhamPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk The first of our three annual lists consists of nominations by LJN writers and other friends […]
PREVIEW: Noel Langley’s Eventide Ensemble at the Vortex (22 November / 2018 EFG LJF)
Noel LangleyPublicity photo from Eclipse trumpets Sebastian writes: Noel Langley has been in touch to explain the background behind a very rare appearance by his Edentide Ensemble at the Vortex this Thursday […]
NEWS: Full Programme for fourth Cambridge International Jazz Festival announced (13-27 Nov)
Madeleine PeyrouxPublicity Photo Sebastian writes: Festival Director Ros Russell’s introduction to this fourth Cambridge International Jazz Festival sets the tone of a festival which she and the team around her have brought […]
INTERVIEW: Andre Canniere’s The Darkening Blue (tour dates incl. Vortex, 31 Oct)
Andre CannierePhoto credit: Juliana Ramos da Costa Andre Canniere is an American-raised, London-based trumpeter and composer whose recent project The Darkening Blue has seen him explore the relationship between words and music. […]
NEWS: Pizza Express announces its 45-gig EFG London Jazz Fest Programme (16 to 25 November)
Sheila Jordan – who will be celebrating her 90th birthdayPhoto credit: OhWeh/ Creative Commons Pizza Express has just announced its most extensive programme ever for the EFG London Jazz Festival: 45 gigs […]
INTERVIEW: Miriam Ast & Victor Gutierrez (new album Secret Songs )
Miriam Ast and Victor GutierrezPublicity photo supplied The London-based duo of German-born singer MIRIAM AST and pianist VICTOR GUTIERREZ first came to the attention of LJN when they won the Bucharest International […]
