Jakub Klimiuk Quintet with Mark Lockheart(Vortex. Album Launch for ‘(un)balanced’. 1 May 2024. Review by David Shiers) Unlike many classical, rock and pop concerts, where the audience is there to hear old […]
Roger Beaujolais: new album ‘Bags of Vibes’, released 13 May 2024.
Roger Beaujolais’s new album Bags of Vibes, a tribute to Milt Jackson with special guest Jim Mullen, will be out on StayTuned Records on 13 May 2024. He starts a tour in […]
Mark Nightingale/ James Davison Quintet at Imber Court
Mark Nightingale/ James Davison/ Dave Newton/ Andrew Cleyndert/ Sebastian De Krom(Jazz at Imber Court. 21 April 2024. Review by Peter Vacher) Asked to justify the low level of grant support for jazz […]
Carolyn Hume and Paul May – ‘Shape of the Night’
Carolyn Hume and Paul May: Shape of the Night (Leo Records. Album review by Phil Johnson) Starting with their critically-acclaimed debut, ‘Zero, released in the year 2000, the duo of pianist Carolyn […]
Jasmine Myra – ‘Rising’
Jasmine Myra – Rising(Gondwana Records. Album Review by Adam Sieff) It’s been almost two years since I wrote about Jasmine Myra’s beautiful debut album Horizons (LINK TO REVIEW), which was one of […]
‘The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins’
The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins, edited by Sam V.H. Reese(New York Review Books. Book review by Phil Johnson), I suppose there must have been other moments in life when I felt as […]
Kyle Eastwood: ‘Eastwood Plays Eastwood’ at Ronnie Scott’s
Kyle Eastwood: ‘Eastwood Plays Eastwood’(Ronnie Scott’s Club, London. 25 April 2024. Review by John McGloin) Kyle Eastwood is a regular visitor to the U.K., usually appearing at Ronnie Scott’s on an “annual […]
Jakub Klimiuk Quintet – ‘(un)balanced’
Jakub Klimiuk Quintet, (un)balanced(Self-released, Bandcamp. Review by Mike Collins) NOTE: (un)balanced is released today 1 May and the launch is at the Vortex tonight / Ticket link below Guitarist Jakub Klimiuk’s quintet […]
Tim Garland – new album ‘Moment of Departure’ releasing 3 May
Reeds player and composer Tim Garland‘s career has spanned 33 years, and his creativity shows no sign of letting up. Three years in the making, his newest album Moment of Departure will […]
Brick Lane Jazz Festival 2024
Brick Lane Jazz Festival (Various Venues. 26-28 April. Review of Sunday by Andrew Taylor-Dawson) Brick Lane Jazz Festival served up three days of diverse jazz spread across more than ten venues. Now […]
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio at Ladbroke Hall
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio(Ladbroke Hall, London. 26/4/2024 Review by Ian Latham) The palatial splendor of Ladbroke Hall is a delightful setting for Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba’s first London performance in seven years, in […]
Copenhagen Jazzexperience – ‘Lazy Afternoon’
Copenhagen Jazzexperience – Lazy Afternoon (Waidtlow Music. Album review by Len Weinreich) Blushing confession: until now, I’d never knowingly heard of Claus Waidtløw. And we’re talking about a tenor saxophonist who’s a […]
Ten Tracks by Kurt Rosenwinkel I Can’t Do Without… by Jakub Klimiuk
In LJN’s series where musicians write about their inspirations and idols, guitarist and composer Jakub Klimiuk writes about Kurt Rosenwinkel. Rosenwinkel is undoubtedly the most influential contemporary jazz guitar player since Scofield […]
Mondays with Morgan: Kenny Barron – new album ‘Beyond this Place’
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist/composer Kenny Barron: an NEA Jazz Master, a 13-time GRAMMY nominee, and a DownBeat Hall of Famer. His new album, Beyond […]
Gypsy Jazz Festival of London (6-12 May)
A seven-day festival across six venues in London… stars from the ‘gypsy jazz’ scene such as violinist Tcha Limberger and guitarist Stochelo Rozenberg – “second to none, a phenomenal guitarist who’s a […]
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