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Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Part 1)

By londonjazz on 17 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Flagey, Brussels. Thursday-Saturday, Jan 12-14 2023. Festival report by Jon Turney) This is the first of two reports from Brussels by Jon Turney (*) Brussels’ cosy indoor jazz […]

Open Letter from Scottish cultural figures about BBC Radio Scotland’s decision to axe ‘crucial’ music programmes

By londonjazz on 16 January 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

“The effect of these cuts will be devastating for Scotland’s classical, jazz and piping scenes.“ Tommy Smith has co-ordinated an open letter from a high-profile list of cultural figures in Scotland, including […]

Jeff Beck. A tribute by Mark Wingfield

By londonjazz on 16 January 2023 • ( 6 Comments )
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Guitarist Mark Wingfield pays tribute to Jeff Beck, “master of tonal nuance and expression”, who passed away on 10 January 2023 aged 78. Mark Wingfield writes: This won’t be an exhaustive run-through […]

Georgia Mancio Quartet: re-opening gig at Hugh & Marion’s / Eltham Jazz Club

By londonjazz on 16 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Georgia Mancio Quartet (Hugh and Marion’s/Eltham Jazz Club. 12 January 2023. Live review by Rob Mallows) Until last Thursday, Eltham I knew only as a junction on the A2, the location of the […]

Dhafer Youssef – ‘Streets of Minarets’

By londonjazz on 16 January 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Dhafer Youssef – Streets of Minarets (Back Beat Edition – Album review by Graham Spry) Over the last two decades, Dhafer Youssef has been one of Europe’s most reliably intriguing and innovative […]

Mothers In Jazz (25): Kim Nazarian

By londonjazz on 16 January 2023 • ( 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 […]

jazzahead! 2023: all thirty-six showcase bands announced

By londonjazz on 11 January 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

In a Press Release issued today, the jazzahead! trade fair (27-30 April) has announced all of the bands who will be appearing at the 2023 event, the world’s largest. We publish the […]

Jo Lawry (new album ‘Acrobats’ with Allison Miller and Linda May Han Oh, and touring UK/Ire/Switz)

By londonjazz on 10 January 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

South Australia-born singer Jo Lawry’s new album “Acrobats” with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Allison Miller, is released on Whirlwind Recordings on 10 February. There is also a UK/ Ireland/ […]

“Help us Buy Some Time”. Peggy’s Skylight (Nottingham) sets up campaign to postpone sale of premises by City Council.

By londonjazz on 9 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Paul Deats and Rachel Foster of Peggy’s Skylight have dis covered that Nottingham City Council is planning to sell the Peggy’s Skylight building at auction on 23 February 2023, despite the fact […]

Electric Lady Big Band at Ronnie Scott’s

By londonjazz on 9 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )
Denny Ilett

Denny Ilett’s Electric Lady Big Band play Jimi Hendrix(Ronnie Scott’s, 6-7 January 2023. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jimi Hendrix always expressed an interest in writing music for a big band but sadly […]

Chris Biscoe – ‘Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook’

By leahsiennaljn on 9 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )
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Chris Biscoe – Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook (Trio Records tr607. Album review by Jane Mann) This new release is the first that I have come across devoted entirely to […]

Claire Martin & Callum Au: Songs and Stories (Cadogan Hall, 20 Jan 2023)

By leahsiennaljn on 9 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

This unique collaboration between Britain’s star jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Callum Au’s 50-piece orchestra and big band was originally set for its Cadogan Hall debut in June 2020. Their Songs and […]

Mothers In Jazz (24): Leonor Falcón

By londonjazz on 9 January 2023 • ( 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 […]

World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, SW11. (First season at new concert venue opens 20 Jan.)

By londonjazz on 6 January 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Saxophonist Tony Kofi’s award-winning Thelonious Monk tribute quartet, pianists Julian Joseph OBE and Zoe Rahman, Jazz FM Breakthrough Act, drummer Jas Kayser and internationally revered Danish bassist Jasper Høiby…are among the musicians set […]

Jussi Reijonen, ‘Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista’

By londonjazz on 5 January 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista (Challenge Records CR 73545. Album review by Rachel Coombes) Resistant to categorisation, Jussi Reijonen’s compositions merge together such a wide range of musical styles and ‘languages’ […]

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