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 […]
John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy – Evenings at the Village Gate (Impulse! 00602455514189. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Another “new” album by John Coltrane, this recording was rediscovered in the New York Public Library, […]
Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons – Live At The Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records. Album review by John Ferguson (*)) It is no coincidence that Canadian pianist Kris Davis has become one of the […]
Blueblut, Bohemia After Dark, Carol Alston Gospel of the Blues (Passau Jazz Festival, 8-9 August 2023. Reviews by Oliver Weindling) This is the second of Oliver Weindling’s reports from Jazzfest Passau. He […]
Festival Météo(Various Venues in Mulhouse, France, 23 to 26 August, 2023. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The focus of the Météo Festival is on the experimental areas of improvised music and electronica. Founded in 1983 […]
Jakob Dinesen/Anders Christensen/ Laust Sonne – Moonlight Drive (April Records. Album review by Jon Turney) A new saxophone trio release has to be a bit special to stand out from the hundreds […]
David Helbock – Austrian Syndicate(ACT 9974-2. Album review by Jon Carvell) If you’ve been following David Helbock over the last few years, you might have heard him in his much-travelled duo with French […]
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