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Pepper Adams with The Tommy Banks Trio – ‘Live at Room at the Top’ (rec. 1972)

By londonjazz on 23 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Pepper Adams with The Tommy Banks Trio – Live at Room at the Top (Cellar Music Group/Reel to Real Recordings. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) Did the great baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams […]

Fergus McCreadie to become 8th BBC Radio 3 New Generation (jazz) artist

By londonjazz on 23 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

BBC Radio 3 have announced today the next cohort of participants in their New Generation Artists scheme. Pianist Fergus McCreadie becomes the eighth jazz musician to join the scheme (full list of […]

10 Ben Monder Tracks I Can’t Do Without…by Ant Law

By ljazzn on 21 May 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

“Many artists seem to plateau after a while, to “coast” – Ben is NOT one of these. He continues to surprise me,” writes guitarist Ant Law. In the latest of LJN’s series […]

Lucid Dreamers (Brigitte Beraha) – ‘Blink’

By londonjazz on 20 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Lucid Dreamers (Brigitte Beraha) – Blink (Let Me Out Records. Album review by AJ Dehany)  Dreaming continues to permeate the work of Brigitte Beraha’s quartet Lucid Dreamers on this second album Blink, […]

Dearest Sister (Sweden) sign to ACT / new single released today, album in November

By Charles Rees on 20 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The ACT label is announcing today that the Swedish band Dearest Sister is the latest addition to its family of artists. At the core of Swedish band Dearest Sister is the creative partnership […]

Sun Ra Arkestra at EartH

By londonjazz on 20 May 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Sun Ra Arkestra (EartH, promoted by Cafe Oto, 15 May 2022; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) In its own understatedly riotous way, the Sun Ra Arkestra, led by the explosive, single-mindedness […]

OGUN ‘Blue Notes reissue series 2022’

By londonjazz on 19 May 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

OGUN ‘Blue Notes reissue series 2022 Legacy – Live in South Afrika 1964. OGCD024 Blue Notes for Mongezi. OGCD025/026 Blue Notes in Concert. OGCD027 Blue Notes for Johnny. OGCD028 Album reviews by […]

‘Disproving Kipling’ – Grand Union Orchestra 40th Anniversary Concert (Hackney Empire, 15th May 2022)

By ljazzn on 17 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

For forty years, the Grand Union Orchestra has been telling stories of migration, of war, of change and hope. For each one of those years, GUO has been building its own audience […]

Picks from Glasgow Jazz Festival (16-19 June 2022) and Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (15-24 July 2022)

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Full programmes for both the Glasgow and Edinburgh jazz festivals have now been released. Patrick Hadfield and Mark McKergow, two of LJN’s ‘friends in the North’, have scrutinised both line-ups. Here are […]

Tom Smith (new album ‘Drifter Days’, with Daniel Bulatkin Trio – Czech Republic)

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

London-based saxophonist Tom Smith has a new double album ‘Drifter Days’ with a trio led by Czech pianist Daniel Bulatkin. The launch will be at Pizza Express Dean Street on Monday 23 […]

Richard Shelton (Album: ‘An Englishman In Love In LA’)

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Vocalist, actor, entertainer. West Midlands-born Richard Shelton has a complex relationship with Frank Sinatra. Captivated from a young age, he developed an affinity with Ol’ Blue Eyes that has lasted a lifetime. He has […]

Hermeto Pascoal and NYJO in Norwich

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Hermeto Pascoal and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich – 13 May 2022. Review by John Arnett) It would be hard to imagine a more exhilarating and celebratory opening […]

New Northern Line Artists Announced: Hannabiell & the Midnight Blue Collective, Marco Woolf, Yaatri, MC Nelson, Ni Maxine, TC & The Groove Family 

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Jazz North has announced the new roster of artists for its touring support scheme, Northern Line, as chosen by a jury consisting of John Doran (The Quietus), Claire Umney (Jazz FM), Dennis […]

Camille Bertault and David Helbock – ‘Playground’

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Camille Bertault and David Helbock – Playground (ACT 9951-2. Album review by Alison Bentley Prepare to be dazzled by this extraordinary duo: Austrian pianist David Helbock and French singer Camille Bertault. Both […]

Shabaka – ‘Afrikan Culture’

By londonjazz on 16 May 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Shabaka – Afrikan Culture (Impulse Records – digital release only. Review by Graham Spry) Whereas Shabaka (Shabaka Hutchings) has been called the “young forefather” and the “figurehead” of a whole generation of […]

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