Callum Au and Claire Martin – Songs and Stories (Stunt Records, STULP 20061. Review by John Arnett) In a career spanning 30 years and more than 20 albums, this CD marks a […]
Callum Au and Claire Martin – “Songs and Stories”
Article XI – “Live in Newcastle”
Article XI – Live in Newcastle (Discus 89CD/DL. CD review by Mark McKergow) Guitarist Anton Hunter’s eleven-strong ensemble is captured in a performance which shows impressive interweaving of compositions and group improvisation, wonderful […]
Jonny Mansfield (‘Portrait’, an album in a day – 6 August)
Huddersfield-born Jonny Mansfield is a percussionist who specialises in vibraphone. His studies with Jim Hart at the Royal Academy of Music culminated in winning the Kenny Wheeler Prize, and the debut recording […]
RAM’s Jazz Rhythm Class releases single for Help Musicians UK
Peter Bacon reports: Barak Schmool’s Jazz Rhythm Class at the Royal Academy of Music is celebrating release from lockdown by hailing a cab: Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi to be precise. It’s […]
Avishai Cohen – “Big Vicious”
Avishai Cohen – Big Vicious (ECM 083 6025. CD review by Nick Davies) It’s not often a record brings you to a complete standstill. Well, the latest release from trumpeter Avishai Cohen, […]
Verneri Pohjola – “The Dead Don’t Dream”
Verneri Pohjola – The Dead Don’t Dream (Edition Records. EDN1153. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) With a title like The Dead Don’t Dream one might expect a slice of late night noir. […]
2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Winners Announced
The Recipients of the 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards are announced: WINNERS Jazz Vocalist of the Year Cherise Adams-Burnett Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year Sarah Tandy Jazz Album of the Year ‘Finding Home’ […]
Reflections on unlocking live music by Tony Dudley-Evans
Tony Dudley-Evans writes Lockdown has given me the opportunity to relax, to think. And – I’ll admit it – I have enjoyed that… …and I have been enjoying live streamed events such […]
Edinburgh’s Jazz Bar is 15 Years Old
When Bill Kyle opened The Jazz Bar in Chambers Street on Edinburgh’s southside on 1 July 2005, it was the result of dedication, determination and coincidence, write Patrick Hadfield and Rob Adams. […]
Euphorials – “Konstance / Disposable Values”
Euphorials – Double EP: Konstance / Disposable Values (F-IRE Label, F-IRECD103. Review by AJ Dehany) The debut double EP by duo Euphorials brings an appealing soulful contemporary musical style and production to […]
Vibration Black Finger – “Can You See What I’m Trying to Say”
Vibration Black Finger – Can You See What I’m Trying to Say (Jazzman JJMANLP 121. CD review by Peter Jones) Music that breaks genre boundaries is difficult to sell. People naturally want […]
In lockdown with…Sara Gazarek
Sara Gazarek is a vocalist and educator, originally from Seattle and based in Los Angeles. Her 2019 album Thirsty Ghost, her seventh as leader, was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album. First […]
“Solo” by Andrew McCormack
Andrew McCormack – Solo (Livestreamed album launch, 26 June 2020. Review by Rob Mallows) Lockdown has forced London’s music lovers to experience live music in a very odd way. But even with […]
Lorenzo De Finti: “Safely distanced. Very careful. It’s time for our journey to start again.”
“How did it feel?”. “Unreal.” Italian-Swiss pianist Lorenzo De Finti, a good friend of LJN, placed this photo on Facebook on Saturday 27 June, with the caption “Safely distanced. Very careful. It’s […]
Brad Mehldau – “Suite: April 2020”
Brad Mehldau – Suite: April 2020 (Nonesuch. Vinyl/ Streaming. Review by Dick Hovenga*) Lockdown can also be a source of inspiration. Forced to stay at home, pianist Brad Mehldau wrote twelve new […]
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