“Play the music that lies within your heart,. Be open-minded, spontaneous and courageous,” says Sergio Mendes. Expect the warmth of Brazil on a November night in London…perhaps even “a mini Rio de […]
Sergio Mendes (Barbican, 15 Nov, EFG LJF 2023)
Christine Tobin (‘Returning Weather’ UK Premiere, 15 Nov. at World Heartbeat Embassy Gardens / EFG LJF 2023)
“It’s the voice. Rich and deep, there is no one who sounds like her. She has the vocal mobility of a jazz singer, but also a kind of monumental and immovable quality.” […]
Mike Reed – ‘The Separatist Party’
Mike Reed – The Separatist Party (We Jazz Records/ Astral Spirits. wj56/ as231. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The Chicago jazz scene has its own character, which is quite different from New York’s. […]
Krakow Jazz Week 2023
Krakow Jazz Week (Cricoteka, Krakow, Poland. 9 -15 October 2023. Report by Ralf Dombrowski *) Krakow Jazz Week is about to get bigger, according to its Director Tomasz Handzlik. “This year, for […]
Joshua Redman, ‘where are we’, feat. Gabriella Cavassa
Joshua Redman, where are we featuring Gabriella Cavassa(Blue Note 00602455253002. Album review by Mike Collins) Joshua Redman’s latest release chalks up a couple of firsts: His first release on the Blue Note […]
‘Everything Falls Apart’ – Ross Tones Interview
Everything Falls Apart – Ross Tones Interview (Everything Falls Apart, Totalism CD/LP/DL. Feature for Halloween by AJ Dehany) Everything Falls Apart is a collaborative album from English producer Ross Tones and Otto […]
Keith Jarrett: ‘Solo Concerts Bremen-Lausanne’ (rec. 1973)
Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts Bremen-Lausanne(ECM Luminessence vinyl series 602445053254 . 3 LP set .Album review by Phil Johnson) Less celebrated than the multi-million selling Koln Concert of 1975, but in no way […]
‘Big Ben: Celebrating saxophonist Ben Webster’ with Tony Kofi & Alex Webb (EFG LJF 2023)
On 17 November 2023, Watford Jazz Junction at The Pump House Theatre will become an EFG London Jazz Festival venue for the first time, and will host a celebration of the music […]
Belgrade Jazz Festival 2023
Belgrade Jazz Festival (Dom Omladine concert halls, 24-29 October 2023. Festival round-up and photos by John Watson) “I never thought we would be playing at a time like this,” said Israeli tenor […]
Mondays with Morgan: Jana Herzen (Motéma Music at 20)
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 (66): Amy London
“Mothers In Jazz” is a 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 figures […]
Rebecca Poole – ‘Dreamers Ball’
Rebecca Poole – Dreamers Ball(Purdy Music. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) For the last few years, singer and songwriter Rebecca Poole was known as Purdy, developing a career that’s seen her support […]
Marc Copland (with Drew Gress,Robin Verheyen, Mark Ferber) – ‘Someday’
Marc Copland – Someday(InnerVoiceJazz IVJ 107. Album review by Mike Collins) The first notes of Marc Copland’s new release Someday are instantly, warmly, familiar and slightly unsettling as harmony is recast on […]
Gala Kamo Jazz Festival 2023 in Timisoara, Romania
Gala Kamo Jazz, 32nd edition(Timișoara, Romania. 23-24 September 2023. Festival round-up by Oliver Weindling) For too many years it has been too easy for us in the far west of Europe to […]
Art Hirahara (with Boris Kozlov/Rudy Royston) – ‘Echo Canyon’
Art Hirahara – ‘Echo Canyon’(Posi-Tone. Album review by Adam Sieff) It’s twenty years since the pianist and composer Art Hirahara moved to New York City from the Bay Area, and in that […]
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