Niklas Winter: Graduale (abovoice. Album review by Phil Johnson) Unusually for a guitarist’s album, there’s not an overabundance of guitar on ‘Graduale’ by the Finnish composer and instrumentalist Niklas Winter. Instead, Winter […]
The Angelica Sanchez Nonet – ‘Nighttime Creatures’ (Pyroclastic Records. Album review by John Ferguson) A member of Kris Davis’ progressive Pyroclastic Records stable, pianist Angelica Sanchez has gathered together some big hitters […]
In the latest of our series where musicians write about their inspirations and idols, pianist and writer Mike Collins writes about Bobo Stenson Mike Collins writes: I’m not sure which came first […]
Dinner Party feat. Robert Glasper and Kamasi Washington(Blue Note NYC, 20 October 2023. Review by Dan Bergsagel) When you think of musical Supergroups, you likely think of 60s and 70s rock. So […]
American guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg brings his quartet to the England and Ireland for dates in Cambridge, Manchester, Dublin and London in November. It is the first visit to these shores for the […]
Caroline Davis’ Alula – Captivity(Ropeadope Records RMBT7282. Review by Frank Graham) Jazz can boast of a long tradition of artist-activists engaging with social justice causes, and when the music and the message are […]
Michael Moore / John Pope / Johnny Hunter – Something Happened(NEWJAiM16 CD + DL. Album review by Jon Turney) Itinerant jazz players can usually reckon on finding colleagues who play well enough 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 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 […]
Peter Johnstone International Organ Quartet – Scotland & England Tour(Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, 20 October 2023 – live review by Mark McKergow) As storm Babet blew outside, Peter Johnstone’s new all-star organ jazz […]
Mike Walker , Andrew Bain, Frank Harrison, Mark Hodgson(Frank & Mark’s at Iffley Church Hall, East Oxford. 18 October 2023. Live review by Mark Rowan-Hull) Many moons ago as a student in […]
The distinguished Munich-based journalist Ralf Dombrowski sets the scene for the 60th Jazzfest Berlin, looking at the festival’s history, at the programme in general, and at one concert which is set to […]
Sam Norris writes: The winner of the 2023 Smietana International Jazz Guitar Competition is announced. This the 5th edition of the International Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition, hosted in Krakow in memory […]
Rob Luft ‘Dahab Days’ (Edition Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The title of guitarist Rob Luft‘s third album is Dahab Days, a name taken from the Egyptian town Dahab in the […]
Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm – Grit & Grace(Sunnyside Records. Review by John Ferguson) A new jazz album recorded at the iconic Power Station studios in New York in May this year, with eight […]
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