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Rewire Festival 2022 (Netherlands)

By londonjazz on 14 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Rewire Festival (Amare, The Hague, Netherlands, 7-10 April 2022. Festival Round-Up by AJ Dehany) Rewire is an intersection of the determinedly intellectual and the robustly physical that rewards ambition. In its 11th […]

Ten Sonny Rollins Tracks I Can’t Live Without…by Liam Noble

By londonjazz on 14 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

In LJN’s ‘Ten Tracks I Can’t Do Without’ series, where jazz musicians write about their inspirations, Liam Noble writes about Sonny Rollins: Liam Noble writes: You can’t chose your family, nor the […]

Riga Jazz Stage 2022 (Latvia)

By londonjazz on 13 April 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Riga Jazz Stage 2022 (Splendid Palace, Riga, Latvia. 7-9 April 2022. Festival/ Competition Report by Martin Longley) Riga Jazz Stage is usually an annual event, but this edition marked its reappearance following […]

“We have already seen several clubs close their doors permanently.” Letter from Nigel Price and 78 other signatories to Nadine Dorries MP

By londonjazz on 13 April 2022

“ “We have already seen several clubs close their doors permanently and the future of dozens of others is now hanging by a thread. We cannot allow this vital part of our […]

John Zorn’s ‘The Bagatelles’ at City University

By londonjazz on 12 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

​ John Zorn’s The Bagatelles (Performance Space, City, University of London. 11 April 2022. Review and top photo by Peter Slavid) The name of John Zorn tends to elicit extreme reactions from […]

Koki Nakano (Stone Nest, 22 April)

By londonjazz on 12 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

 “I always have a habit of imagining movement when I compose,” Japanese composer and pianist Koki Nakano, based in France will be performing at Stone Nest in Shaftesbury Avenue, to mark the forthcoming […]

Germana Stella La Sorsa (‘Vapour’ Album Launch, Vortex, 30 April)

By londonjazz on 11 April 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

  Germana Stella La Sorsa refers to herself as a jazz singer and storyteller. With her debut album Vapour, released on the 33Jazz Label, she explores the crossroads of many musical components, […]

Alicja Śmietana: Jazz Suites by Jarek Śmietana (Jazz Cafe POSK, 23 April)

By londonjazz on 11 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Violinist/composer/arranger Alicja Śmietana has prepared a very special concert programme to celebrate the life and music of her late father, one of the legends of Polish jazz, guitarist Jarek Śmietana (1951-2013). With […]

Sophia Domancich – ‘le grand jour’

By londonjazz on 11 April 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Sophia Domancich – le grand jour(Peewee!, PW100. Album review by Mike Collins) French pianist Sophia Domancich (b.1957) has pursued an open-minded and exploratory path throughout her career with collaborations ranging from the […]

The Trackers ft. Gary Husband & Alf Terje Hana – ‘Vaudeville 8:45’

By londonjazz on 11 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Trackers ft. Gary Husband & Alf Terje Hana – Vaudeville 8:45(Abstract Logix Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) Gary Husband and who? I asked. Drum and keyboard polymath Husband’s music is familiar ground […]

Xhosa Cole (Stanley Arts, Norwood, Int. Jazz Day, 30 April)

By londonjazz on 11 April 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

“I think people can underestimate the capacity that this music has to transform you emotionally and spiritually. We take that task and that job very seriously.” Xhosa Cole. Among the London gigs […]

Yellowjackets in Manchester and London: (21 April, Stoller Hall / 22 & 23 April, Ronnie Scott’s). Interview with Bob Mintzer

By Charles Rees on 10 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Following the cancellation of their 2020 European tour due to the pandemic, celebrated American jazz-fusion quartet the Yellowjackets will at last return to the UK this spring. As part of their tour, they […]

Hüm – ‘don’t take it so personally’

By londonjazz on 10 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Hüm – don’t take it so personally(Losen Records. Album review by Rob Mallows) Debut albums. A big deal for any band or musician.  Get it right, and capture the imagination of your audience, […]

Louise Balkwill wins Riga Jazz Stage 2022

By londonjazz on 9 April 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

The results of the Vocal Jazz Competition at the 2022 Riga Jazz Stage are announced today 1st Prize Louise Balkwill (UK) 2nd Prize Valentina Fin (Italy) 3rd Prize Paula Saija (Latvia) The […]

Laughing with the Raindrops – ‘Voice on Shellac’

By londonjazz on 9 April 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

(Raindrop Music. LP and Download Review by Jane Mann) Voice on Shellac is the new album from songwriter/guitarist Virginie Lacour-Puiboube (VL-P) and her talented septet Laughing with the Raindrops. Lacour-Puiboube is a […]

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