“Mothers In Jazz” is a new 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 […]
Tania Giannouli: ‘Solo’(Rattle Records RAT-D139, Review by Frank Graham) Recording for New Zealand’s Rattle Music for over a decade now, Greek pianist Tania Giannouli has rightly been compared to the great […]
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero, Vol.2(Miel Music. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) There’s that famous scene in the 1999 Wim Wenders film “Buena Vista Social Club”: Ry […]
Enrico Pieranunzi/Bert Joris with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Chet Remembered”(Challenge Records CR7 3555. Album review by Frank Griffth) Italian pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi, has just released another CD with […]
Tommy Smith/ Maria Rud: Luminescence(St Giles’ Cathedral High St, Edinburgh. 17 August 2023. First Night of three. Photo-essay by Rob Adams (*) Luminescence is a collaboration between the visual artist Maria Rud […]
Lake District-born vocalist Evie Hill will release her first album ‘People In Their Simplicity’ with pianist, producer and fellow songwriter Ben Lawrence on Friday 8 September. Their first single, ‘Spirit’, was released […]
Alex Clarke Quartet + Rob Fowler(Imber Court, East Molesey, 13 August 2023 Review by Peter Vacher Barely in to her 20s and seemingly quite new to the game, you might assume that […]
Artificial Jazz – She Walks (Self-released on Bandcamp. Review by Bruce Lindsay) What to write about this new release? First, the basics: She Walks is a four-track EP, coming in at just […]
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 – […]
Critically acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, musician, arranger and producer Emily Saunders returns with a new single, Rugged Waves, from her forthcoming album, ‘Moon Shifts Oceans’, and an album exclusive preview concert at the […]
The remarkable legacy of Sir George Shearing is being honoured in a series of concerts that go alongside the release of a joyous new album called Shear Brass: Celebrating Sir George Shearing (Ubuntu Music, […]
Danny Jonokuchi Big Band – Voices (Outside In Music. Album review by Len Weinreich) During the swing era’s golden days, singers and big bands developed a symbiotic and beneficial relationship. These days, […]
#“Mothers In Jazz” is a new 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 […]
Velvet Revolution (Daniel Erdmann, Théo Ceccaldi and Jim Hart): Message in a Bubble(BMC Records BMC CD312, Review by Frank Graham) At a certain point in the life of most working groups, things […]
In this second of his three reports from the 2023 Amazonas Green Jazz Festival in Manaus in Brazil, US writer Ted Panken tells the story of the Amazonas Band – an ensemble […]
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