Manchester Collective – Paradise Lost (CLF Arts Cafe. 18 June 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Manchester Collective’s Paradise Lost reimagines Milton’s great long poem as a soundclash between the Baroque and the […]
Sons of Kemet XL Photo credit: Christian Bertrand Primavera Sound 2019 (30 May-1 June, Barcelona. Festival Round-Up by AJ Dehany) Primavera Sound festival is as sprawling and eclectic as ever in its […]
Live Experience of the Year Winner:Kamasi Washington at Steamdown (with Nubya Garcia, right)Photo by AJ Dehany Sebastian writes: The Winners at the 2019 Jazz FM Awards have just been announced: The full […]
The Comet is ComingPublicity Photo REVIEW: The Comet Is Coming(The Haunt, Brighton. 3 April 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) The Comet Is Coming bring a cosmic groove music that exemplifies the galactic […]
Martin Ptak – River Tales (col legno WWE1CD20441. CD Review by AJ Dehany) River Tales is an instrumental song sequence onomatopoeically embodying the force and flow of the Danube. Throughout its allusive, alluvial […]
Scott Walker in the 1960’sPublicity Photo Dick Hovenga is a Dutch music journalist who writes for several print music magazines and is also the founder/editor/lead journalist of http://www.writteninmusic.com, widely considered to be […]
Corey MwambaPhoto credit: Brian Homer The Sequestering of Corey Mwamba(Baby People Studios, Derby. 23 March 2019. Report by AJ Dehany) An inspirational creative force in the music, Corey Mwamba is many things […]
Adam Fairhall, Seth Bennett and Johnny HunterPublicity picture Fragments (2017) is a trio album led by drummer Johnny Hunter with pianist Adam Fairhall and bassist Seth Bennett. With just three tracks over […]
Nishla SmithPhoto: AJ Dehany Nishla Smith Quintet(London debut, Vortex, 12 February 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) The London debut of Manchester-based Australian-born classically-trained jazz singer-songwriter Nishla Smith twinkled with wistful melancholy and […]
J. Frisco. L-R: Megan Roe – Guitar/Voice, Jemma Freese – Keys/FX/Voiceand Lara Jones – Saxophone/FX/Voice One of the highlights of this weekend’s Jazz North Presents Alt-Shift-J will be a set from the […]
Pascal Schumacher in performancePhoto: © Alfonso Salgueiro Rosace.8 – Pascal Schumacher & Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (Philharmonie Luxembourg, 30 January 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) The world premiere of Pascal Schumacher’s Rosace.8, […]
Chris SharkeyPhoto credit: Alex Bonney The new CD from experimental guitarist and electronic artist CHRIS SHARKEY & creative drummer MARK SANDERS is a 50-minute live recording that challenges expectations about improvised music […]
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Among our favourite pieces:John L Walters’ review of Bobby McFerrin (link below)Photo credit: John Watson / jazzcamera.co.uk Sebastian writes: Welcome to our 888th and last article of 2018. If I’m feeling reflective, […]
For this, the third and last of our year-end lists, LJN contributors and friends remember their favourite recordings of 2018. Tom Barford – Bloomer (Edition). Before this record was released, saxophonist Tom Barford […]
