Peter Slavid has written in this morning with his list of favourite LJF gigs. He writes:“Its an impossible choice and it means missing lots of great music, but these are musts!” 1. […]
London Jazz Festival Preview (16): MY Duo
MY Duo at the 606 Club, double bill with Jason Yarde’s Trio WAH, Tuesday 16th November. Video above, Tune for Toro by Mark Anthony Turnage. Preview by Fran Hardcastle.Next Tuesday pianist Andrew […]
Dave Brubeck/Jamie Cullum/Clint Eastwood
Some of us are going to be singing “In Your Own Sweet Way” for the next month. A new Arena documentary entitled “In His Own Sweet Way,” in which Clint Eastwood will […]
London Jazz Festival Preview (15) Artists linked to the Babel Label
London Jazz Festival Preview (15) Babel artists by Oliver WeindlingOliver Weindling’s Babel Label is now in its sixteenth year, and has produced nearly 90 albums. Oliver is a key figure on the […]
Review: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra
Ronnie Scotts Jazz Orchestra(Sunday 7th November, Ronnie Scotts. Review by Fran Hardcastle, Photo Credit David Redfern)On a typical Sunday in London, fans of big band jazz are completely spoilt for choice. There […]
London Jazz Festival Preview (14) Paco de Lucia
UPDATE 20th NOVEMBER. Rod Fogg’s REVIEW of the concert is also published. * * * * * *London Jazz Festival PreviewPaco De Lucia Royal Festival Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Thursday 18th November(Sold […]
Review:Chris Abrahams/David Toop/Andrea Belfi
Chris Abrahams; David Toop, Scanner and I/O3; Andrea Belfi(Day 1 of Openframe presented by Room40 at Café Oto. Thursday 4th November 2010. Review and pencil drawings by Geoff Winston) The celebration of the […]
Liam Noble plays
http://www.twitvid.com/player/2AVPCA November morning in Leyton magisterially transformed into April in Paris. Enjoy.
London Jazz Festival Preview (13) Gary Lucas
London Jazz Festival Preview(Gary Lucas, Spanish Dracula, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, November 21st 2010 at 6pm, of “Frankenstein versus Dracula.” Preview by Lisa Gee, Photo of Gary Lucas from Bluesalive.cz).“This version […]
Sunday 7th benefit gig for Paul Bonner
Ben Martyn of the band the Fallen Heroes (above- with BeE Ororo) has sent out a very touching email about a benefit gig he is organizing at the 100 Club tomorrow November […]
Happy Birthday Adolphe Sax, 196 today
London Jazz Festival Preview (12) The Bad Plus Kings Place Residency
Reid Anderson, bassist of The Bad Plus (centre in photo above, with Dave King and Ethan Iverson), whom I spoke to this afternoon while he was on a train heading southwards through […]
Review: The WDR Jazzpreis in Cologne
WDR Jazzpreis, part of WDR3jazz.cologne2010(WDR Funkhaus, October 29th, all photos WDR/ Lutz Voigtlaender) Jazz had a very powerful presence at the WDR Funkhaus in the last four days of October, at a […]
Carefusion drops Jazz Festival sponsorships. "Now we’ve moved on."
US healthcare equipment privider Carefusion announced yesterday that it is withdrawing its sponsorship from a series of jazz festivals where it has had an involvement: New York City, Newport RI, Chicago, Monterey […]
Colosseum – the tour. And a new Jon Hiseman biography
Jazz-rock icons Colosseum and related bands still tour Europe and even Japan (above) but only rarely play in the UK. The most recent appearance inthe UK by Colosseum that I can find […]
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