London Jazz News

Nobody writes about jazz and fashion any more. There was a jazz age, when jazz was THE fashion (above). But why do some people now strain so hard to be unfashionable?I reckon […]

John Petters has placed this obituary of George Webb on the BBC message boards, which may be of interest to LondonJazz readers.91 year old George Webb – known affectionately as the Father […]

Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin(ICA, March 12th, 2010, photo credit: Mike Stemberg)“Ronin. That won’t be your kind of thing at all, Seb” said a friend. Well, I survived a first hurdle. Interviewing Nik Bärtsch […]

http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=31035754,t=1,mt=videoEduardo Niebla(Queen Elizabeth Hall, March 12th, 2010. Review by Rod Fogg)Flamenco has, over the years, been fertile ground for fusionistas. Paco de Lucia kicked off Flamenco-jazz in 1979 with “The Guitar Trio” […]

The Patsy – new music by Gwyneth Herbert(Birds Eye View Festival, BFI South Bank- March 10th 2010, review by Alyn Shipton)A high point of the BFI’s annual women’s film festival, Birds Eye […]

Review: Joe McPhee with Chris Corsano, Evan Parker and Lol Coxhill(Café Oto, 10 March 2010, day 2 of a 2 day residency, review and pencil drawing by Geoff Winston)The magic of the […]

It’s been a strange few days. Not least because the book I was reading morphed into what I was doing. And vice versa.I’ve had my head buried deep in the pagesof a […]

First tribute. Jacqui Dankworth attended a musical celebration at her late father’s school – Sir George Monoux College, Walthamstow – yesterday evening. She also sang- briefly. She unveiled this plaque, naming the […]

Congratulations to Roanne Dods, who as Director of the Jerwood Foundation set up a number of initiatives to support UK jazz, and to Claire Whitaker, one of three directors of music producers […]

Some fascinating programming from the F-Ire Collective coming up at the end of May.At the Pizza Express in Dean Street on Saturday 22nd are three sessions7pm Kit Downes (solo piano) and Partisans10pm […]

Alex Ross, author of “The Rest is Noise,” gave the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Annual Lecture last night. He talked about the hang-ups of the classical music commumity about when and how to […]

This appreciation of Jeff Ballard and preview of next week’s gig at the Pizza Express is from one of the UK’s first-call drummers, Dave Smith. Jeff Ballard sounds great on record, but […]

Pauline Jean(Pizza on the Park, March 4th 2010, review by Zena James and Sarah Ellen Hughes)Haitian-born New York vocalist Pauline Jean had four dates in London this week on her first European […]

Review: Norma Winstone’s Printmakers(Ronnie Scott’s, March 8th 2010)After nearly a year of existence, we’re no longer talking about the potential of Printmakers. with Norma Winstone. For my money this now has to […]

Twitter has its limitations, but here is a short haiku-like reflection from saxophonistBen Castle, written from the heat of battle of his weekend gig at the O2 with Dizzee Rascal:The crowd were […]