London Jazz News

“With set and stony countenance His bitter being he enjoyed” Lewis Carroll Last night at the Gilad Atzmon – Medical Aid for Palestine gig at the 606 Club, owner Steve Rubie needed […]

One of the most moving occasions I went to in 2008 was the memorial to Campbell Burnap (above) held at Lords Cricket ground. Burnap was a trombonist, and also one of the […]

The Pizza Express in Dean Street has a very interesting transatlantic line-up for Monday and Tuesday, courtesy of ever resourceful promoter Christine Allen of Basho. MONDAY 4TH/TUESDAY 5TH MAY – PIZZA EXPRESS […]

The Dave Liebman (above) / Phil Robson collaboration, with Dave Whitford on bass and erstwhile Liebman colleague Jeff Williams on drums has really developed since their extraordinary first gig which I heard. […]

A letter sent this week to Jazz Review subscribers apologises for the non-appearance of the April issue of the magzine, and explainds that Jazz Journal Publishing has acquired Jazz Review. In other […]

Karen Sharp (above, right, with Robert Fowler) started off in music college as a composition student. But it says in the biography on her website that she got “instantly hooked” by Dexter […]

VOTE NOW ! Can London stake a claim to be the jazz capital of Europe? The outcome of the poll on the left will be interesting . Voting is now open , […]

Here’s the short version: The British Film Institute and Ronnie Scott’s , also involving City Hall are planning an amazing weekend in June. Full details/ timings of it are on the BFI’s […]

UPDATE 24th JUNE 2009. SEE THE REVIEW HERE Get the echo… The 23rd of June will have the ethereal saxophone voice of Jan Garbarek with the Hilliard Ensemble echoing sonorously round St. […]

Serious announce: The London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3 is delighted to announce the first concert in this year’s Festival: jazz legend Sonny Rollins will perform his only UK […]

Gilad Atzmon’s Palestine Think Tank Website has announced that Nigel Kennedy and, presumably, his violectra (above) will be at the 606 for the gig in aid of Palestine Medical Relief- see LondonJazz’s […]

The Economist has an interesting article about the Americans using jazz for more than half a century as a “secret sonic weapon, “ and more recently the Rhythm Road project.The following paragraph […]

Some of the concerts for the South Bank Centre’s Meltdown Festival, curated by Ornette Coleman, have been announced. There will be more announced later. Tickets go on sale to Southbank Centre Members […]

An essay in pictures. We’re talking Rollins.So it could be this fine player from the Jools Holland Orchestra. But it isn’t Winston Rollins. Or there again it could be this all-round good-guy […]

The picture above is from just before the opening of Ronnie Scott’s club at 39 Gerrard Street in October 1959. It comes from David Taylor’s website which is a treasure trove of […]