London Jazz News

LondonJazz will have a DVD of Art Blakey to give away to one lucky LondonJazz Wednesday headlines reader, courtesy of Jazz Icons. Instructions on how to put your name into the hat […]

I normally take a LOT of persuasion to get me into the Christmas spirit, but this CD has already done it. The surprising ingredients, i.e. carols, Bley, Swallow, and a brass quintet, […]

Nice gig at the Bull on Wednesday 16th, featuring South African born harmonica player Adam Glasser with Jim Mullen on guitar, Geoff Gascoyne on bass and Clark Tracey drums. Some South African […]

There will be a celebration of Ian Carr ‘s life and music on Tuesday Feb 23rd in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, also fundraising for Alzheimer’s charities.It’s not yet on the South Bank’s […]

A few people have been on to me in the past few days about a gig on Dec 17th by self-taught 23-year old fretless bass player Cai Marle-Garcia, who is launching the […]

Eighty-nine today. Born in Concord (where else, you might ask ?!) , California.IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAYUPDATE: on the day of his 89th birthday, Brubeck was honoured along with Mel Brooks, Bruce […]

Review: Jerry Bergonzi(Vortex, December 4th 2009)In Boston student circles, tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi is known as “The Gonz.” Old habits die hard, so one former Berklee student told me last night at […]

Jazzwise is running a competition, and has three free Ronnie Scott’s memberships to give away. Closing date is Jan 31st.DETAILS ARE HERE

Review: Yamaha Jazz Scholars(606 club, November 29th, review by Chelsea Mystery Shopper)Up pops that Mulberry bag. Our irrepressible mystery Chelsea shopper has been down to the 606 in search of the unfamiliar: […]

Just when you thoght there were enough best-of lists around, up come the 2010 Grammy Nominations. On a first inspection no Brits apart from John McLaughlin (any more?) but the French do […]

Here is today’s Guardian third editorialThe self-deprecating one-liners about the size of the audience or the quality of the food have gone (its eponymous co-founder once said that 3,000 flies can’t be […]

The first ever winner of the British Academy of Songwriters and Composers Jazz Award for Contemporary Jazz Composition is……… Jason Yarde. First with the story was Jazzwise. Follow this link for more […]

There are only very few seats left for Brad Mehldau’s solo piano recital at the Wigmore Hall on June 4th 2010

http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/external/player.swfThe range of things on offer at the upstairs bar in Ronnie’s gets wider. Indeed, Ronnie’s Bar now has its own WEBSITEHere, courtesy of BBC Inside Out is a short film about […]

The words “Ascot” and “winter” remind me, unavoidably of one of these. Those useless water heaters, more often on the blink than working. Brrrrr.(Does anyone else remember these horrors?)But that’s, obviously, not […]