It’s the 16th year of the Worshipful Company of Musicians Young Jazz Musician Award. And this year the competition is going up in the world. Translate. It’s being held for the first […]
WCOM Young Jazz Musicians Competition: Sunday 27 Sept
"Majesties" at the Spice of Life
I was sorry not to make it to the Majesties gig last night. Abram Wilson, on the evidence of his Twitter feed, has been having fun. Did any readers go?OH man. The […]
New York Times, nice piece from Nate Chinen
Here’s a nice piece from Nate Chinen dispersing some of the grey the clouds over jazz in the columns of the New York Times. Thank you to the eagle eyes of Tessa […]
STOP PRESS. This Friday 21st- Album launch (free)
This Friday sees a launch event for the second release on the Vortex Club’s own label. The CD is a compilation by critic/DJ Kevin Le Gendre: ‘Now’s The Time II’ . John […]
Michael Garrick Trio review
Michael Garrick (piano) , Chris Allard (guitar), Simon Little (bass)National Theatre Foyer, August 17th 2009I only dropped in briefly, but hadn’t wanted to miss the the privilege of hearing one of the […]
LondonJazz now has 300 followers on Twitter. Big . Deal.
Yeah, yeah, three hundred followers. Is that all?Quite so.But if you look at the Twitter pages of London singer Imogen Heap above, or San Francisco cellist Zoe Keating, you will see that […]
Autumn programme from East Side Jazz
What a fantastic autumn line-up drummer / promoter Clive Fenner has put together for East Side Jazz in Leytonstone for the Autumn.Admission – a mere, modest fiver. I’m tempted by all of […]
Tommy Smith trio+ Kit Downes trio Review / BritJazz Festival Round-up
Review: Tommy Smith/ Arild Andersen/Paolo Vinaccia plus Kit Downes Trio- Ronnie Scott’sThe BritJazz fortnight at Ronnie Scott’s has been a decided success.Ronnie Scott’s has been rewarded for putting on BritJazz with a […]
Fleece puts out plea for support
The Fleece in Suffolk, recent winner of a Parliamentary Jazz Award, has put out a plea to its audience. Read it HEREWE NEED BIGGER AUDIENCES IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE.THIS MEANS WE […]
Canary Wharf Jazz Festival- Review/Round-up
I went down to Canada Square Gardens briefly on the Sunday afternoon. What a nice friendly vibe. “Just like South Street Seaport in Manhattan,” said my knowledgeable Stateside friendAnd here, dear LondonJazz […]
Frank Griffith’s Pearls of Wisdom
Wise Sayings…….“Don’t get it right, get it written”“Two very simple rules- 1. You don’t have to write2. You can’t do anything else The rest comes of itselfRaymond Chandler“Anything can happen. And probably […]
Led Bib Review by Adam Tait/ Rough Trade East
Review of Led Bib at Rough Trade East by new LondonJazz writer Adam Tait(August 12th 2009)I’d got soaked and more than a little disgruntled on my way to hear Led Bib at […]
Mark Holub’s Spitalfields Summer Stew – 26/27 Sept (Free)
Mark Holub of Barclaycard Mercury-nominated band Led Bib) is curating a free mini-Festival called Spitalfields Summer Stew. It will happen on the afternoons of Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September in Bishops […]
Rashied Ali and Les Paul
The past couple of days have seen the passing away of two important figures: Rashied ali and Les Paul.Free jazz drummer Rashied Ali at 76 . The link is to Lance Liddle’s […]
Downbeat Poll voting open till Aug 24
Thirty categories. Quite a few Brits in the running- including Evan Parker on sprano, dave Holland, Jamie Cullum, Joe Temperley. Vote early (before Monday August 24th) vote …..once. Vote HERE
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