London Jazz News

Congratulations to the great bassist, bandleader, producer,Jazz Warrior, Nu-Trooper and all-round nice guy in the leather cap.

Ivan Hewett has written an interesting piece saying that blogging is all about “now” and that therefore the risk increases that collective memory evaporates. I have every respect forHewett as a critic, […]

I’ve just been to the opening event of the BFI’s weekend. Hats off guys. A lot of thought has gone into this.Tonight there was a screening of Joseph Losey’s Accident, followed by […]

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2. In times long gone, champagne cork-popping central for the traditional, British-owned merchant banks nearby.What’s on offer there these days? In the week of June 22- 26 some very […]

Late addition to the recommended list . I notice at the last minute that E17 Jazz has a surprise package this evening. It’s James Allsop’s Golden Age of Steam with Kit Downes […]

There may be many Godfathers* (a particularly menacing one above) , but in British jazz there is just one, a unique presence, a : Stan Tracey CBE , aka the Godfather of […]

Would you like the good news about jazz in London to be brought to your mailbox?LondonJazz sends out a weekly email newsletter. It normally goes out on Wednesdays.Here, as a sample is […]

The Ornette Coleman Meltdown festival programme (June 12th – 20th)-not only the main gigs in the RFH and QEH but also the free events, films…has been emerging bit by bit, and for […]

The Troubadour in Earl’s Court was, predictably, packed for “Stanzas and Swung Rhythm” aka jazz and poetry last night. The star turns were recently moved-on-to-arts-panjandrum-from-Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, recently decided-not-to-take-up-the-post-of Oxford Professor […]

Bad news today about one of the world’s leading jazz magazines.Straight from the horse’s mouth.HERE

The picture above, of a duck inside a wolf, needs some explaining :And on June 21st, at 2.30pm, in the Garden of Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine in Wavendon, Bucks, […]

In its thirty-three years of existence, the summer festival Spitalfields Music has been carving out a strong reputation, in one particular area: it has developed into one of the best showcases for […]

Enjoy some great album covers at this link to great resource about David Stone Martin

It seemed like a good idea to attract readers to LondonJazz. Tweet, they said. Join Twitter.So I did, a week ago. It is extraordinary , this world of the instant status update.– […]

Occasionally…. the need for silence rather than music.This is Rebecca Salter’s new, calming, beautiful Main Entrance for St George’s Hospital in Tooting, in collaboration with Gibberd. Read more about it on Salter’s […]