Oded Tzur – Isabela (ECM Records – ECM 2739. CD Review by Graham Spry) From the very first notes of the opening track on saxophonist Oded Tzur’s latest album Isabela, there is […]
Oded Tzur – ‘Isabela’
Monheim Triennale 2022 (Germany)
Monheim Triennale (Monheim-am-Rhein. 22-26 June 2022. Festival Round-Up by Tony Dudley-Evans) The Monheim Triennale is a festival in Monheim-am-Rhein, an attractive small town by the Rhine, roughly half-way between Cologne and Düsseldorf. […]
10 Tracks By Henry Threadgill I Can’t Do Without…by Liam Noble
In the latest of LJN’s series where musicians consider idols, or formative influences, Liam Noble writes about composer and multi-reedist Henry Threadgill, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016 and an NEA […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival ’22 Online Festival Pass launched.
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has a special offer: a digital pass offering online access to twenty of the concerts during the festival. The full list of the concerts available via the […]
42nd Montreal International Jazz Festival (30 Jun- 9 July 20220
The biggest (*) jazz festival in the world is back. The 42nd Montreal International Jazz Festival starts this Thursday 30 June. It has a very special atmosphere where crowds flock to the […]
Jemma Freese – ‘Shadowboxing’
Jemma Freese – Shadowboxing (Available from Bandcamp – link below. Album review by AJ Dehany) Whether thrashing a keyboard with indie art-rockers Maxïmo Park, hammering avant-hard jazzpunk soundscapes with trio J Frisco, […]
Jerry & The Pelican System, ‘Sariani’ (Jazz Café POSK, 2 July)
Jerry & The Pelican System aka Jerzy Mączyński, a young Polish jazz and experimental saxophonist and composer, will present music from his latest release “Sariani”, combining electronic ambient textures with a deeply […]
Emma Smith – ‘Meshuga Baby’
Emma Smith – Meshuga Baby(Wingsor Castle Records. Album review by Leonard Weinreich) Call me a pedant, but shouldn’t this album title read ‘Meshuga Bubbele’? For non-Yiddish speakers, the expression ‘meshuga’ has multiple […]
Gwilym Simcock – ‘2022 Version’ of The Impossible Gentlemen to play at Buxton (9 Jul) and Ambleside (3 Sep)
The Jazz Weekend of the Buxton International Festival 2022 will present something of a coup, the first appearance since 2015 of The Impossible Gentlemen, in what is described as a “2022 version” […]
Sarah Chaplin (jazzlondonlive.com) Interviewed for her 200th Radio Show
Sarah Chaplin, who runs the jazzlondonlive.com listings website, which since 2017 has been the online successor to Jazz in London, also does a weekly jazz radio show for Brooklands Radio (DAB and […]
SFJAZZ Collective at Barbican Hall
Chris Potter, Martin Luther McCoy, Gretchen Parlato, Etienne Charles, David Sanchez, Edward Simon, Warren Wolf, Matt Brewer & Kendrick Scott (Barbican, 25 June 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) In celebration of […]
London Contemporary Music Festival 2022 Closing Concert
London Contemporary Music Festival (LCMF) ‘Hysterical and Happy’ Concert (Woolwich Works, 19 June 2022; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) The final date of LCMF 2022 included three standout solo performances – […]
Ricky Ford – ‘The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene’
Ricky Ford – The Wailing Sounds of Ricky Ford: Paul’s Scene (Whaling City Sound. Album Review by Adam Sieff) The great tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford (b.1954) as made a hugely enjoyable album […]
Bill Ortiz – ‘Points of View’
Bill Ortiz – Points of View (Left Angle Records. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) Trumpeter Bill Ortiz spent sixteen years as a member of Santana. The job may not have made him […]
Grassroots Jazz: Registered Charity/ website launched/ £13,000 raised. With update 24 June
The momentum behind Nigel Price’s campaign to bring support to grassroots jazz promoters has been picking up momentum in a matter of just a few weeks: Grassroots Jazz is now a registered […]
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