Oliver Weindling writes: Tony Dudley-Evans celebrated his 80th birthday at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon 8 April, with a stellar bringing-together of many of the musicians whom he has encouraged […]
Lonnie Holley (Royal Academy of Arts, 17 March 2023; Cafe Oto, 18 March 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Lonnie Holley played two sold-out concerts in London in March, each to […]
Mondays With Morgan is a new column in London Jazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. He will be diving deeply into the jazz that […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Between 1989 and 1995, Concord Records produced 42 solo piano recitals, all recorded in Maybeck Recital Hall in Berkeley in California. Each recital featured a different jazz pianist; the series eventually consisted of 42 CDs. The entire […]
Superblue: Guilty Pleasures by Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter (feat. Nate Smith) (Edition. EDNDA1223. EP review by Alison Bentley) “I like to do big things and make big statements,” US singer Kurt […]
Sebastian writes: BBC TWO has just transmitted a night of Burt Bacharach’s music recorded at Ronnie Scott’s three months before the great songwriter’s death. This is not so much of a review, […]
Enzo Zirilli’s ZiroBop – Ten Past Never (Ubuntu Music UBU0128. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Enzo Zirilli, Misha Mullov-Abbado, Rob Luft and Alessandro Chiappetta form the quartet known as ZiroBop and provide its […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 11: – 6 CDs – Black Diamond Express (MSESET11. Album Review by Chris Parker) Disc 1: Blues Piano Disc 2: Kokomo Arnold Disc 3: Peetie Wheatstraw Vol. 1 […]
Swedish multi-instrumentalist Håkan Nyqvist was for many years an in-demand big band trumpeter, most notably with the James Last Orchestra – in fact, a semi-viral video making the rounds on social media […]
“He was an incredible film composer, incredible jazz song composer and an incredible jazz performer: we were trying to represent all three of the sides to Richard on this album,” says American conductor […]
As the Festival’s Head of Programming Maurin Auxéméry has just posted on his Facebook: “Bim bam boum. On s’est amusé avec l’équipe!!! 29 juin au 8 juillet. Nous ne dormirons pas.”/ (Bim […]
Fraser Smith says of bebop music: “I just love listening to that style, and playing with people who love it too. And I think the more you get into it, the more […]
“The heart and soul of the music comes from an experience of people rising out of oppression. Many cultures, including the culture of Armenia, share that experience. Hopefully our music can resonate […]
Mondays With Morgan is a new column in London Jazz News written by Morgan Enos, a music journalist based in Hackensack, New Jersey. He will be diving deeply into the jazz that […]
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