Natacha Atlas at St George’s BristolPhoto credit: Evan Dawson For this, the second of our three year-end lists, LJN contributors and friends remember their best gigs of 2018. Natacha Atlas, St George’s […]
Yazz Ahmed, Helena Kay and Tori Freestonewith Interchange at the Parabola, CheltenhamPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk The first of our three annual lists consists of nominations by LJN writers and other friends […]
Orphy RobinsonPublicity photo The Shape of Jazz to Come is a two-day mini-festival taking place at the Vortex Jazz Club on 18-19 December. A high quality billing includes Meg Morley Trio, the […]
Ian Shaw at Kings PlaceBoth photos courtesy of Charlotte Keech Ian Shaw: Shine Sister Shine(Kings Place Hall One, 24 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) This review is […]
Wonky Logic, Jazz in the Round at Kings PlacePhone snap by Jacob Silkin Jazz In The Round – Wonky Logic, StringTing, Tony Kofi and The Organisation(Kings Place Hall Two, 24 November 2018. […]
Anton Eger of Phronesis at Southbank CentrePhoto credit: John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk The team of writers at LondonJazz News has produced over 50 full-length reviews of the 2018 EFG London Jazz Festival. We […]
Darius Brubeck at the soundcheckPhoto credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Darius Brubeck Quartet (King’s Place. 21 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) is most famous for his […]
Archie Shepp and Amina Claudine MyersPhoto credit: Mark Allan/Barbican Archie Shepp: Art Songs and Spirituals – with Amina Claudine Myers and Carleen Anderson(Barbican. 19 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by […]
Sly & the Family Drone in the round atTufnell Park DomeiPhone snap by AJ Dehany Fire! Orchestra + Sly & The Family Drone(Tufnell Park Dome, 14 November 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) […]
Death and the Maiden by Egon Schiele, 1915Public Domain The Uncertain Hour is a five-concert series including two dates at the London Jazz Festival presented by Club Inégales. AJ Dehany spoke to […]
Jason Moran at the grave of James Reese Europe inArlington National Cemetery, VirginiaPublicity Photo courtesy of 14–18 NOW REVIEW: Jason Moran: The Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin(Barbican, […]
“The Mingus Big Band brought the weekend to an irresistibly energetic finale” Photos courtesy of Ros Rigby Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender (Middlesbrough Town Hall. 19-21 October 2018. Round-up by AJ Dehany) In July […]
A scene from Trench BrothersPhoto credit: Clive Barda Trench Brothers(Brighton Dome, 17 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) As we near the centenary of Armistice Day, arts education organisation HMDT Music’s affecting […]
James Reese Europe and the Harlem HellfightersPhoto credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images(specifically cleared for our use by promoter) Composer, pianist and visual JASON MORAN has produced an original response to the extraordinary story […]
Metamorphic – The Two Fridas(DISCUS 65CD. CD review by AJ Dehany) When she was six, the painter Frida Kahlo contracted polio. Confined to bed for a month, she made up an imaginary […]
