Among our favourite pieces:John L Walters’ review of Bobby McFerrin (link below)Photo credit: John Watson / jazzcamera.co.uk Sebastian writes: Welcome to our 888th and last article of 2018. If I’m feeling reflective, […]
LJN YEAR-END LISTS (3) Recorded Memory of the Year 2018
For this, the third and last of our year-end lists, LJN contributors and friends remember their favourite recordings of 2018. Tom Barford – Bloomer (Edition). Before this record was released, saxophonist Tom Barford […]
LJN YEAR-END LISTS (2) Live Memory of the Year 2018
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 […]
LJN YEAR-END LISTS (1): Musician/Band of the Year 2018
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 […]
PREVIEW / TRIPLE INTERVIEW: The Shape of Jazz to Come Mini-Festival, (Vortex 18-19 December)
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 […]
REVIEW: Ian Shaw and the Citizens of the World Choir: Shine Sister Shine at Kings Place (2018 EFG LJF)
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 […]
REVIEW: Jazz In The Round – Wonky Logic, StringTing, Tony Kofi and The Organisation at Kings Place (2018 EFG LJF)
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. […]
MINI-REVIEWS: We also heard… at the 2018 EFG London Jazz Festival
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 […]
REVIEW: Darius Brubeck Quartet at Kings Place (2018 EFG LJF)
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 […]
REVIEW: Archie Shepp: Art Songs and Spirituals at the Barbican (2018 EFG LJF)
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 […]
REVIEW: Fire! Orchestra + Sly & The Family Drone at Tufnell Park Dome
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) […]
PREVIEW: The Edge of the Abyss: EFG London Jazz Festival performance featuring Club Inégales (Royal Academy of Art, 16 November 2018)
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 […]
REVIEW: Jason Moran: The Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin at the Barbican
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, […]
ROUND-UP REVIEW: Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender 2018
“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 […]
REVIEW: Trench Brothers at Brighton Dome
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 […]