Violinist, singer, composer Agata Kubiak was born in Mława in Northern Poland and grew up in Grudziadz. After graduating from the Stanisław Moniuszko Conservatoire there, she moved to the UK in 2007, […]
Jon Balke, Siwan – Hafla (ECM 2726. Album Review by Graham Spry) Norwegian pianist and composer Jon Balke (b.1955) has an association with ECM which goes back to his teens, and has […]
Mathias Heise Quadrillion – Quadrillion (Giant Sheep Music. Album review by Rob Mallows) The Clash, by The Clash. The Beatles, by The Beatles. The Smiths, by The Smiths. The release by any […]
Ron Magril – Until Now + Asaf Harris – Walk of The Ducks (Ubuntu Records. Album Reviews by Adam Sieff) For such a small and relatively young country Israel consistently punches above […]
Today, 14 June 2022 marks the 75th birthday of Darius Brubeck. Friends and colleagues from around the world show their admiration, gratitude, respect and love for a popular, influential musician and a […]
The Jazzdor festival in Berlin – this was its 14th edition – has a reassuringly clear sense of its mission and the ideological context in which it wants to work. Sebastian writes: […]
Polish guitarist and composer Jakub Klimiuk will perform with his quintet at Jazz Cafe POSK on Saturday 25 June. This new project combines modern jazz with the influences of Scandinavian improvised music, […]
Brighton-based saxophonist Julian Nicholas looks forward to hearing up-and-coming bands who will be appearing at Love Supreme, the UK’s only greenfield jazz festival, at Glynde Place in East Sussex between Fri 1 […]
Shake Stew – Heat (Traumton 4706CD. Album review by Alison Bentley) The Heat shimmers off this hypnotic album: it’s simultaneously exciting and soothing as three horns play over African rhythms, with two […]
Chet Baker Trio – Live in Paris (Elemental 5990541. 3 LPs. Review by Andrew Cartmel) On the labels of this handsome triple vinyl set, the font makes the artist credit look rather […]
Gareth Williams’s trio will be at Ronnie Scott’s on 13 June. Doors open 8. 30 pm. Booking link below. Preview by Sebastian Scotney “I know the place well,” says pianist Gareth Williams. […]
Binker Golding – Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy (Gearbox Records. Album Review by Adam Sieff) Ever since Binker Golding first performed the music on this album at Ronnie Scott’s a year […]
Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty – Hearts Full of Grace (Other Compass Records – OCRPB010 review by Graham Spry) As memories of the COVID pandemic and the associated lockdown begin to recede, so […]
Vocalist Louise Balkwill, originally from Oadby, Leicester, won the Riga Jazz Stage vocal competition in April 2022. She has just released a new video Louise writes: “This new video is the first […]
In LJN’s series where musicians tell us about tracks by their idols that have inspired them, pianist Liam Noble writes about Lee Konitz. He starts with a moment when there was suddenly […]
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