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Mothers in Jazz (53): Sarah King

By londonjazz on 31 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Mothers In Jazz: Sarah King“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 […]

Chuck Sher: Publisher of ‘The Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker’

By Charles Rees on 30 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Since it was published in 1988, The New Real Book has sold over 100,000 copies, making it the best selling legal fake book of all time. The man behind that venture, publisher […]

606 Club announces programme for 2023 EFG LJF

By londonjazz on 30 July 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The 606 Club has just announced its EFG London Jazz Festival 606 dates, noting that 16 November is still TBC, following on from the announcements by the festival organisers, Pizza Express, Ronnie […]

Jonny Liebeck (new album ‘The Next Chapter’ / launch 9 August at Grow, Hackney)

By londonjazz on 30 July 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

It’s not unusual to meet a church organist, a classical pianist, a jazz musician, an accompanist, or a DJ… what is unusual is to find them all in one person; Jonny Liebeck […]

Herbie Hancock at the Barbican

By londonjazz on 29 July 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

Herbie Hancock(Barbican Hall. 28 July 2023. First night of two. Review by Lavender Sutton) “Let’s get this right. You are going to ‘review’ Herbie Hancock?” The look of bamboozlement on a musician’s […]

Shakti: ‘This Moment’

By londonjazz on 29 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Shakti – This Moment (Abstract Logix. Album review by Phil Johnson) The vinyl version of world-fusion supergroup Shakti’s first studio album for, wait for it, forty-six years is something to behold. There’s […]

Christian Muthspiel & OrJAZZstra at Porgy & Bess, Vienna,

By londonjazz on 29 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Christian Muthspiel & OrJAZZstra ‘La Melodia della Strada – Omaggio a Federico Fellini’(Porgy & Bess, Vienna, 18 July 2023. Review by Oliver Weindling) With the demise of the Vienna Art Orchestra, the […]

EFG LJF 2023 programme: concerts at Piano Smithfield announced

By londonjazz on 28 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

The EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 is gradually taking shape. Following three “waves” of artists being announced by the organisers, programmes for other venues are being announced. We have already looked at […]

Ealing Jazz Festival 2023 (29-30 July)

By londonjazz on 28 July 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Sebastian writes: thank you to friend of the site and long-term supporter of the Ealing Jazz Festival for being the first to bring this year’s programme to our attention.. The festival takes […]

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2023

By londonjazz on 28 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. (Various venues in Edinburgh, 14-23 July 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival put on over 110 concerts across ten days, requiring […]

 Gărâna Jazz Festival 2023, Romania

By londonjazz on 28 July 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

 Gărâna Jazz Festival  (Gărâna, Romania. 5-9 July 2023 Festival Round-Up by Oliver Weindling) The Garana festival has now reached its 27th edition. In the Romanian Carpathian mountains, south of Timisoara, which itself […]

Dušan Jevtović – ‘City Hustling’

By londonjazz on 28 July 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Dušan Jevtović – City Hustling (Self-published via Bandcamp. Album review by Rob Mallows) Barcelona-based Serbian guitarist Dušan Jevtović was an unknown quantity to me. But sometimes, a shot in the dark can pay […]

‘The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions’ (rec. 1957-61)

By londonjazz on 27 July 2023 • ( 3 Comments )

The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic MD6-276. Review of 6-CD set by Len Weinreich) It was once generally accepted among jazz aficionados that a talented life cut short (Bix Beiderbecke, […]

James Morrison Quartet at Wigan International Jazz Festival 2023

By londonjazz on 27 July 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

James Morrison Quartet(Village On The Green- Wigan. 16 July 2023. Live review by Frank Griffith) Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison is a force of nature. He was spellbinding with a “triple-threat” fusillade of […]

Decoy with Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto

By londonjazz on 26 July 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Decoy with Joe McPhee (Cafe Oto. 21 July 2023, 3rd night of 4. Live review, drawing and photo by Geoff Winston) “We’re going to do our best to make the biggest mess […]

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