“I originally started the festival because I found there were many similarities, to me, between the beautiful east Kent coast and the classic film Jazz on a Summer’s Day at the Newport Jazz Festival,” […]
Herne Bay Jazz Festival 2024 – 15-18 August
Sun Ra – ‘At the Showcase, Live in Chicago 1976-1977’
Sun Ra –At the Showcase, Live in Chicago 1976-1977(Jazz Detective DDJD-014. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) Zev Feldman’s Jazz Detective record label keeps cracking cold cases, and with some great results. This […]
Mark Winkler – new album ‘The Rules Don’t Apply’ / Pizza Express Soho, 9 July
Los Angeles-based, platinum-awarded jazz singer, songwriter and lyricist Mark Winkler’s new album The Rules Don’t Apply is released in the UK on 28 June, and he is performing at Pizza Express Soho […]
Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio –’Maximum Swing, The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings’
Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly Trio –Maximum Swing, The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings(Resonance Records HLP-9067. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) The album Smokin’ At the Half Note, which featured Wes Montgomery […]
Chet Baker – ‘Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland’
Chet Baker –Blue Room: The 1979 VARA Studio Sessions in Holland(Jazz Detective. DDJD-007. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) The brainchild of Zev Feldman (see INTERVIEW link below), Jazz Detective is perhaps the […]
Sam Emony (Neil Hughes) / ‘The Old Familiar Places’ Book Launch
Sam Emony (the pseudonym for Neil Hughes) describes his novel The Old Familiar Places as “a love letter to the music that moves me the most”. Ahead of the launch at Ronnie Scott’s (details […]
Ahmad Jamal: ‘Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964’ and ‘Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966’
Ahmad Jamal – Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1963-1964 / Emerald City Nights, Live at the Penthouse 1965-1966 (Jazz Detective DDJD-001 and DDJD-002. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) The inaugural […]
Melody Gardot (2022 EFG LJF)
Melody Gardot (Royal Festival Hall. 19 November 2022. London Jazz Festival. Review by Andrew Cartmel) When Melody Gardot last performed at the Royal Festival Hall, in 2018 (*), Guy Barker was up […]
Chet Baker Trio – ‘Live in Paris’ (rec. 1983/4)
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 […]
Andrew Cartmel, Frank Griffith and Adam Sieff (new jazz radio shows)
Andrew Cartmel, Frank Griffith and Adam Sieff are three familiar names to LJN readers. All three have recently taken to the airwaves with their own jazz radio shows. Feature/ interviews by Izzy […]
Helena Debono – new album ‘Right Here’
Singer Helena Debono’s new album ‘Right Here’ is out right now. She talks to Andrew Cartmel. Before I met Helena Debono to chat about her new album, I did a little bit […]
Guy Barker (Big Band Christmas, Royal Albert Hall, 19 Dec)
Guy Barker’s annual big band Christmas spectacular has become a fixture in the jazz calendar. This year’s, the fourth, features vocalists Grammy-winner Kurt Elling and Quincy Jones collaborator Vula Malinga, clarinettist Giacomo […]
Michel Legrand Remembered at RFH
Michel Legrand Remembered (Royal Festival Hall, 20 September 2019. Review by Andrew Cartmel) Produced by Fane and hosted by long-time Michel Legrand collaborator Jeremy Sams, this lavish concert was originally conceived as […]
Michel Legrand Remembered (Royal Festival Hall, 20 September)
Jeremy Sams’ multi-stranded career includes directing West End stage hits and composing scores for the theatre, film and television – he’s won a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello award and has received […]
The Vinyl Detective – Classic Jazz Tracks curated by Andrew Cartmel
The Vinyl Detective – Classic Jazz Tracks curated by Andrew Cartmel (Vinyl Passion VP 90129. LP Review by Peter Jones) It had been a quiet day at the office. I’d let my […]
