Samara Joy (Barbican. 19 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Lavender Sutton) Samara Joy has only been out of college since May 2021 and at the young age of 24, she has […]
Samara Joy at the Barbican (EFG LJF 2023)
‘Big Ben – ‘Celebrating saxophonist Ben Webster’ with Alex Webb and Tony Kofi in Watford (EFG LJF 2023)
Big Ben – Celebrating Ben Webster with Alex Webb and Tony Kofi(Watford Pump House Theatre. 17 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Ian Theo) To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the great […]
Elina Duni/Rob Luft quartet at Jazz Cafe Posk (EFG LJF 2023)
Elina Duni/Rob Luft quartet(Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith. 18 November 2023. EFG LJF . Review by Adam McCulloch) Promoting their new album on ECM, A Time to Remember, and on the verge of […]
Heard in Brief at the EFG LJF 2023
LJN provides by far the deepest and most comprehensive coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. And yet we only cover about a tenth of what is on offer. So we asked […]
London Brew at the Barbican (EFG LJF 2023)
London Brew(Barbican. 18 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Richard Lee) I’ve been listening to Bitches Brew for half a century, as well as Miles’ subsequent takes on it and, of late, […]
Marius Neset, London Sinfonietta/Geoffrey Paterson. ‘Geyser’ at the QEH (EFG LJF 2023)
Marius Neset, London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson – Geyser(Queen Elizabeth Hall. 17 November 2023. EFG LJF. Live review by Jon Turney) Special commissions often have their moment, then vanish these days – […]
Nikki Iles with the NDR Big Band at Cadogan Hall (EFG LJF 2023)
Nikki Iles with the NDR Big Band(Cadogan Hall, 19 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Mike Collins) It’s five years since Nikki Iles premiered her Jazz Orchestra at the Vortex in Dalston […]
Aaron Parks Quartet at Ronnie Scott’s (EFG LJF 2023)
Aaron Parks Quartet(Ronnie Scott’s. 17 November 2023. EFG LJF 2023. Review by Ian Latham) Aaron Parks is considered as one of the greatest Millennial jazz pianists (link below), and has recently turned […]
Rebecca Nash at World Heart Beat (EFG LJF 2023)
Rebecca Nash – “Redefining Element 78” (World Heart Beat, Nine Elms. 18 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Rob Mallows) The World Heart Beat studio and performance space provided a welcome oasis of soul […]
Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio + Mette Henriette Trio at the Barbican (EFG LJF 2023)
Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio plus Mette Henriette(Barbican. 17 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Mike Collins) ‘What kind of magic is this?’ That was the question in this listener’s mind half way […]
Ron Carter Foursight Quartet at Cadogan Hall (EFG LJF 2023)
Ron Carter Foursight Quartet(Cadogan Hall. November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by AJ Dehany) There’s a philosophy to bass playing. If Albert Camus was a goalie, a supportive role with room to dream, […]
Sam Gendel at Milton Court (EFG LJF 2023)
Sam Gendel (Milton Court. 14 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by John L Walters) Two musicians lope onto the Milton Court stage carrying bottles. Without any spoken introductions they settle down in […]
David Murray Quartet at Pizza Express, Soho (EFG LJF 2023)
David Murray Quartet(Pizza Express, Soho. 16 November. 2023. First show. EFG LJF. Live review by Jon Turney) Paying your dues in jazz is often bound up with caring for history: when you’re […]
Angélique Kidjo at the Royal Albert Hall (EFG LJF 2023)
Angélique Kidjo(Royal Albert Hall, 17 November 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Rachel Coombes) Angélique Kidjo’s status as one of today’s greatest living artists was decisively validated earlier this year, when she was […]
Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble with Jacqui McShee at Grand Junction (EFG LJF 2023)
Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble (Grand Junction, Paddington. 16 Nov 2023. EFG LJF. Review by Peter Slavid) Back in the 1960s and 70s the boundaries between jazz and folk were much more […]
