Part of what we do at LondonJazz News, Sebastian writes, is to give a platform for musicians to write about music and musicians they admire. In my view, a gold standard for […]
Ten tracks by Django Bates I can’t do without… by Rick Simpson
NQ Jazz, Manchester, announces 2021 season (starts 11 Jan with Soweto Kinch)
Live jazz looks likely to make a triumphant return to the North West in January 2021 courtesy of NQ Jazz. Since their inception in 2015, the Manchester-based live music promoters have hosted […]
Jazz South Radar Sessions
In the Covid year of the snowy diary, Jazz South, which supports musicians across the southeast and southwest of England, has been busy commissioning showcases for musicians online. As well as new […]
Iain Ballamy and Jason Rebello (Christmas Show from Cooper Hall in Frome, 9 December)
The superb duo of saxophonist Iain Ballamy and pianist Jason Rebello will be streaming their now traditional Christmas show from the Cooper Hall in Frome on 9 December. Interview with Iain Ballamy […]
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren’s ‘Lockdown Jazz Session’ from Cardiff
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren (Cardiff University Concert Hall. 11 November 2020. Review by Sam Norris) Few names in British jazz guarantee quality quite like those of pianist Huw Warren and tenor […]
Greetings and Birthday Wishes for Peter King at 80
One of the very great figures of British Jazz, saxophonist Peter King is eighty years old today. Colleagues, friends and fans send best wishes: JULIAN ARGÜELLES: Even now at the age of […]
In lockdown with… vocalist and composer Barb Jungr
Barb Jungr “finds confessional depths in Bob Dylan and Jacques Brel that no one else can see,” wrote Clive Davis in the Sunday Times last September of her most recent album Bob, […]
