With founding members Terry Seabrook (organ) and Peter Fraize (tenor sax) hailing from each side of the pond, naming the band in honour of the ocean that both separates and connects them […]
Atlanticus – new album ‘Upstream’ and tour 22 June-16 July
KOKOROKO at Royal Festival Hall, Meltdown Festival
KOKOROKO (Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre’s Meltdown, 14 June 2023. Review by Leah Williams) Fresh from a trip down in Devon writing material for their next album, KOKOROKO admitted they’d not actually […]
#IWD2021: vocalist, composer and journalist Fiona Ross
While the world may have paused this past year, award-winning jazz artist Fiona Ross most certainly has not. A whirlwind of activity and creativity, her decades-spanning career has seen her enjoy and […]
Introducing our International Women’s Day series (sixteen features) for #IWD2021
LEAH WILLIAMS, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: This weekend marks exactly a decade since we first published a special series for International Women’s Day and this year we’re […]
…with a month to go until International Womens Day (8 March) #IWD2021 #womentothefore
Leah Willliams, Editor of LJN’s 2021 International Women’s Day Series, writes: We are currently preparing the 2021 edition of LJN’s International Women’s Day series. This has been a feature of the site […]
Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator Jeremy Levy – (Grammy nomination)
Jeremy Levy is a composer, arranger and orchestrator who has worked across a wide range of mediums and styles over the past decade. Originally from Hannibal, Missouri, the town where Mark Twain […]
QOW Trio – (Eddie Myer, Riley Stone-Lonergan, Spike Wells – Debut Album Release on Ubuntu Music, 5 Feb 2021)
Starting out as a one-off gig paying tribute to Sonny Rollins, this sax-bass-drums trio took on a life of its own as three generations of jazz musicians brought both their shared influences […]
Kansas Smitty’s play live to ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
Miracle on 34th Street (Kansas Smitty’s film score livestreamed 24 December HERE. Review by Leah Williams) The much-loved and irrepressible Kansas Smitty’s band continue to be hugely creative with online formats: just […]
Pigfoot at Karamel (2020 EFG LJF)
Pigfoot (Stream premiered on 21 November 2020 from Karamel. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Leah Williams) From the opening growl of Chris Batchelor’s muted trumpet and the equally purposeful yet joyful […]
Jazz Voice at Cadogan Hall (2020 EFG LJF)
Jazz Voice (Livestreamed from Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival 13 November 2020. Review by Leah Williams) As the EFG London Jazz Festival kicks off this year, it is navigating – as […]
#IWD2020: Areni Agbabian, vocalist, pianist and composer
Leah Williams speaks to Armenian-American musician Areni Agbabian for International Women’s Day about the women who raised her musically, working with Tigran Hamasyan, and signing to ECM Records. Areni is best-known to […]
Cherise – “Paradise” EP launch at Kings Place
Cherise (Kings Place, 7 Feb 2020. Review by Leah Williams.) Cherise Adams-Burnett had an incredible whirlwind year in 2019, performing across the globe and being named Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year, […]
Morley Jazz Series (starts Friday 28 February 2020)
After a highly successful inaugural series of jazz concerts in 2019, Morley College has announced a new programme of five concerts to take place at the end of each month from 28 […]
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science Community; Experiments in London at Kings Place (2019 EFG LJF)
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science Community; Experiments in London (Kings Place, EFG London Jazz Festival, 16 November 2019. Review by Leah Williams.) Legendary drummer, composer and producer Terri Lyne Carrington is this […]
Nik Bärtsch and Sophie Clements (2019 EFG LJF)
Nik Bärtsch & Sophie Clements (Barbican. EFG London Jazz Festival. 15 November 2019. Review by Leah Williams.) Marooned on an island made for one man and his piano, Nik Bärtsch sat surrounded […]
