The remarkable legacy of Sir George Shearing is being honoured in a series of concerts that go alongside the release of a joyous new album called Shear Brass: Celebrating Sir George Shearing (Ubuntu Music, […]
Keyboard maestro Luke Smith performs with some of the biggest stars in modern music – a recent highlight included accompanying Cat Stevens at Glastonbury – yet he owes some of his formative […]
Ira Gitler wrote of Tadd Dameron (1917-1965): “His melodies were so beautiful, but at the same time, they swung. He was airborne, to me. He was in the heavens before he got […]
The idea for a spiritual jazz reimagining of St. Francis of Assisi’s mystical prayer The Canticle of the Sun was sparked when award-winning clarinettist and composer Arun Ghosh was browsing a second-hand […]
The striking cover of the new The Filthy Six EP Soho Filth (Live from Dean St Studios) reflects the colourful origins of the London-based sextet, who began their journey playing in The Tatty Bogle club […]
The Jazz Repertory Company’s latest show, Bossa Nova with Strings, will be premiered at London’s Cadogan Hall on Sunday 21 November. It promises to be a night of glittering variety. As well […]
Singer and writer Nishla Smith is about to launch her debut album, Friends with Monsters (Whirlwind Recordings). She ” is a natural storyteller” and the album is “a set of inventive narratives […]
Following on from vibraphonist Nat Steele’s celebratory album Portrait Of The Modern Jazz Quartet and the rapport he found playing with Canadian tenor man Grant Stewart, what was the natural next step? […]
Soho has always had a close connection with jazz – a century ago, Sidney Bechet used to wander round the London district browsing in music shops – and it is fitting that […]
The latest edition of the exciting, musician-led Kennington mini-fest, which includes tributes to two jazz greats, features some top international players. Martin Chilton previews the festival for LondonJazz News: The now annual […]
The Sounds of Denmark Festival at Pizza Express later this month will offer a fresh insight into the state of jazz in a country with a fine tradition of the music. Martin […]
Emily Saunders has a new single out and will be launching it as well as previewing her next album, Broken, in a series of performances in September and October. But before that […]
