Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz (Film documentary directed and produced by Nick Wells. Review by Mary James) A labour of love, almost by definition, takes a long time […]
‘Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz’
Brad Mehldau and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – ‘Variations on a Melancholy Theme’
Brad Mehldau and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Variations on a Melancholy Theme (Nonesuch Records. Album review by Mary James) Imagine if Brahms woke up one day and had the blues, Brad Mehldau […]
Jazz Juniors Competition (Kraków) 2021 Open for Entries
NEWS This year’s Jazz Juniors Competition will take place on 6 October 2021 in Kraków. It is now open for entries until 31 August 2021. Mary James writes: The prestigious Jazz Juniors […]
Matthew Wright – ‘Jazz and Cricket – an unlikely combination’
Matthew Wright – ‘Jazz and Cricket – an unlikely combination’(Cadillac Music & Publishing. 75pp. Book review by Mary James) Jazz and cricket may seem an unlikely combination – the former conjures up […]
Stephan Braun and Mateusz Smoczyński – ‘Keep on Turnin’’
Stephan Braun and Mateusz Smoczyński – Keep on Turnin’ (Seifert Foundation CD-FZS-6. CD review by Mary James) Keep on Turnin’ is an apt title for an album released during the global pandemic; […]
Results from the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition
Johannes Dickbauer and Youenn Rohaut were both awarded Second Prize in the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition. There was no First Prize winner. This year the competition was held online, 8-10 […]
Dave Storey Trio – “Jouska”
Dave Storey Trio – Jouska (Impossible Ark Records IALP 026. Download review by Mary James) In the Icelandic language there are 46 words for snow. In English we have just one. So […]
Semi finalists in the 4th Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition 8-10 July 2020, online
Mary James writes: Usually the auditions and finals of the Seifert Jazz Violin Competition take place in the beautiful surroundings of the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, Poland, but […]
Jean-Louis Matinier & Kevin Seddiki – “Rivages”
Jean-Louis Matinier and Kevin Seddiki – Rivages (ECM 0864800. CD review by Mary James) If you articulate the word “Rivages” aloud you breathe in and then out, gently and naturally. And so […]
New podcast series: “2-5-1 Two pianists, five podcasts, one subject”
Pianists Nick Tomalin and Simon Whiteside have recently created a podcast series about Sonny Clark. They tell Mary James what it’s all about. London Jazz News: Can you tell us how you […]
4th Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition open for entries
Mary James writes: The fourth Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition will be held in Lusławice, Poland, from 7-10 July 2020. The competition is open to violinists, violists and cellists of all […]
Władysław Dadak – owner of Piec Art Acoustic Jazz Club, Kraków
Piec Art, a basement jazz club just off the main square in Kraków recently celebrated its 20th birthday. Owner Władysław Dadak spoke to Mary James about its history and his plans for […]
Jakub Paulski Trio wins Jazz Juniors Competition, Kraków 2019
Jazz Juniors Festival and Competition (Piec Art Acoustic Jazz Club and other venues, 27-30 November 2019. Report by Mary James) The 43rd Jazz Juniors Competition 2019 Kraków was won by Jakub Paulski […]
Morten Schantz Godspeed at Sounds of Denmark Revisited
Morten Schantz Godspeed (Pizza Express Dean Street. Sounds of Denmark Revisited. 16 October 2019. Review by Mary James) Thousands of miles together in planes, weeks away from home, gigs in Copenhagen, Beijing, […]
B. D. Lenz (28-date trio tour of Europe incl. UK 26 June – 17 July)
A regular contributor to All About Jazz and a very busy musician, guitarist B.D. Lenz is in the middle of his 10th anniversary tour of the UK. Mix the sophistication of jazz, […]
