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; […]
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 (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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 (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, […]
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, […]
