Tom Skinner – Voices of Bishara (Brownswood Recordings BWOOD0257CD. Album review by Graham Spry) Drummer Tom Skinner has been a significant force in British jazz for over a decade. He first came […]
Tom Skinner – ‘Voices of Bishara’
Belgrade Jazz Festival 2022
Belgrade Jazz Festival (Dom Omladine Beograda, Belgrade, Serbia. 26-30 October 2022. Review and photos by John Watson) So many European festivals have lost funding this year, as political crisis piles on economic […]
2022 Cheltenham Jazz Festival – heard in brief
The LJN team’s coverage of the 2022 Cheltenham Jazz Festival has been substantial. Jon Turney, Peter Slavid and photographer John Watson have done a great job. We have published their reviews of […]
XJAZZ! Festival 2022, Berlin – (4 to 8 May)
(XJAZZ! Berlin. 4-8 May 2022. Preview by Izzy Blankfield) Berlin is a city constantly in flux, and its jazz scene is no different. This year’s XJAZZ! Festival – taking place from 4 […]
Kinetika Bloco – ‘Legacy’
Kinetika Bloco – Legacy (Banger Factory Records. Album Review by Adam Sieff) This album is a homage to the Kinetika Bloco carnival group who are celebrating their 21st Anniversary, and especially to […]
Nubya Garcia and Laura Jurd to feature at 2021 BBC Proms
The programme for the BBC Proms 2021 is announced today and the season programme is available online and from bookshops. The season runs from 30 July to 11 September. Booking will open […]
#IWD2021: guitarist Shirley Tetteh
Amy Sibley-Allen talks to London-based guitarist and composer Shirley Tetteh on catching up on sleep during the pandemic, the wonders of neuroscience podcasts, her dreams to play women’s football in the US […]
The Winner of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 is pianist Deschanel Gordon
Pianist Deschanel Gordon has won BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 We interviewed him earlier this month (Link Below) Here is the full text of the BBC’s Press Release Twenty-two-year-old Hackney-born jazz […]
Finalists Announced for BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 (Final BBC Four 22 November)
The five finalists are announced today 6 November for the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020. A socially-distanced Final will take place at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 14 November, and the final will […]
Nubya Garcia – Live from the Barbican
Nubya Garcia (Live from the Barbican. 29 October 2020. Reviewed from the livestream by Adam Sieff) There’s something immensely satisfying about watching young British jazz musicians develop over time through music colleges […]
Downbeat’s “25 for the Future” Includes four UK artists
Downbeat’s “25 for the Future” feature, in its November 2020 issue, includes four UK artists plus two Europeans: Yazz Ahmed (photo above by Seb JJ Peters) Nubya Garcia Yussef Dayes Shabaka Hutchings. […]
Blue Note Re:Imagined
Various artists – Blue Note Re:Imagined (Decca 890927. Review by John Bungey) Ah, Blue Note – hallowed home of hard bop, trove of smokin’ classics by Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard […]
Nubya Garcia – “Source”
Nubya Garcia – Source (Concord Jazz. Review by Jon Carvell) Camden’s Nubya Garcia is fast becoming a leading light in a new wave of British jazz. Acclaimed for her EPs and increasingly […]
