Black Top with Xhosa Cole (Parabola Arts Centre. 29 April. Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Slavid) Black Top is the improvising duo of Pat Thomas on piano and effects, with Orphy […]
Black Top with Xhosa Cole at 2023 Cheltenham Jazz Fest
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2022 – Day 1 Report
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (The Lit& Phil, Newcastle. Day 1: Thursday 29 September 2022. Festival Report by Peter Slavid) Two LJN writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered […]
‘Ray Carless Celebration of Life /Nine Night’ (19 Aug.)
Feelings of loss and bereavement in many sections of our jazz community have been very widespread and palpable since the passing of Ray Carless on 10 August. We are informed that a […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (23-25 Sep and 29 Sep-2 Oct)
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (Jesmond 23-25 Sep, then Newcastle 29 Sep-2 Oct) Peter Slavid writes: The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (NFOJAIM) started in 2017, and after […]
David Burke – ‘Giant Steps: Diverse Journeys in British Jazz’
David Burke – Giant Steps: Diverse Journeys in British Jazz(Desert Hearts. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Giant Steps presents short chapters on 25 musicians from the British Caribbean, African and Asian (including West Asia) […]
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 […]
EFG London Jazz Festival moves exclusively online (13-22 November)
The EFG London Jazz Festival extensive programme of live concerts and special events will now be streamed online from venues across London. Many of the online events will be free to view […]
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 […]
“The Windrush Suite” by Renell Shaw
The Windrush Suite by Renell Shaw (Streamed by the Vortex Jazz Club. 22 June 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) The Windrush Suite was streamed to mark the second National Windrush Day, remembering […]
In lockdown with… jazz club manager Kathianne Hingwan
Kathianne Hingwan is the general manager of the Vortex Jazz Club. As part of her work there, she has created and developed a number of new strategic projects including The Shape of […]
Orphy Robinson & Mark Mondesir at the Vortex
The Shape Of Jazz To Come presents: Orphy Robinson & Mark Mondesir: “I heard you twice the first time” (Vortex, 10 December 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Jazz Warriors alumni Orphy Robinson […]
NYJO announces new Jazz Exchange initiative
Peter Bacon reports: The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) has announced what it describes as “the most exciting development in its 54-year history”. It’s the NYJO Jazz Exchange, a two-year national project encouraging […]
