Luke Bainbridge – Surface Tension (Self-released/Bandcamp link below – Album review by Peter Slavid) Surface Tension is really more of a project than a band. It was originally put together as a […]
Luke Bainbridge – ‘Surface Tension’
De Beren Gieren – ‘Less Is Endless’
De Beren Gieren – Less Is Endless (Sdban Ultra. Album review by Peter Slavid) In Europe, in recent times, trios have often struggled to escape the dominating shadow of EST. But De […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2021 (30 Sep – 3 Oct)
After last year’s enforced cancellation, the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music is back, and for London residents with an adventurous bent, it’s definitely worth the three-hour train journey to see […]
Kris T Reeder – ‘Jazz Mix 12’
Kris T Reeder – Jazz Mix 12 (Bandcamp – EP review by Peter Slavid) It’s most unusual to review a single track by a solo artist, but at 27 minutes long this […]
A Tonic For The Troops – ‘Ambush’
A Tonic For The Troops – Ambush(Odin Records ODINCD9575 – Review by Peter Slavid) If you have listened to any amount of music from Norway, there’s a good chance you’ll have heard […]
Europe Jazz Media Chart January 2021
The new Europe Jazz Media Chart is out. We were welcomed in to the set-up last year, and since then Peter Slavid, Tony Dudley-Evans and Sebastian have been rotating the strike, as […]
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & The MaXx – ‘Live’
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & The MaXx – Live (MNJ Records MNJ002. Review by Peter Slavid) I have to admit I was always going to be favourably predisposed towards a big-band album with […]
Global Competition for Jazz Musicians: Interview with Valerio Pappi of 7 Virtual Jazz Club
“The uniqueness of the Global Competition for Jazz Musicians stands in its being fully online, in having a jury representative of the entire world, and a voting system that leaves solely to […]
LJN joins monthly Europe Jazz Media Chart for the first time
For the very first time, the team from LondonJazz News has participated in the monthly Europe Jazz Media Chart. Our writer Peter Slavid picked Dancing In Your Head(s) by the French Orchestre […]
Orchestre National de Jazz -“Rituels” and “Dancing in Your Head(s)”
Orchestre National de Jazz – Rituels (double album) (Rituels: ONJ Records 484444 / Dancing in Your Head(s): ONJ Records 474444. Reviews by Peter Slavid) The Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ) is an […]
Julius Windisch Quartet – “Chaos”
Julius Windisch Quartet – Chaos (Hout Records HR023. Album Review by Peter Slavid) Julius Windisch is a young German pianist and composer. He studied originally in Bern and released his first album there […]
Liverpool International Jazz Festival (27 Feb – 1 March)
Peter Slavid previews this year’s eighth Liverpool International Jazz Festival. It will be his first visit to the festival. He picks a double bill of Martin Archer’s Anthropology Band and Moonmot as […]
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet – When Angels Fall
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet – When Angels Fall (Whirlwind Recordings WR4747. CD review by Peter Slavid) Back in the 1960s, Polish jazz was known mostly for it’s role in the protest movement against Soviet-era […]
Moutin Factory Quintet at Pizza Express Jazz Club (2019 EFG LJF)
Moutin Factory Quintet (Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Peter Slavid) François and Louis Moutin are twins who individually have had a strong […]
Julian Sartorius & Dan Nicholls + Y-Otis (2019 EFG LJF)
Julian Sartorius & Dan Nicholls + Y-Otis (Dalston SET, EFG London Jazz Festival, Monday 18 November. Review by Peter Slavid) The Dalston SET is a rather chaotic, pleasantly seedy small box of […]
