The Sixteen with Julian Joseph(King’s Place. Sound Unwrapped series. 27 January 2023. Review by Rachel Coombes) “Well, it certainly doesn’t look like a jazz audience”, I overheard someone say during the interval […]
Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista (Challenge Records CR 73545. Album review by Rachel Coombes) Resistant to categorisation, Jussi Reijonen’s compositions merge together such a wide range of musical styles and ‘languages’ […]
Nardis Jazz Club pop-up (24, Exmouth Market, 19 November, Review by Rachel Coombes) As LJF celebrated its thirtieth birthday with a sold-out show of electronic jazz (or ‘jazz-dance’) at the 6000-capacity venue […]
Marcel Khalifé and Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Mahmoud, Marcel and I (Barbican Centre, 15 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) “Marcel went to Australia for a few days […]
Istanbul Psychedelic (Streamed on 21 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Rachel Coombes) A recent LondonJazz News interview with Serious’s Director of Programming Pelin Opcin (director of Istanbul Jazz Festival since 2005) […]
With over 70 events spanning early and modern, soul, funk, blues, gypsy, electronic, and rock-influenced sounds, the fifth Cambridge International Jazz Festival celebrates jazz in all its diversity. Rachel Coombes previews the […]
Prom 45 – Mississippi Goddam: A Portrait of Nina Simone (Royal Albert Hall. 21 August 2019. BBC Proms. Review by Rachel Coombes) Long-standing Nina Simone fans, and anyone who has seen the […]
Naked City Festival (Beckenham Place Park, 27 July 2019. Round-up by Rachel Coombes) Undeterred by the intermittent downpours, hundreds of Londoners flocked to Beckenham Place Park on Saturday for the inaugural Naked City […]
Rachel Coombes previews this year’s Soho Jazz Festival: This year the Soho Jazz Festival pays homage to the legacy of Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, who passed away in November last year […]
