Cassie Kinoshi, Elliot Galvin, Shabaka Hutchings, and Laura Jurd have been commissioned by the London Sinfonietta to write pieces which will be premiered at a “London Third Stream” concert at the Queen Elizabeth […]
Madeleine Peyroux’ 2004 album Careless Love was career-changing for the Georgia (US)-born singer. The CD was certified Platinum in the UK and Gold in the US, Germany and France. The two most-played […]
Fiona Ross’s fifth album Red Flags and High Heels will be launched at Pizza Express Dean Street on 6 October. She explains the background. Interview by Sebastian Scotney, LondonJazz News: There are […]
“One man’s quest to avoid a family gathering”, ‘The Weekend’ is a new comic opera from Highbury Opera Theatre. Based on Michael Palin’s 1994 play, it has been adapted by composer Scott […]
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival (Pier Stage and King’s Hall, Herne Bay, 22 August 2021 (third day of three). Round-Up by Sebastian Scotney) What if jazz wasn’t always tucked away in […]
Annabel Williams is THE vocal coach. She has had the role for nearly a decade at both X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. She has worked with over two hundred chart-topping artists. […]
FONT, the Festival of New Trumpet Music, was co-founded by Dave Douglas and the late Roy Campbell Jr. in 2003. As another Festival approaches, Dave Douglas explains in an email interview the […]
Sebastian writes: The Crazy Coqs venue at Brasserie Zedel opened in 2012, so it will be celebrating ten years next year. It’s an intimate venue, right next to Piccadilly Circus tube, and […]
Sebastian looks forward to Ongemang – Exploring the Spaces in Between. This is a premiere performance at Cafe OTO on 8 July, with Kit Downes, Lauren Kinsella and Tom Challenger, and is […]
Love Longing Loss: At Home with Charles Lloyd During Isolation (Available to watch until 11 June 2021 – link below) (Film documented by Dorothy Darr. 62 minutes. Film review by Sebastian Scotney) […]
Jim Snidero – Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant SCD 2193. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) This album documents that rarest of events from the past few months: a live jazz […]
Robin Phillips is a singer and pianist, bandleader, teacher, has a studio, and recently made a jazz and blues documentary film coming out this year. Not quite busy enough, he talks about […]
Annie Yanbékian is one of France’s leading jazz journalists. She works for France TV in Paris, where she produces online content about jazz musicians…and a broader spectrum of music as well. In […]
Lydia Liebman is an accomplished media and music industry professional with experience as a publicist, concert promoter, radio host, musician, producer and journalist. Since she launched her own jazz-focused PR agency while […]
“I have done a lot of different things in music,” says German pianist/ composer/ songwriter Clara Haberkamp. “But in my new trio album, Accumulation [to be released on Malletmuse on 12 August], […]
