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 […]
Jim Snidero – ‘Live at the Deer Head Inn’
Robin Phillips (New Radio Show starts 19 March on Delux Radio)
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 […]
#IWD2021: journalist Annie Yanbékian
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 […]
#IWD2021: jazz publicist Lydia Liebman
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 […]
#IWD2021: pianist Clara Haberkamp
“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], […]
RIP Claude Bolling (1930-2020)
Jazz pianist, conductor and composer Claude Bolling, (France Musique reports, link below) has died at the age of 90 at the Hôpital de Saint-Cloud on the outskirts of Paris. Bolling wrote the […]
LondonJazz News looks back at 2020
Just over a year ago we were celebrating. We marked LondonJazz News’ 10th anniversary with a party. Liane Carroll, Claire Martin, Georgia Mancio and Kate Williams (hidden in the picture below) performed. […]
Iain Ballamy and Jason Rebello (Christmas Show from Cooper Hall in Frome, 9 December)
The superb duo of saxophonist Iain Ballamy and pianist Jason Rebello will be streaming their now traditional Christmas show from the Cooper Hall in Frome on 9 December. Interview with Iain Ballamy […]
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 […]
New Series “Live From Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio” (first session 14 November)
A brand new series of livestreams from Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey starts tomorrow, Saturday 14 November 2020. An all-star quartet (Ron Carter, Joe Lovano, Isaiah J. Thompson and […]
Duncan Heining – “Stratusphunk: The Life And Works Of George Russell”
Dr. Duncan Heining’s book George Russell: The Story of an American Composer was originally published in 2009. On 15 October 2020 it was published in a substantially revised new edition. Sebastian interviewed […]
Giles Thornton “All At Sea” (new, second album, Bandcamp, 24 October)
Giles Thornton’s first album, Be In Today, was issued in mid-2018, just as he was graduating from Guildhall School. It was a complex enterprise, involving 25 musicians and featuring his compositions for […]
Interview with Philippe Ochem (Jazzdor Strasbourg 6-20 November)
The full programme for this year’s Festival Jazzdor (Strasbourg, 6-20 November 2020) has just been published. The planning for this year’s festival has meant frequent amendments as rules and practical considerations have […]
JAF Trio – “JAF Trio”
JAF Trio – JAF Trio (WeJazz. Review by Dick Hovenga*) In a similar way to the jazz scenes of both the UK and the Flemish part of Belgium, the remarkable albums currently […]
RIP Patrick Kelly, Founder of Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra (1931-2020)
Sebastian writes: Trombonist and educator Patrick Kelly, who died peacefully on 11 June at the age of 88, was the founder of the Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra, later Pendulum, and a hugely […]
