London Jazz News
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Stay up to date with the latest news, reviews, features and comment from the London jazz scene and beyond. LondonJazz News was started as a blog by Sebastian Scotney in 2009 and has gone on growing ever since. LJN also covers jazz and jazz-related news from way beyond London.
London Jazz News
19h ago
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival:-Playtime with Byron Wallen-Soweto Kinch Trio-Matthew Kilner Quartet-Laura Jurd Quintet-Norman Willmore Sextet-Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio(Various venues, Edinburgh. 12-21 July 2024. Round-up review by Patrick Hadfield) It’s the middle ..read more
London Jazz News
2d ago
Prom 8: Nick Drake – An Orchestral Celebration(Royal Albert Hall. 24 July 2024. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This Proms concert was dedicated to the songs on the three albums that Nick Drake ..read more
London Jazz News
2d ago
Sam Braysher – That’s Him: the music of Kurt Weill(Self-released. Album review by Bruce Lindsay) Alto saxophonist Sam Braysher has a liking for the less familiar work of the American Songbook composers ..read more
London Jazz News
4d ago
READ ELSEWHERE The most-shared Jazz meme of the week is (jazz fan / former SF Jazz Board Member /mother of Cole – after Coltrane – and Ella) Kamala Harris with newly-bought vinyl ..read more
London Jazz News
1w ago
Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha (Pizza Pheasantry. ‘Ensconced’ pre-release concert. 19 July 2024. Report by Sebastian Scotney) I have heard Brigitte Beraha twice in the past few weeks, and can’t help feeling ..read more
London Jazz News
1w ago
After Ralf Dombrowski’s report of the opening weekend of Suedtirol Festival 2024 (link below), Oliver Weindling reports on its closing days Oliver Weindling writes: Suedtirol Festival’s change of artistic directors, from Klaus ..read more
London Jazz News
1w ago
Here is the complete text of today’s press release jointly issued by Brubeck Living Legacy Inc, Ubuntu Music, and The Royal Academy of Music announcing saxophonist Kasper Rietkerk, originally from Zwolle in ..read more
London Jazz News
1w ago
NN North Sea Jazz Festival(Ahoy Centre, Rotterdam – 12- 14 July 2024. Review by John Ferguson Artists/bands covered corto.altoKurt Rosenwinkel ‘The Next Step’ quartet reunionSasha BerlinerEnemyArooj Aftab with Ambrose Akinmusire and Joel ..read more
London Jazz News
1w ago
Eyal Vilner Big Band – Swingin’ Uptown(Independent release. Album review by Len Weinreich) Roll back the carpet while you roll back the years: here’s ‘Swingin’ Uptown’, an album of sole (please excuse ..read more
London Jazz News
1w ago
Christian McBride and Kurt Rosenwinkel(Wigmore Hall. 17 July 2024. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Who knew? That Christian McBride and Kurt Rosenwinkel, both born in the same month, October 1970, were direct contemporaries ..read more