Blanco & Cárdenas – Stories Without Words (Digital only, from Bandcamp. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) Stories Without Words is an energetic, richly complex, global musical carnival of an album. So, when we […]
Keith Nichols (1945-2021): Tribute by Richard Pite
A “supremely gifted musician” who “always conveyed the sheer pleasure of making music.” In this tribute, Richard Pite remembers Keith Nichols, who passed away on 21 January 2021: One evening back in […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021 (4. ‘Olhos de Gato’ from Gary Burton – The New Quartet, 1973)
The fourth of Jon Turney’s weekly selections of tracks with staying power (introduced HERE) is a Carla Bley tune treated beautifully by vibraphonist Gary Burton and guitarist Mick Goodrick. Gary Burton’s virtuosity […]
SNJO Releases Video to Celebrate Burns Night
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has released a video of a Robert Burns song to mark the band’s absence from its habitual gig at Ronnie Scott’s on the birthday of Scotland’s national […]
QOW Trio – (Eddie Myer, Riley Stone-Lonergan, Spike Wells – Debut Album Release on Ubuntu Music, 5 Feb 2021)
Starting out as a one-off gig paying tribute to Sonny Rollins, this sax-bass-drums trio took on a life of its own as three generations of jazz musicians brought both their shared influences […]
David Lewis (Host of the ‘Straight Ahead’ radio show on Solar Radio, and podcast)
David Lewis, the host of the ‘Straight Ahead’ radio show on Solar Radio – also available as a podcast – is interviewed by Laura G Thorne(*) LondonJazz News: You host a radio […]
Fred Thomas (new album with Benoît Delbecq and Ewan Bleach: ‘Dick Wag – A Tribute to Richard Wagner’)
Fred Thomas’s new album on the Babel label, Dick Wag – A Tribute to Richard Wagner, “brings a fresh perspective to some best-loved Wagnerian moments by stripping its forces back to the […]
Paul Edis Trio – ‘Snakes and Ladders’
Paul Edis Trio – Snakes and Ladders (Self-released and available from Bandcamp. Album review by Adrian Pallant) Pianist Paul Edis established himself as one of the leading lights of contemporary jazz and […]
Fergus McCreadie – ‘Cairn’
Fergus McCreadie – Cairn (Edition EDN1165. CD Review by John Bungey) It’s tough to stand out as an up-and-coming piano trio. Record labels the world over turn out a stream of albums […]
Girls in Airports – ‘Dive’
Girls in Airports – Dive (Mawi Music. CD review by Nick Davies) Girls in Airports is one of the few young Danish indie jazz bands to have established itself internationally, with two […]
Celebrating Bobby Wellins on what would have been his 85th Birthday
Today would have been the 85th birthday of Glasgow-born saxophonist Bobby Wellins (writes Seb). His unique sound is still with us; his utterly engaging character will never be forgotten. When he passed […]
Jason Moran – ‘The Harlem Hellfighters’ (Video premiere)
Jason Moran – The Harlem Hellfighters (Video premiere, streamed on 22 January 2021.) Here’s an unexpected pleasure. Jason Moran toured this important history-awakening project in 2018, briefly but brilliantly, to mark the […]
jazzahead! Hosts Panel Session on Brexit – (28 January 2021, 1400 GMT, 1500CET)
What aspects of Brexit would you like us to discuss on 28 January? asks Sebastian On 28 January jazzahead! is hosting a “Virtual Session” to discuss Brexit and its implications. I […]
Alexander Hawkins – ‘Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble’
Alexander Hawkins – Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) featuring Evan Parker and the Riot Ensemble (Intakt Records. CD review by Geoff Winston) Togetherness Music (For Sixteen Musicians) opens with one of the […]
Rembrandt Trio with Hossain Alizâdeh – ‘Same Self, Same Silence’
Rembrandt Trio with Hossain Alizâdeh – ‘Same Self, Same Silence’ (Just Listen Records JL007. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Given its name, it’s not surprising that the Rembrandt Trio is from the Netherlands. […]
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