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Tord Gustavsen Trio – Seeing (ECM 2820 / 6516879. Album review by Phil Johnson) If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Admirers of Tord Gustavsen’s breakthrough series of trio albums beginning with […] ...

LondonJazz is a not-for profit venture, but may occasionally take on work as a paid publicist and/or sell advertising packages. Where a piece published after 26th October 2012 appears which is linked ...

The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ropeadope’s CEO, Louis Marks, and president, Fabian Brown. The pair are ringing in the anniversary of this multifarious label with ...

Our aim is that when audiences leave, they feel like they know us and that they’ll come back and see us again.” Top UK swing orchestra Down for the Count is returning to Cadogan ...

Since 2023, Livia Records have meticulously restored and re-released three Louis Stewart albums: Some Other Blues, Out On His Own and Louis the First. Now they’ve released a rarity that will surely ...

Shabaka, who will be at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 November, is “an emblematic artist for the age.” Feature by Phil Johnson Shabaka. Photo credit Lauren Luxenburg Much of the ...

Celebrated Norwegian sax maestro Marius Neset and his compatriot classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes here unite their skills to create an exciting hybrid, composed music that sounds improvised. That’s ...

For the LJN “10 Tracks I Can’t Do Without” series, in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, singer-songwriter Lara Eidi […] ...

Andy Scott and Rob Cope with Liam Noble (partly hidden). Photo by John Quinn This performance by Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ was the second half of the opening concert of the 15 th series of concerts in ...

Steel-pannist, composer and keyboardist Mark Cherrie is steeped in the Trinidad-jazz tradition through family ties (dad Ralph was one of the leading early lights of the Notting Hill Carnival) and work ...

Sad to hear about the passing of the legendary Benny Golson, one of the true greats of jazz. I was privileged to play a couple of tours in Spain and Ireland with Benny, the great drummer Keith ...