There’s a new venue in town tucked away just south of the Grand Union canal in Notting Hill. The historic Ladbroke Hall boasts an upcoming ‘Friday Jazz’ Series. The first night was on 22 September, and the series continues through [...]
“Let’s get this right. You are going to ‘review’ Herbie Hancock?” The look of bamboozlement on a musician’s face when I explained earlier this week where I would be on Friday night follows me around. And let’s face it, the [...]
Discover Who I Am, the new 6-disc release of Blossom Dearie’s music is a collection of her music from Fontana Records during her recording time in London between 1966-1970. Blossom Dearie, with her “girlish voice” was known most notably as [...]
The members of the group Glebe have been playing together since they all studied music in Leeds about 8 years ago. The band is ronted by pianist Chris Bland and guitarist Kieran Gunter, who were flatmates on Glebe Place (hence [...]
Vocalist Tessa Souter has made her way back over the pond from her home in New York for two nights at The Pheasantry Pizza Express in Chelsea. She’s known for her unique take on a variety of jazz standards – [...]
Jimi Hendrix always expressed an interest in writing music for a big band but sadly passed away before he could make this dream a reality. Gil Evans was intending to work on this project and eventually did record an album [...]
London-based guitarist Andrea Rinciari’s new album The Takeover (Soho Live), released at the end of November, is a collaboration with two musician friends from France – drummer Martin Cazals and saxophonist Thomas Gomez – and Italian bassist Lorenzo Morabito. A [...]
UKJN provides the most extensive review coverage of the EFG London Jazz Festival. By far. This year we will have done over thirty of them. We have also asked our writers and other friends (*) to comment in brief on [...]
New York native Catherine Russell performed in London for the first time at Dean Street Pizza Express on the final night of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival, bringing to a close more than fifty gigs in their three London [...]
Two Nights at an unusual location: the a cappella masters Take 6 brought their show to Holborn Pizza Express Live venue for 4 intimate concerts as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. Their first time back to Europe since [...]
