Sebastian writes: Violinist. arranger, studio musician, orchestral leader, and “above all undoubtedly a force for good” (*), Sonia Slany (pronounced SlaH-ny) passed away on Thursday 14 January after a ...

Jo Harrop in Gateshead (see below). Photo Ken Drew courtesy of Lance Liddle Wednesday 2 October – Pete Bernstein / Jim Mullen are at the 606 Wednesday 2 October – Alexander Hawkins / Marco Colonna are ...

The EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 is gradually taking shape. Following three “waves” of artists being announced by the organisers, programmes for other venues are being announced. We have already ...

A seven-day festival across six venues in London… stars from the ‘gypsy jazz’ scene such as violinist Tcha Limberger and guitarist Stochelo Rozenberg – “second to none, a phenomenal guitarist who’s a ...

Eduard Shyfrin and his band Shyfrin Alliance have a debut album out in September. Interview by Sebastian. It’s the appealingly dark and gravelly voice of experience. Ukrainian-born former entrepreneur ...

“You think you can outlast the E Street Band?!”, Bruce Springsteen asks incredulously, some three hours and five minutes into the first of two massive shows at Wembley Stadium. “We’ve been doing this ...

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Wednesday 10 April – Italian jazz & neo soul vocalist Francesca Confortini is at the 606 Wednesday 10 April – Loz Speyer is at the Vortex Wednesday 10 April – Footprints Jazz Quartet at MAP NW5 3DU ...

“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and ...

Polish jazz writer Krzysztof Komorek came from Łódź to London to attend and review the Emma Rawicz residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club for the site Donos Kulturalny. Krzysztof Komorek writes: Where ...

The great arranger Bill Holman passed away at the age of 96 last Monday. A three-time Grammy Award winner nominated on sixteen occasions, he was at the forefront of West Coast Jazz in the fifties and ...

Beats & pieces Big Band – Good Days (Efpi Records. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Beats & Pieces may call themselves a big band rather than a jazz orchestra, but their music […] LondonJazz is a ...