Tuesday 8 October – Basil Hodge Quartet ft Tony Kofi at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone Tuesday 8 October – Richard Pite, Chris Parish, Lorenzo Evans, Harry Evans are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club ...

Saturday 28 September – David Preston is at the Vortex with Olly Chalk on the late show Sunday 29 September lunchtime – Fraser Smith Quartet at the Oval Tavern , Croydon Sunday 29 September – Jazz in ...

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (Wembley Stadium, 25 and 27 July 2024. Review of two nights by Dan Paton) Photo by Dan Paton “You think you can outlast the E Street Band?!”, Bruce Springsteen ...

Wednesday 27 March – Olly Hite is at The Pheasantry Wednesday 27 March – Ali Watson Quartet are at the Vortex Wednesday 27 March – Season 4 of George Nelson’s curated Moment’s Notice starts at Amp ...

Wednesday 31 January – Jazz violinist Benet McLean plays music from his latest record “Green Park” ft. saxophonist Duncan Eagles is at the 606 Thursday 1 February – Geoff Mason and Mick Foster with ...

Posts about john billett written by londonjazzThe EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 is gradually taking shape. Following three “waves” of artists being announced by the organisers, programmes for other ...

Tuesday 11 April – Matt Ridley’s Antidote is at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone Tuesday 11 April – Dave O’Higgins Quartet is at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, ...

The Music Venue Trust held a Venues Day at EartH in Dalston on 5 October. Oliver Weindling of the Vortex attended. Here is his report: The Music Venue Trust’s Venues Day was […] LondonJazz is a ...

If your local jazz club had a huge whip-round or received a vast council grant (OK I’m dreaming), who would you want to see on the bandstand? Guitarist Julian Lage is a good candidate; he may often be ...

Larry Coryell – Last Swing With Ireland (Angel Air. Album Review by Denny Ilett) There can sometimes be something slightly voyeuristic about listening to an artist’s final recordings. One might become ...

In our series in which musicians do a “deep dive” into the music of their inspirations, jazz composer, pianist and broadcaster Simon Lasky describes ten tracks by Pat Metheny. Simon writes: I got into ...

It takes off with Lovano‘s Other Worlds Suite: Space Exploration starts enigmatically as they explore the space around each other with tense phrases. Linda May Han Oh’s lustrous bass tone leads them ...