A Bay Area native, Laurie Antonioli is a vocalist and educator. She grew up hearing singers like Nancy King and Mark Murphy ...
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and pianist, vocalist and composer Kelly Green. Her new album, Seems, released 29 March, features flautist Elijah J. Thomas, ...
In the first of UKJN’s reports from the 2024 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Peter Slavid writes about the programme at the Parabola Arts Centre on Friday 3 May. Sultan Stevenson. Photo by John ...
In the second of UKJN’s reports from the 2024 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, photographer/ writer John Watson captures the artistry, eloquence and passion of Brad Mehldau and his trio with ...
Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths, and Gardens(Red Hook Records RH 1005. CD review by Jon Turney) Hearing this beautifully ...
Our Way(Blaser Music BM012CD, album review by Frank Graham) In his sleeve notes to this, the second album by Swiss super-trio ...
The programme for the 38th Glasgow Jazz Festival is announced, and tickets are now on sale. There is a host of Scottish stars, a long-awaited return of Bobby Watson, who was artist in residence in ...
Unlike many classical, rock and pop concerts, where the audience is there to hear old favourites, the jazz gig, with improvisation at its heart, is always about ‘the new’. On Wednesday night at the ...
Jakub Klimiuk Quintet, (un)balanced ( Self-released, Bandcamp. Review by Mike Collins) NOTE: (un)balanced is released today 1 ...
Equal Spirits – Wise and Waiting (Ubuntu CD, Digital & Vinyl / UBU0157 Album review by Jon Turney) This Anglo-South African ...
Mark Nightingale/ James Davison/ Dave Newton/ Andrew Cleyndert/ Sebastian De Krom(Jazz at Imber Court. 21 April 2024. Review by Peter Vacher) James Davison, Andrew Cleyndert, Mark Nightingale.
Starting with their critically-acclaimed debut, ‘Zero, released in the year 2000, the duo of pianist Carolyn Hume and drummer Paul May has produced seven albums on Leo Records, mixing unusually ...