LondonJazz
Blog URL http://londonjazz.blogspot.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags London, Jazz, LondonJazz, Seb Scotney, Sebastian Scotney
The London Jazz Scene brought to life by a musician and writer who knows it very well
Latest Blog Posts
- Downbeat Poll Winners on Nov 21, 2009 in Downbeat Sonny Rollins
Here is a pdf of December Downbeat. Complete with this year's poll-winners. It's a big file (which came through to me via Twitter and Facebook) and takes time to load.The poll winners start at page 40.
- Review: Stefano Bollani/Antonello Salis on Nov 21, 2009 in Stefano Bollani Kings Place Antonello Salis
It wasn't very Islington. You could sense a deep intake of breath as a smart Friday-night Kings Place full house caught its first sight of Antonello Salis (photo credit : Fabio Presutti). A bright yellow bandana, and in its shade the impish weather-b...
- Review: London Jazz Collective on Nov 20, 2009 in Spice of Life London Jazz Collective
Review : London Jazz Collective(London Jazz Festival, Spice of Life, November 15th 2009, Review by Luke Pinkstone)If I'd been looking for a gig to pace myself gently into the London Jazz Festival, this wouldn't have been the right one; because the...
- Review: Sheila Jordan on Nov 20, 2009 in Sheila Jordan Kenny Ellis Brian Kellock Stuart Ritche
Review: Sheila Jordan 81st birthday gig(Bull's Head, London Jazz Festival, November 18th 2009, review by Georgia Mancio)"It’s quite something to stand up and convey a song. It looks easy…," mused a member of the audience at the busy Bull’s Head...
- Review: Giulia plus the Bright-Size Gypsies on Nov 20, 2009 in Giulia y Los Tellarini Simon Harris Bright-Size Gypsies London Jazz Festival South Bank Centre
Giulia y Los Tellarini plus the Bright-Size Gypsies(Purcell Room, London Jazz Festival, November 19th 2009, review of the Bright-Size Gypsies by Rob Mallows)Simon Harris and The Bright Size Gypsies (photo above in Symphony Hall, Birmingham- credit: G...
- News: Led Bib publishing contract. on Nov 20, 2009 in Led Bib. Mark Holub Faber Music
A Led Bib set list. Ink on toilet paper, 2009.*Possibly - for whoever owns it- a collector's item already. Because, as Music Week reported yesterdayMercury Prize nominees Led Bib are joining Faber Music Media’s roster for synch.The band, whose albu...
- Peter Slavid on rave reviews on Nov 19, 2009 in London Jazz Festival Branford Marsalis Peter Slavid
An opinion piece from Peter Slavid, who asks critics to be more critical, and to stop giving out five stars to everything:I'm getting a bit fed up with reading all the superlative reviews from London Jazz Festival. (and most other places for that mat...
