Julien Durand is a French-Chinese guitarist who leads an impressive quintet, Dreamscapes, that has in its lineup four other rising stars on the British contemporary jazz scene, vocalist Lucy-Anne Daniels, saxophonist George Garford, pianist + keyboards Cenk Esen and drummer [...]
Jasper Høiby told the crowd that when he first encountered pianist Noah Stoneman and drummer Luca Caruso while teaching at the Royal Academy of Music, he instantly liked what he heard; a possible future collaboration with one of the two [...]
In the latest of LJN’s series in which musicians write about their inspirations and idols, Liam Noble praises one of the greats, Max Roach (1924-2007). What would have been the drummer’s 100th birthday fell on 10 January 2024. Max Roach [...]
