“When it’s done properly, it does sound simple; sounds like anybody can do it,” the great American pianist Teddy Wilson once said. Brian Kellock’s new solo piano album Bidin’ My Time ‘does it properly’ and often conveys exactly that sense: there [...]
John Fordham of the Guardian celebrated his 70th birthday early in 2018, but even without the excuse of a birthday this year, it feels like a good moment to be saluting the doyen of British jazz writers. He is the [...]
For this, the third and last of our year-end lists, UKJN contributors and friends remember their favourite recordings of 2018. Tom Barford – Bloomer (Edition). Before this record was released, saxophonist Tom Barford told me to stop worrying about how [...]
For this, the second of our three year-end lists, UKJN contributors and friends remember their best gigs of 2018. Natacha Atlas, St George’s Bristol. A car crash on the M4 meant no sound check, no rehearsal time – but one [...]
The first of our three annual lists consists of nominations by UKJN writers and other friends in the industry for musician or band of the year: Iain Ballamy Quartet. A very personal choice, unrecorded (so far), sporadically gigging, a regular [...]
In this, the fourth and final year-end list, UKJazz News’ friends – musicians, writers and promoters – look into 2018 and share their hopes and dreams. You can add your own wishes in the comments section. Contributions compiled by Peter [...]
In this third of our four year-end lists, a wide range of jazz people – musicians, writers, promoters – named and proclaimed their recorded sounds of the year. You can add your own choices in the comments section. These 2017 [...]
In the second of UKJazz News’ four year-end lists from a wide range of jazz people, musicians, writers, promoters name their favourite live moments of the year. You can add your own nominations in the comments section. Contributions have been [...]
With around forty single-gig reviews of the EFG London Jazz Festival this year, UKJazz News will again have provided more coverage of the festival than any other outlet – by a considerable margin. And yet it is clear that the [...]
