Jazzy teens with a Jewish cause. A young generation of North Londoners are bringing together music of Jewish origin and mixing it with contemporary jazz. The JMI Youth Big Band swing to the influence of funk, soul, jazz and afro-beat led by Sam Eastmond whilst redrawing the context of their...
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Manu Delago attempts to capture the intense beauty of an Alpine soundscape on new project Parasol Peak. The master of hang drum travelled the mountain tops with six musicians and a video crew recording eight tracks at different altitudes. Using ice-axe tapping, the voice of wind and water and boots...
Come December, we are all in that greetings mood. So, join us on the 15th of December to say “Happy Birthday” to one of our favourite and liveliest new music spots in London. It was May 2017 when Balabam first opened its doors, but it was late in the year...
2018 has still a few musical aces up its sleeves to play, and one of them, arguably the most rhythmic and tuneful one, will go on scene on Friday (7th December) at St Peter Church in Walworth. If you’ve never danced to (West)Afro-Cuban notes on a central nave and down...
An evening hosted by Flying Lotus and his consequent record label: Brainfeeder. The event is said to be a brand new 3D experience alongside Flying Lotus’s live electronic composition and producing. That wasn’t big enough for Lotus, so they added the best variety from the label’s own: experimental funk jazz...
Kamaal Williams will be taking Electric Brixton by storm on 6th December – due to being from South London himself, this promises to be an unforgettable event for any lover of the type of jazz that gets your body grooving and mind working. Kamaal Williams is the latest project led...
Although officially kicking off on 6th December, Jazz:Re:Found has already brought great music to Milan and Turin in the past weeks, with three preview events featuring Bonobo, Nickodemus and Yasiin Bey AKA Mos Def. This year’s theme Black & Forth sums up the two core points of the festival’s essence: a celebration...
By now, you should all know about Dele Sosimi‘s Afrobeat Vibration parties as being the most dance-worthy and afrolicious in London. Due to celebrating the 10th anniversary of his momentous late night afrobeat groove-fests, the 30th of November at The Jazz Cafe is an occasion that should be permanently etched...
Two weeks to go until the new edition of Jazz:Re:Found. In its past editions, the forward-looking festival has brought to Italy names such as hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, techno legend group Underground Resistance, funk-jazz Brazilian masters Azymuth and many more. This year’s theme Black & Forth sums up the two...
The EFG London Jazz Festival will once again deliver a range of music that crosses continents, genres and generations. Its listings will spread across the entire city and it’s remarkable that so much can be fitted into just one week. All this makes it impossible to review the whole festival...