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New Titus Maz Album 'Subject To Change' Out Now On All Streaming Platforms

January 31, 2023

Recorded in London, guitarist Titus Maz's Subject To Change features international guests including Jason Garb, Andre Louis, Max Saidi, Will Jackson, and Antonio Gallucci. The project swerves in and out of fusion, touches many sides of contemporary jazz and takes some unexpected turns when played live. Since its release on September 2022, two of the eight ...

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...

Yazz Ahmed with Emel and Rabih Abou-Khalil at Barbican Hall

by Chris May
December 19, 2022

Yazz Ahmed With Emel And Rabih Abou-Khalil Barbican Hall London 13 December, 2022 The intersection of jazz and classical Arabic music, both of which have improvisation and rhythm at their core, has long been fertile ground for exploration. Tonight's concert featured two adepts in the field, the British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed ...

Billy Pod Releases An Exciting New Album 'Quintessence'

December 7, 2022

London’s vibrant scene is widely known as an international hub for some of the world’s most forward-thinking jazz musicians. Greek drummer Billy Pod brings together a cast of homegrown musicians and fellow expats for his sophomore album Quintessence is set to release on November 4th. The record follows his 2019 release Drums to Heal Society which ...

Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory At Milton Court Concert Hall

by Chris May
November 23, 2022

Mark KavumaMilton Court Concert HallLondonNovember 18, 2022 Fittingly for one of the closing events of the 2022 London Jazz Festival, trumpeter Mark Kavuma's performance at the Barbican Centre's associate concert hall, a few hundred yards down the road from the main venue, was on an epic scale. Kavuma appeared with ...

Rhythm And Blues Records: Small But Perfectly Formed

by Duncan Heining
November 10, 2022

Back in 2007, music fan Nick Duckett walked into a record shop hoping to buy a comprehensive history of rhythm and blues on CD. To his surprise, the owner told him no such set existed at the time. Having a bit of time on his hands, Duckett thought to himself, “Well, there bloody ought to be?" ...

Tom Skinner

London based drummer, composer and producer Tom Skinner has been a vital and central figure in the burgeoning underground music scene in London throughout the last 20 years.

Tom is presently a member of The Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. Their debut album “A light for attracting attention” was released to critical acclaim in June 2022 and they are currently touring Europe with Worldwide dates to follow.

In 2012, Tom released his debut self-titled solo record under the alias Hello Skinny to critical acclaim, MOJO Magazine describing it as “…existing in that fertile zone where jazz, dub, techno and avant-pop deliquesce into an exhilarating free-for-all.” The second Hello Skinny album Watermelon Sun, released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label in 2017, featured a collaboration with acclaimed veteran New York composer and trombonist Peter Zummo.

Tom is also an original member of award winning band Sons Of Kemet alongside band-leader and frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings

Jason Yarde Struck Down Onstage: Urgent Crowdfunding Plea

October 17, 2022

On October 7, 2022, while performing at Pavilon République in Toulouse, France, the saxophonist, composer, arranger and producer Jason Yarde, a leading light of British progressive jazz for twenty years, suffered a massive stroke on stage. Fortunately, paramedics were at the gig. They administered first aid and got Jason to hospital without delay. ...

Moonchild at the O2 Forum

by Peter Jones
October 16, 2022

Moonchild O2 Forum LondonSeptember 30, 2022 “This is the biggest show we've ever done," announced Amber Navran, singer with neo-soul band Moonchild. She was talking to the audience at the O2 Forum, a 2,000-capacity former movie theatre, and the venue for this London date promoting their Starfruit (Tru Thoughts, 2022) album ...

Ravi Coltrane Quartet: Cosmic Music Tour

by Chris May
October 14, 2022

Ravi Coltrane QuartetBarbican Hall London October 11, 2022 London's go-to concert venue for high-grade international jazz in friendly and comfortable surroundings, the Barbican Centre is no stranger to celebrations of the music of Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane. In autumn 2017, A Concert For Alice And John presented bands led ...