London jazz festival 2015
Live reviews, features, pictures and blogs from the 2015 EFG London Jazz festival
The playlist
The playlist: jazz – London jazz festival, Kamasi Washington, Maria Schneider, Sheila Jordan and moreSibongile Khumalo, Gloria Bosman, Thandiswa Mazwai review – glorious divas each deserve their own show
Hülsmann/Bleckmann/ Phronesis review – the sepulchral and the serpentine
Terence Blanchard/Jacob Collier review – startling solo turn by YouTube jazz star
Keith Jarrett weaves an intimate show at the London jazz festival
Ice-T and Ron McCurdy review – a raging, inspired revival that would make Langston Hughes proud
David Virelles review – crackling and throbbing jazz grooves
Britten Sinfonia/ Gomez/ Osborne/ Järvi review - jazz-classical fusion that is the best of both worlds
Maria Schneider Orchestra review – music borne on air currents
All about that bass: Simon Bainbridge on his jazz concerto
Marcin Wasilewski/Helen Sung review – blistering dynamism
Kurt Elling review – he reinvents songs with his staggering jazz chops
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn review - convincing a sceptical world of the beauty of the banjo
London jazz festival: Kamasi Washington/GoGo Penguin review – staggering spectacle
London jazz festival: James Farm/Vula Viel/AACM tribute review – celebrating togetherness
The playlist
The playlist – jazz: London jazz festival, Maria Schneider, Matthew Halsall and moreJazz fans will get rare live sightings of some great acts in the coming weeks, plus exciting releases from Colin Towns, Tigran Hamasyan, Brad Mehldau and a classic by Errol Garner
