Jo Lawry

@Jazzfuel “To Keep My Love Alive” by Rodgers and Hart!

Favourite Halloween jazz songs? For me, it’s a toss up between Fright of the Foo Birds and Boo Monk…

@OliviaChaney Thanks, Olivia! I hope I’ll run into you in London Town. Your gig 13 (!) years ago in the Purcell Room… still one of the most memorable of my life. And I still have your physical EP with the hand-made cover!!!!

@jolawry Lucky them, congrats!🤍

The cat is out of the bag! I’m so excited to be commencing this role in 2024.

@otherhouses @JazzTimes Oh NOOOOOO

I don't really like to talk about @JazzTimes anymore, but this is worth noting: if you click any link to any past article in its once-voluminous digital archive, it's gone. Just redirects here. A torch to a storehouse of jazz reporting and knowledge. Whadda bummer.

@otherhouses Should?

@otherhouses Wait I COULD have been a musician… (tired)

It’s this or Rhythm for best Uncle Paul, folks.

Mothers in Jazz (62): Allison Miller londonjazznews.com/2023/10/02/mot…

New music today from TRIO GRANDE - second single 'Ministry of Love' out on all streaming sites - check it here + pre order the album in all formats: whirlwindrecs.lnk.to/MinistryofLove Trio Grande is: Gilad Hekselman, Nate Wood, Will Vinson @fullyaltered @GiladHekselman @ProperJazz

@SethCampbell8 @HumansNoContext @RohanNadkarni 🤣🤣🤣

@HumansNoContext @RohanNadkarni @jolawry I swear it was that exact second. You couldn’t have scripted it better if you’d tried. What’s worse is I was playing it for my sister for the first time, and she completely lost it.

Out now - new video “The Glass Hours” ✨✨✨ Jus Ad Bellum youtu.be/oCiJldarxFg @serpasara @MarkTurnerJazz @FabianAlmazan #obedcalvaire Recorded by Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording Mixed, mastered by #davedarlington @BiophiliaRecord 📸by @fourtenmedia

@_motherslug Aoife O’Donovan, “King of All Birds” (@odonovanaoife is Queen of All Singers)

#NowPlaying Tell me songs or albums you love that reference birds in their titles or include birdsong. I'm going with the brilliant Sparrow Nights by Peter Brötzmann & Heather Leigh, sexy and adventurous freaks of the highest order.

@nickyschrire @OliviaChaney Julie Andrews = co-GOAT of diction along with Carmen McRae. Loved your thread on the subject. Such a fan of Olivia and some of your lightly soaring phrases with the delicately huge interval jumps gave me those same delicious vibes.

@jolawry @OliviaChaney Jo, you mensch! I’m a big Olivia fan so would be delighted if her influence has crept in. I was also aiming for Julie Andrews-levels of clarity, uncool as that may be, so mission accomplished, I guess 😂

Love this song from @nickyschrire with its unashamed grafting to McCartney, and do I hear influence from another of my faves @OliviaChaney in here too? Such a beautiful melody and so glad I can hear and understand every artful lyric 😜 m.youtube.com/watch?v=V8riQM…

Oedipus Schmoedipus this morning I rolled up my jeans so I could play with my toddler son in a paddle pool and he said “you have blootiful legs Mummy” and I dined out on that AAALLL day.

MARY LOU WILLIAMS Devotion! nytimes.com/2023/04/05/art…

A day late to sharing this round-up from @WillLayman but no less chuffed to be included! 🥰

@gb_watchman I mean, you opened with “valorous” 🤓🙌

@fullyaltered @lmoh000 @alliboomboom @WhirlwindRecord Means a lot coming from you, Matt! 🥹

Hot take: @jolawry’s new Acrobats with @lmoh000 & @alliboomboom is among the most daring vocal jazz records of the last decade. Grab it via @WhirlwindRecord jolawry-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/acrobats

Thanks @gb_watchman for making “Acrobats” the @WRTImusic album of the week. Obviously I’m biased because it’s somewhat glowing 🥰 BUT the attached review is also so beautifully written. In light of what’s happening to jazz journalists of late, we need to treasure these writers.