Terence Collie Quartet(Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho. 4 May 2024. Review by Chris Gazzard) The Terence Collie Quartet’s gig at Pizza Express in Dean Street on Saturday 4 May had attracted a […]
Ron Miles feat. Bill Frisell + Brian Blade – ‘Old Main Chapel’, rec.2011
Ron Miles – Old Main Chapel(Blue Note. Review by Andrew Taylor-Dawson) Recorded in 2011 at a performance in Boulder. Colorado, ‘Old Main Chapel’ is a fine document of a collaboration between three […]
Adam Dyer – ‘River Spirit’
Adam Dyer – River Spirit(KamL 0001. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Pianist Adam Dyer‘s debut album is a winning combination of lively post-bop originals, some romantic ballads and a couple of reworked […]
Shabaka at the Barbican
Shabaka(Barbican Hall, 9 May 2024. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Here’s a paradox. Strangely, it seems easier to tell the story of Shabaka Hutchings’s music, and of the recent radical departure in it, […]
Equal Spirits, ‘Wise and Waiting’ album launch in Bristol
Equal Spirits, ‘Wise and Waiting’ Album Launch(Factory Theatre, Bristol. Sunday 25 May. Review by Mike Collins) It just took a swaying bass line that immediately made bodies move in sympathy, pattering brushes […]
Makoto Ozone solo piano at Pizza Pheasantry
Makoto Ozone(Pizza Pheasantry. 7 May 2024. Second night of two. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “I think the jazz community seriously underrates Makoto [Ozone],” wrote Gary Burton in his 2013 autobiography ‘Learning to […]
Cheltenham Jazz Fest 2024 (6): The Sunday Parabola programme
In this sixth and final report from the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Peter Slavid writes about the Parabola Arts Centre programme on the Sunday. The final day of the Parabola programme was a […]
Roberto Magris ‘Europlane for Jazz’ in Austria
Roberto Magris, Europlane for Jazz(Bad Goisern, Austria. Part of European Capital of Culture programme. 25 April 2024. Review by Oliver Weindling) As part of the celebrations of European Capital of Culture in […]
RSNO with SNJO and Makoto Ozone in Edinburgh
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra / Makoto Ozone(Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 3 May 2024. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Marking the centenary of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and pianist Makoto Ozone […]
Cheltenham Jazz Fest (5) – Saturday: Brad Mehldau Trio; Dave Douglas /Trish Clowes
In the fifth of UKJN’s reports from the 2024 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Jon Turney writes about the programme on Saturday 4 May. Brad Mehldau (*)’s reconnection with Jorge Rossy, the drummer in […]
Cheltenham Jazz Fest (4) – Birmingham Conservatoire International Student Project
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with students from Siena and Hamburg at Parabola Arts Centre, 4 May. Review by Peter Slavid. One of the regular highlights of the Cheltenham programme is this project, where […]
Cheltenham Jazz Fest 2024 (3) – Saturday at the Parabola
In the third of UKJN’s reports from the 2024 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Peter Slavid writes about the programme at the Parabola Arts Centre on Saturday 4 May. In complete contrast to Friday, […]
Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy – ‘The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp’ – rec. 1995
Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy – The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp(Elemental, 5990446. Review by Olie Brice) The Mighty Warriors is a recording of a 1995 concert in Antwerp held in honour of Mal […]
Cheltenham Jazz Fest 2024 (2). Brad Mehldau Trio Photo-Essay
In the second of UKJN’s reports from the 2024 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, photographer/ writer John Watson captures the artistry, eloquence and passion of Brad Mehldau and his trio with Copenhagen-born bassist Felix […]
Helveticus (Daniel Humair, Samuel Blaser and Heiri Känzig) – ‘Our Way’
Helveticus (Daniel Humair, Samuel Blaser and Heiri Känzig) – Our Way(Blaser Music BM012CD, album review by Frank Graham) In his sleeve notes to this, the second album by Swiss super-trio Helveticus, Manfred […]