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Mondays with Morgan: Louis Marks and Fabian Brown – Ropeadope at 25
The following is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ropeadope’s CEO, Louis Marks, and president, Fabian Brown. The pair are ringing in the anniversary of this multifarious label with a […]
Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, 12 October
“Our aim is that when audiences leave, they feel like they know us and that they’ll come back and see us again.” Top UK swing orchestra Down for the Count is returning to Cadogan […]
Pete Allen Jazz Band at Pizza Express, 27 Nov.
At Pizza Express in Dean Street on 27 November, the audience will experience “a very special one-off appearance by the Pete Allen Jazz Band….whole-hearted ensemble playing, and confident, out-going solo work, a […]
Shabaka at the Royal Festival Hall, 30 Nov.
Shabaka, who will be at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 November, is “an emblematic artist for the age.” Feature by Phil Johnson Much of the well-deserved attention for ‘Perceive Its Beauty, […]
Parents In Jazz (104): Liam Noble
For more than two decades pianist Liam Noble has been a key figure on the vibrant British Jazz scene, both as a sideman and leader. He has collaborated with musicians including Dave […]
2 October 2024
READ ELSEWHERE Richard Williams wrote the obituary of Benny Golson in The Guardian – read more …Also in The Guardian: Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas & Misha Mullov-Abbado’s new album on ECM, Za […]
Tord Gustavsen Trio – ‘Seeing’
Tord Gustavsen Trio – Seeing (ECM 2820 / 6516879. Album review by Phil Johnson) If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Admirers of Tord Gustavsen’s breakthrough series of trio albums beginning with […]
Benoit Viellefon and his Hot Club: ‘Out of Dates (Live)’ album launch) in Hove, 10 Oct.
On Thursday 10 October, French guitarist / singer / band leader Benoit Viellefon is launching his new album Out of Dates at The Brunswick, Hove with a concert by his Hot Club. […]
Ezra Collective – ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’
Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan Records. Album review by Andrew Taylor-Dawson) The release of Dance, No One’s Watching sees London quintet Ezra Collective riding the crest of a wave […]
Louis Stewart & Jim Hall – ‘The Dublin Concert, rec. 1982
Louis Stewart & Jim Hall – The Dublin Concert(Livia Records LRCD2402. CD review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Since 2023, Livia Records have meticulously restored and re-released three Louis Stewart albums: Some Other Blues, […]
The Kris Davis Trio – ‘Run the Gauntlet’
The Kris Davis Trio featuring Robert Hurst and Johnathan Blake – Run The Gauntlet In the 20 years since pianist composer Kris Davis released her debut album Lifespan, she has been the […]
Tigran Hamasyan: new album ‘The Bird of a Thousand Voices’
“This story tells me that if we wish to change the world, we will all need to change individually. I feel it’s time to tell this tale, with its universal message of […]
Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ at Sandbach Concert Series
Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ (St Mary’s Hall. Sandbach Concert Series. 25 September 2024. Review by John Quinn) This performance by Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ was the second half of the opening concert of the […]
Tommy Smith & John Taylor –Â ‘Love Unrequited’, rec. 2003
Tommy Smith & John Taylor – Love Unrequited(Available from Bandcamp. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) Recorded in New York at the same time as saxophonist Tommy Smith‘s 2003 release Evolution, on which pianist John Taylor also appears, […]
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