Out Front(Glass Room, St George’s Bristol. 30 November 2023. Live review by Jon Turney) St George’s Bristol is a 200 year-old Church but a posh new addition gives us the Glass Room, […]
Out Front at St George’s, Bristol
Art Pepper – ‘The Complete Maiden Voyage Recordings’, Rec. 1981
Art Pepper – The Complete Maiden Voyage Recordings(Omnivore Recordings. Seven CD set. Album Review by Liam Noble) People forget. They forget what the saxophone was before jazz adopted it and gave it […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2023. Scottish Jazz Weekend Part 1
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival – Scottish Jazz Weekend Friday, Part 1 of 2 (St Brides Centre, Edinburgh. 24 November 2023. Live review by Patrick Hadfield) The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival’s […]
Jasper Høiby’s Three Elements: Earthness
Jasper Høiby’s Three Elements: Earthness(Edition Records, Digital release. Album review by Jon Turney) It’s been five years since the great piano-bass-drums trio Phronesis’ last recording appeared, but they had such a strong […]
Alex Hitchcock – ‘Dream Band: Live In London’
Alex Hitchcock – Dream Band: Live In London (Whirlwind Recordings. WR4815. Three-CD set. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) At first glance, it might seem that tenor saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock has pulled together […]
First Wave of Eighteen Acts Announced for Love Supreme 2024
Love Supreme has just announced its first eighteen acts for the 2024 festival at Glynde Place – Friday 5 July to Sunday 7 July . ARTISTS ANNOUUNCED Chaka KhanMahaliaBlack PumasJoss StoneJordan RakeiKool […]
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th Birthday Concert at Watermill Jazz
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th Birthday Concert Neon Orchestra, cond. Nick Smart. (Watermill Jazz. 28 November 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Happy 75th Birthday Stan Sulzmann! Today, 30 November, as we publish this review, […]
RNCM Big Band with Dennis Rollins – 15 December
On 15 December, the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Big Band will be presenting the impressive results of a six-month joint project involving trombonist and composer Dennis Rollins MBE, with phenomenal […]
Interview: Guitarists/ Competition Jurors Peter Bernstein and Romain Pilon
The fifth International Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Krakow, from which musician/writer Sam Norris reported the results (link below), also gave him the opportunity to meet two of the international judges, Peter […]
SNJO ‘In an Ellington Mood’ – concerts, 8-10 Dec. 2023
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra returns to one of its specialisms, the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, for its latest tour, which takes in Glasgow, St Andrews and Edinburgh from […]
Pianist Ben Shankland wins BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2023
Pianist Ben Shankland (*), a current student at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, has won the 2023 BBC Young Scottish Jazz Musician Award. The competition was held at BBC Scotland’s Studios on Pacific Quay […]
Jocelyn Gould at Frank and Mark’s, Oxford
Jocelyn Gould(Frank and Mark’s, Iffley Church Hall, East Oxford. Review by Mark Rowan-Hull) On another damp and dismal evening, I was looking forward to finding out more about Jocelyn Gould, the guest […]
Mondays with Morgan: Ray Gallon (new album ‘Grand Company’)
This week’s edition of Mondays with Morgan is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ray Gallon, a revered pianist, composer and arranger who has worked with a number of leading […]
Mothers In Jazz (70): Kerry Politzer
Mothers In Jazz: Kerry Politzer“Mothers In Jazz” (*) this week features pianist, composer, and educator Kerry Politzer. She is a first-call player on Portland, Oregon’s increasingly rich jazz scene, as well as […]
Koma Saxo – ‘Post Koma’
Koma Saxo – Post Koma (We Jazz Records WJCDFIFTY. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Bass player Petter Eldh adds a tremendous punch to any group he plays in. He has played with Django […]
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