Guitarist Mark Wingfield pays tribute to Jeff Beck, “master of tonal nuance and expression”, who passed away on 10 January 2023 aged 78. Mark Wingfield writes: This won’t be an exhaustive run-through […]
Jeff Beck. A tribute by Mark Wingfield
PREVIEW: Still on the Run: The Jeff Beck Story (BBC4 27 April, DVD 18 May)
Image courtesy of Eagle Rock EntetrainmentSebastian writes:A new documentary about Jeff Beck entitled Still on the Run: The Jeff Beck Story had a preview screening last night in London, attended by Beck himself. […]
Review: Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall
Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert HallDrawing by Geoff Winston. © 2014. All Rights ReservedJeff Beck (Royal Albert Hall, 14th May 2014; review and drawing by Geoff Winston)Jeff Beck stands out as perhaps […]
Review :Jeff Beck, by Geoff Winston
Review: Jeff Beck (O2 arena, September 21st 2009, review by Geoff Winston) Beck (above, with fan) was brilliant – and, totally unexpectedly, playing his favourite rock and roll, ‘from his record box’, […]
JJ Sansaverino (NYC guitarist – Nell’s, West Kensington, London, 16 Sep.)
“I love getting on stage and seeing people smile,” says New York guitarist JJ Sansaverino. He will bring his blend of smooth jazz, R&B, blues and reggae to Nell’s in West Kensington […]
Mothers In Jazz(36) : Lizzie Ball
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Paul Jones (new album ‘The Blues’)
The blues have been a central part of Paul Jones’s life for sixty years. The singer, actor, harmonicist, radio personality and television presenter was 80 in February. He presented his final BBC […]
Paul Jones – ‘The Blues’
Paul Jones – The Blues (Umbrella Music PJBROLLYLP1 – Review by Bruce Lindsay) What does a musician, singer and songwriter with a recording career that’s almost 60 years long do when a […]
Svarc/Hanley/Longhawn – ‘20/21’
Svarc/Hanley/Longhawn – 20/21 (Available on Bandcamp/ link below. Album review by Nigel Price) Considering the vastness of the jazz universe, it would be all too easy to make the mistake of shouting […]
John Scofield: The JazzMania interview
Going into the studio on his own to record a solo album had never appealed to John Scofield. From his flat in New York, Scofield spoke to Belgian writer Jean-Pierre Goffin about […]
John Altman – ‘Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives’
John Altman – Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives (Equinox. 290pp. Book Review by John Bungey) Nope, me neither. Which is one reason why John Altman, prolific composer, conductor, arranger and player, […]
Sam Leak: A Jazz Musician’s guide to the EFG London Jazz Festival 2021
Between 12 and 21 November 2021, the EFG London Jazz Festival will be presenting almost 400 concerts – an impressive feat indeed, but how on earth will you decide what to watch? […]
Nicolas Meier World Group (new triple album ‘Magnificent’, and 606 Club launch on 20 October)
Guitarist Nicolas Meier is about to release a new, ambitious triple album, Magnificent, with his World Group, (violinist Richard Jones, bassist Kevin Glasgow and percussionist Demi Garcia Sabat). “The collection often suggests […]
Terje Rypdal – “Conspiracy”
Terje Rypdal – Conspiracy (ECM 6025 0895911 Review by Graham Spry) For followers of Terje Rypdal’s 50 years of recording on ECM, listening to Conspiracy is like immersing oneself in a warm […]
Tal Wilkenfeld at Ronnie Scott’s (2019 EFG LJF)
Tal Wilkenfeld (Ronnie Scott’s, London Jazz Festival, Saturday 16 November. Review by Rob Mallows) It had been, Tal Wilkenfeld told the audience at a rammed Ronnie Scott’s, 12 years since she’d last […]
