Joel Frahm Trio – Lumination(Anzic Records ANZ-0091. Album review by Charles Rees – SEE FULL LIST OF UK/EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 28 SEP-6 OCT BELOW) Joel Frahm is one of the world’s most […]
Joel Frahm Trio – ‘Lumination’
Charlie Rees
Charlie Rees (b. 2001) is a saxophonist, composer/arranger & journalist from Shropshire, England. He studied jazz saxophone at the Royal Academy of Music from 2020-24, graduating with First Class Honours. He has worked with UKJazz News (formerly LondonJazz News) since Autumn 2021, where he holds the title of Assistant Editor.
"The interviews, reviews and special pieces Charlie has published shine a light on the jazz scene and its prominent people in today’s world of jazz music." –Richie Beirach
GoFundMe campaign launched to help legendary American pianist Richie Beirach
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to raise money for legendary American (now German-based) pianist, composer, and educator Richie Beirach, who has been fighting life-threatening health issues since the end of 2023. […]
10 Tracks by David Sanborn I Can’t Do Without…by Charlie Rees
The news of saxophonist David Sanborn’s death on 12 May 2024 at the age of 78 left many in the music world in sadness and in shock. He had spent much of […]
Bill Holman (1927-2024): A Tribute by Charlie Rees
The great arranger Bill Holman passed away at the age of 96 last Monday. A three-time Grammy Award winner nominated on sixteen occasions, he was at the forefront of West Coast Jazz […]
Jerry Bergonzi / Bruce Barth Quartet at Pizza Express Dean Street
Jerry Bergonzi / Bruce Barth Quartet(PizzaExpress Jazz Club. 3 March 2024. Live review by Charles Rees) American tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi is considered to be one of the great saxophonists of the […]
New album by Rob Cope ‘Gemini’, release date 12 Jan
Northern-based saxophonist Rob Cope pursued both classical studies (at the Royal Northern College of Music from 2006 to 2010), and then jazz studies (at the Royal Academy of Music from 2010 to […]
Interview with Jeff Williams – new album with Dave Liebman ‘In Duo’, out 26 Jan on Whirlwind
American-born drummer Jeff Williams has enjoyed an illustrious fifty-year career playing with the likes of Stan Getz, Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz. A founding member of the acclaimed quartet Lookout Farm (with […]
Pizza Express announces Steinway 2-Piano Festival line-up (Mar. ’24)
Pizza Express has announced the line-up for the next Steinway 2-Piano Festival, taking place in March 2024. The unusual names for London here are LA studio veteran Don Grusin, younger brother of […]
Joey Calderazzo Trio at Pizza Express (EFG LJF 2023)
Joey Calderazzo Trio (PizzaExpress Jazz Club. 12 November 2023 – both houses. Live review by Charles Rees) American pianist and composer Joey Calderazzo alongside British bassist Orlando le Fleming (based in New […]
Billy Drummond Freedom of Ideas at Pizza Express (EFG LJF 2023)
Billy Drummond Trio (PizzaExpress Jazz Club. 11 November 2023 – first house. Live review by Charles Rees) American drummer, composer and educator Billy Drummond made his London debut as a leader at […]
Pocket Jazz (a new online course for jazz musicians from Music Savvy)
Pocket Jazz is a new online jazz course created by Arizona-based trombonist and Music Savvy founder Michael Lake. It aims to deepen a musician’s understanding of some of the more complex aspects […]
Hans Koller – ‘Word from Bird’
Hans Koller – Word from Bird(AMM. Album review by Charles Rees) As the title of pianist/arranger Hans Koller‘s latest album indicates, Word from Bird has a Charlie (‘Bird’) Parker theme to all […]
Regina Litvinova (new album with Stephan Urwyler ‘Kinder Schweigen’)
The great American pianist Richie Beirach has said of Moscow-born pianist Regina Litvinova: “She was already a fully developed musician when she first came to me as a student in Leipzig. Now […]
Chuck Sher: Publisher of ‘The Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker’
Since it was published in 1988, The New Real Book has sold over 100,000 copies, making it the best selling legal fake book of all time. The man behind that venture, publisher […]
Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra at Vortex – ‘Living Time’ featuring Deschanel Gordon
Last November, the Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra (TLJO) spent three nights celebrating the 85th birthday of composer/arranger Mike Gibbs (reviewed by Patrick Hadfield) as part of the 2022 EFG London Jazz Festival. […]
