"Charlie Rees is a very unusual guy…
At the young age of just 21, he has already become an excellent jazz journalist and has secured an important position as the assistant editor of LondonJazz News. He writes well with a fluency, warmth and maturity way beyond his years.
He is also a talented, creative, young up-and-coming tenor sax player, working often around London music venues and gaining attention for his playing, as well as composing and arranging for both small groups and big bands.
A very creative accomplished young man, recommended without reservation !!"
–Richie Beirach, March 2023
Michael Feinberg, Dave Liebman, Nasheet Waits, Leo Genovese & Noah Preminger (Criss Cross Jazz 1413 – album review by Charles Rees) 35-year-old American bassist Michael Feinberg has been active as a leader […]
Emil Viklický – Songbook featuring Imogen Ryall & Julian Nicholas (606 Club. 27 April 2023. Live review and photos by Charles Rees) Czech pianist/composer Emil Viklický has enjoyed a successful career over […]
The jazz concert series at Morley College has now enjoyed two very successful seasons featuring the likes of Stan Sulzmann, Tori Freestone, Nikki Iles, Ivo Neame, Sara Dowling and Julian Siegel. Under […]
Saxophonist Martin Speake and pianist Alcyona Mick have both played in the London Jazz Orchestra for a decade. And yet, despite the fact that both musicians are accomplished, creative composers and performers, […]
Swedish multi-instrumentalist Håkan Nyqvist was for many years an in-demand big band trumpeter, most notably with the James Last Orchestra – in fact, a semi-viral video making the rounds on social media […]
American (now German-based) pianist Richie Beirach has enjoyed a career spanning five-plus decades, over the course of which he has played in the bands of Chet Baker and Stan Getz, been part […]
Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars (Ronnie Scott’s. 19 March 2023. Live review by Charles Rees) Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter talks often of his love for the playing of bebop drummer Philly Joe Jones, which […]
“It was probably the high point of my musical life”, says American pianist and composer Richie Beirach of his experience performing in Japan with Wayne Shorter in 1987. Beirach writes a personal […]
Saxophonist duo, father and son Stan and Matt Sulzmann will play with their quintet at Vortex Jazz Club this Saturday 4 March. The set features some never-before-heard newly commissioned music, as well […]
Reiner Witzel, Richie Beirach, Alex Sipiagin, Joscha Oetz & Tobias Frohnhöfer – The World Within (Jazzsick Records 5165 JS – album review by Charles Rees) If German saxophonist Reiner Witzel is known […]
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – Testaments: Richie Beirachs 75. Birthday Celebration (O-Tone Music OT-053-2. Album review by Charles Rees) American pianist/composer Richie Beirach was 75 in May this year. […]
Saxophonist Iain Dixon is a major figure in jazz and jazz education in the North-West. As a significant presence in Steve Berry’s team on the jazz faculty at RNCM, he is helping […]
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade (MoodSwing Quartet) (Barbican. 14 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Following its postponement in 2020 and 2021, MoodSwing Quartet finally made their […]
Tenor saxophonist, flautist and composer Tori Freestone won the The Ivors Composer Award for Jazz Ensemble for her composition “Birds of Paradise”. The piece features Freestone on flute/triangle, vocals by Brigitte Beraha, […]
Jan Garbarek, Rainer Brüninghaus, Yuri Daniel & Trilok Gurtu (Royal Festival Hall. 13 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Earlier this year, Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek turned 75. In celebration of […]
