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 […]
Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Joey Calderazzo, Adam Nussbaum & Jeff Andrews / Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, David Kikoski, Joey Baron & Dieter Ilg – Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987 (Jazzline D78112 – […]
This September would have seen the 80th birthday of pianist and composer John Taylor, who died just two months before his 73rd birthday in 2015. The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And yet his […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
