B Side Events will present two young acts from Poland as part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2020: On Sunday 15 November Błoto, a unique quartet made up of musicians from EABS […]
Shuffle is the fifth edition of the biennial Luxembourg Jazz Meeting, a vital showcase of the vibrancy of the Luxembourg scene. A labour of love, in 2020 the three-day festival stands as […]
Various artists – Door to the Cosmos (On The Corner. CD review Amy Sibley-Allen) Door to the Cosmos can only be described as a tremendous 24-track compilation album from the innovative and […]
Voting is now open for the 8th annual Scottish Jazz Awards 2020 with nominees announced today for five of the main awards. A complete list is below. Voting is now open […]
Geoff Mason Quartet – GMQ (GM Records. CD review by Peter Vacher) Self-produced, with the CD in an open card sleeve and minus notes, this might easily be mistaken for a typical […]
Krononaut – Krononaut (tak:til Records GBCD096/GBLP096. Review by Graham Spry) Since moving to London from Manchester in the 1980s, Martin France has become known as one of the very best British drummers […]
Guitarist Kevin Mackenzie and pianists Brian Kellock (photo below), Dave Milligan and Fergus McCreadie are among the musicians due to feature in a new series of livestreams organised by the Edinburgh Playtime […]
Doors will open to the public again on Saturday 19 September 2020. Booking open from today (Monday 31 August). The club has announced that, after one attempt stymied at the last minute […]
Rachel Musson and Corey Mwamba – What We Said When We Met (Café Oto Records Otoroku TR069. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This new duo album by tenor saxophonist Rachel Musson and vibraphone […]
Neil Swainson Quintet – 49th Parallel (Reel to Real Vinyl: RTRLP004, CD: RTRCD004, and Digital. Album review by Adam Sieff) 49th Parallel was Neil Swainson’s only recording as a leader during a […]
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 6-8 August 2020. Review and photos by Oliver Weindling) The Outreach Festival has now been going for 28 years. Taking place in Schwaz, just outside Innsbruck, a […]
Meraki – Meraki (Ubuntu Music. Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) The self-titled debut album from North Yorkshire-born composer and pianist Jacky Naylor’s trio Meraki is certainly music for the soul. Meraki (μεράκι) is […]
Makaya McCraven – Universal Beings E&F Sides (International Anthem IARCEF22. Review by Graham Spry) From August 2017 to January 2018, Chicago-based drummer Makaya McCraven recorded four sessions in four cities which were […]
INNtöne Jazzfestival (Inntöne, Diersbach, Austria 14-16 August 2020. Review by Oliver Weindling) The irrepressible Paul Zauner had to adapt his INNtöne Jazzfestival substantially to have it occur at all this year. […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra follows up last month’s tribute to Nelson Mandela with a video of a song taken from the orchestra’s concert with the Texan rising star singer Jazzmeia Horn […]
