Miracle on 34th Street (Kansas Smitty’s film score livestreamed 24 December HERE. Review by Leah Williams) The much-loved and irrepressible Kansas Smitty’s band continue to be hugely creative with online formats: just […]
The Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) jazz school is starting a new project in January 2021, where school kids will be given the chance to play Charles Mingus The BYMT jazz school […]
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & The MaXx – Live (MNJ Records MNJ002. Review by Peter Slavid) I have to admit I was always going to be favourably predisposed towards a big-band album with […]
Live jazz looks likely to make a triumphant return to the North West in January 2021 courtesy of NQ Jazz. Since their inception in 2015, the Manchester-based live music promoters have hosted […]
Patrick Cornelius’ Acadia – Way of the Cairns (Whirlwind Recordings WR4766. CD review by Alison Bentley) Stone cairns mark where you’ve been on the trail, and remind you of where others have […]
Alice Zawadzki Band & Rob Luft Quintet + Amika String Quartet (Livestreamed from Cambridge Jazz Festival, 21 November 2020. Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) This double bill livestreamed from the Junction Theatre in […]
Pigfoot (Stream premiered on 21 November 2020 from Karamel. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Leah Williams) From the opening growl of Chris Batchelor’s muted trumpet and the equally purposeful yet joyful […]
Jazz Voice (Livestreamed from Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival 13 November 2020. Review by Leah Williams) As the EFG London Jazz Festival kicks off this year, it is navigating – as […]
Jazzfest Berlin was livestreamed from various venues across Berlin and New York, 5-8 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany: The 57th edition of Jazzfest Berlin was completely online via livestream and on […]
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 […]
