Mike Walker , Andrew Bain, Frank Harrison, Mark Hodgson(Frank & Mark’s at Iffley Church Hall, East Oxford. 18 October 2023. Live review by Mark Rowan-Hull) Many moons ago as a student in […]
Mike Walker feat. Andrew Bain at Frank & Mark’s, Oxford
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Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music – 22 Sept – 8 Oct
The Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music will take place at various local venues from 22 September to 8 October. Concerts include performances by Ubunye, the Zoe Rahman Band and Japanese […]
Jeppe Zeeberg – ‘Occasionally, Good Things Do Happen’ (and touring)
Jeppe Zeeberg – Occasionally, Good Things Do Happen(Self Released. Album review by Peter Slavid) Almost exactly four years ago I reviewed Universal Disappointment, an exciting and quirky album by young Danish pianist […]
Ten tracks by Cecil Taylor I can’t do without… by Noah Stoneman
Noah Stoneman (b.2001) is a pianist and composer from North London. His music has been performed at festivals and venues including Brainchild festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, La Petite Halle in Paris and […]
Pizza Express venues announce 2023 EFG LJF programme: 50 gigs at 3 venues
Following on from this Wednesday’s third press release from Serious/ EFG LJF, PizzaExpress are announcing the gigs they will be hosting as part of the 2023 EFG London Jazz Festival. Performances will […]
Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker – ‘Nothing Else’
Vincent Courtois, Daniel Erdmann and Robin Fincker – Nothing Else (BMC Records BMC CD311. Album review by Frank Graham) For anybody unfamiliar with the members of this Franco-German trio, cellist Vincent Courtois’s […]
Donny McCaslin Quartet – ‘I Want More’
Donny McCaslin Quartet – I Want More (Edition Records EDNDA1219. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) For listeners familiar with Donny McCaslin’s work in his acoustic quartet, or in his key role as a soloist […]
Matt Choboter – ‘Postcards of Nostalgia’
Matt Choboter – Postcards of Nostalgia (ILK Music ILK344 LP/CD. Album review by Frank Graham) From Keith Tippett to Benoît Delbecq and Eve Risser, improvising pianists continue to find inspiration in John […]
Dee Byrne – ‘Outlines’
Dee Byrne – Outlines (Whirlwind Records CD WR 4809. CD review by Jon Turney) Alto saxophonist Dee Byrne’s title for this very attractive set apparently refers to drawings she made as a […]
‘Flight Call’ (Georgia Cécile, L.A. Daniels & Pete Horsfall. London debut 100 Club, 28 June)
Sebastian writes: Flight Call is a new vocal trio: Georgia Cécile, L.A. Daniels and Pete Horsfall. Their London debut is on 28 June at the 100 Club. Pete Horsfall is one of the […]
Dave Douglas + Trish Clowes – My Iris (606 Club, 27 May)
Just over a year ago, London-based saxophonist/composer Trish Clowes released her album A View with a Room through Greenleaf Records. She recently took to Twitter to announce that Greenleaf founder Dave Douglas, […]
Julie Campiche Quartet- new album ‘You Matter’ and London/Manchester dates 28 May/2 June
“I am a musician. My instrument is the harp. My goal is the music.” Harpist and composer Julie Campiche released a new album with her quartet in late 2022 entitled You Matter. […]
Linley Hamilton – ‘Ginger’s Hollow’
Linley Hamilton – Ginger’s Hollow(Whirlwind Recordings WR4808, released 26 May. Review by Bruce Lindsay) For the first eight bars of ‘Shinebox,’ the opening track on Ginger’s Hollow, the rhythm section – pianist […]
Rebecca Nash – ‘Redefining Element 78’
Rebecca Nash – Redefining Element 78 (Whirlwind Recordings WR4796. Album review by Jon Turney) Pianist Rebecca Nash’s new project is a compositionally ambitious suite that began life at Bristol Jazz Festival a […]
Donald Byrd – ‘Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux’ (rec. 1973)
Donald Byrd – Live: Cookin’ with Blue Note at Montreux (Blue Note 4599839. Album review by Adam Sieff) More buried treasure courtesy of Blue Note. Hot on the heels of November’s Elvin […]
