L-R: Andreas Schaerer, Kalle Kalima, Soweto KinchPhoto credit and ©: John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Sunlight (Kinch/Schaerer/Kalima) + Partisans (Parabola Arts Centre, 3 May 2019. Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) Swiss voice artist […]
Laura MacdonaldPublicity picture As well as the big names, such as the Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu, the Chris Barber Big Band and Donny McCaslin, the range of gigs offered by […]
FleurinePublicity photo Fleurine and the Boys from Brazil (Birdland Theater, New York. 1 May 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) The pace is fast, but unhurried: the guitar singing a Brazilian groove without breaking […]
John Fordham: “deep knowledge, constant freshness and undulled enthusiasm.”Photo supplied Sebastian writes (*): John Fordham of the Guardian celebrated his 70th birthday early in 2018, but even without the excuse of a […]
Joshua Redman Quartet – Come What May(Nonesuch Records 585291 2. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) Jazz is a music of connection. Saxophonist Joshua Redman has talked in interviews preceding the release of […]
Hall 6 at jazzahead! 2019Photo credit: M3B GmbH / Jörg Sarbach) Sebastian writes: STATISTICS AND IMPRESSIONS jazzahead! 2019, the fourteenth, was (and has been confirmed officially as) the largest ever: people from 64 […]
Cherise Adams-Burnett singing liveJazz FM Awards at Shoreditch Town HallDrawing by Geoff Winston. © 2019. All Rights Reserved Geoff Winston reports from the Jazz FM Awards: The 2019 Jazz FM Awards was […]
Live Experience of the Year Winner:Kamasi Washington at Steamdown (with Nubya Garcia, right)Photo by AJ Dehany Sebastian writes: The Winners at the 2019 Jazz FM Awards have just been announced: The full […]
Nominated in Best Album Category: Jim MullenPhoto credit: Melody McLaren Sebastian writes: Glasgow Jazz Festival has just announced the nominations for the 7th Scottish Jazz Awards and opened up the public vote […]
L-R: Jim Mullen, Steve Watts, Roger BeaujolaisPhoto courtesy of Lauderdale House Roger Beaujolais Trio (Lauderdale House, Highgate. 25 April 2019. Review by Brian Blain) Great start for Lauderdale’s Spring series last Thursday […]
Dominic Miller – Absinthe(ECM Records – ECM 6788468. CD Review by Jane Mann) Absinthe is Argentinian-born guitarist Dominic Miller’s second release for ECM and his fourteenth solo album. The list of recordings […]
On 2 May: Dan Weiss’ Starebaby Sebastian writes: Tiny club, huge musicians. The Vortex has the London gigs for some significant bands from New York touring Europe in May, and has put […]
NordaniansPublicity Photo The Amsterdam-based trio Nordanians return to the UK and Ireland to play concerts in Bath, York, Nottingham and Limerick this week as part of the Going Dutch project, which has […]
The Knife Angel sculpture by British Ironwork Centre and Alfie Bradley Faith Brackenbury – KnifeAngel(Lonely Duck Records. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) This is a beautiful record. It features a half hour suite with […]
Benjamin Croft – 10 Reasons To…(33 Records 5020883337753. Review by Jeanie Barton) The shimmering, mystical/nautical sounding acoustic/electro opening to Benjamin Croft’s 10 Reasons To… tells me immediately that I am not listening to […]
