Nina Simone and guests from Playboy’s Penthouse Hugh Hefner’s After Dark: Speaking Out in America Review by Andrew Cartmel When Hugh Hefner died, at least one dismissive obituary in a major publication […]
Arild Andersen / Clive Bell / Mark Wastell – Tales of Hackney(Confront CORE 05. CD review by Brian Marley) Recorded at Hackney Road Studios, hence the title of the CD, Tales of […]
Kim Cypher – Love Kim x(KCM004 – CD review by Mark McKergow) Saxophonist and singer Kim Cypher’s second album builds her reputation for sparkling jazz with classic style and attitude, bringing guest […]
At the Launch: Pentti Puhakka (helsinki Jazz), Bogdan Benigar( Druga Godba),Kenneth Killeen (Improvised Music Company), Pierre Dugelay(Périscope),Karolina Jules (Wytwornia Foundation), Oliver Weindling (Vortex) Sebastian writes: Jazz Connective, a new and interesting project […]
Fall-Out and John-Dennis Renken are about to start a UK tourPublicity picture Dave Morecroft writes: “I will work until the very last day to get a solution with a deal for Britain’s […]
Raph ClarksonPublicity picture Within the crowded border territories between idioms sought out by adventurous contemporary musicians, and despite his ease in all kinds of orthodox settings too, composer and trombonist Raph Clarkson […]
Gwilym Simcock – Near and Now(ACT Music – ACT 9883-2. CD review by Adrian Pallant) It would be easy to imagine likely lyrical influences on the style of Gwilym Simcock, such as […]
Tommy Smith and Andy PanayiPhoto: © Patrick Hadfield Tommy Smith Sextet with Tam Dean Burn (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 18 April 2019. Review and pictures by Patrick Hadfield) Tommy Smith is no […]
Douglas Marriner and Leo RichardsonComposite publicity photo Douglas Marriner/Leo Richardson Transatlantic Quartet – Celebrating 80 years of Blue Note(Hampstead Jazz Club. 23 April 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) Hampstead Jazz Club has […]
The Bokani Dyer Trio: Romy Brauteseth, Bokani Dyer and Sphelelo MazibukoPublicity picture South African pianist Bokani Dyer opened a European tour with his trio last night in Amersfoort, Netherlands, and will be […]
The outdoor crowd in MontrealPhoto credit: Victor Diaz Lamich/ FIJM Sebastian writes: The main programme for the concert halls at the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival, by most measures the world’s largest, is […]
Mulatu AstatkePublicity picture Our friends in the north, Patrick Hadfield and Mark McKergow have been studying the programme. Here are their picks:Patrick: Haftor Medboe /Jakob Karlzon, Wednesday 19 June 2019 7.30pm, Recital […]
The Bokani Dyer TrioPublicity picture The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is presenting a one-day celebration of South African music on 9 May 2019. Peter Bacon reports: The UK’s second city is twinned with […]
The latest in the Jazz Repertory Company’s Cadogan Hall concerts is Heroes of the Skies, which celebrates not only the great big band music of the Second World War but also marks […]
Nils Landgren, Prinzregententheater, Munich. April 2019Photo credit: Thomas J. Krebs 4 Wheel Drive (Nils Landgren /Michael Wollny /Wolfgang Haffner /Lars Danielsson) Ronnie Scott’s. 22 April 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There are […]
