Trumpeter Byron Wallen has a new album Portrait: Reflections on Belonging, his first as leader for 13 years. He is also about to set off on an extensive tour with his band Four […]
AuB is a London-based quartet led by tenor saxophonists Tom Barford and Alex Hitchcock, with Fergus Ireland on bass and James Maddren on drums. They combine fierce, virtuoso improvisations, electronic elements and […]
Sebastian writes: The first artists for the 2020 Swanage Jazz Festival, with a wide range of predominantly British jazz, have been announced: Friday 10 July features musicians from the region, notably the […]
At last night’s Grammy Awards (COMPLETE LIST HERE) the five Jazz Category Award winners were: Best Improvised Jazz Solo SOZINHO Randy Brecker (with the NDR Big Band) Best Jazz Vocal Album LITTLE […]
Sunday Jazz Burns Night Special: Georgia Cécile, Animal Society, Fergus McCreadie Trio, Tom Bancroft’s In Common (Sunday Jazz In The Crypt, Middlesbrough. 19 January 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) The Burns Night […]
Anthony Braxton (Cafe Oto, 21 January 2020. Third and final night of residency. Review by Gail Tasker. Drawing by Geoff Winston) Tuesday evening at the Cafe Oto was a clear reminder, if […]
Singer and songwriter Rachel Sutton says her new album A Million Conversations is about the “…rich tapestry of life… Lovers meet and they part. The rejected drink and forget. And loved ones […]
Keith Jarrett – Munich 2016 (ECM. 2667/68 779 3748. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Every time I see there’s a new release of solo piano by Keith Jarrett, I find myself asking […]
Led Bib – It’s Morning (RareNoise Records RNR108 review by Nick Davies) Led Bib return with their sixth album, their second for RareNoise Records, promising music that is different from what has come […]
Issie Barratt’s Interchange – Donna’s Secret (Fuzzy Moon Records FUZ015. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Sixteen musicians and eight composers, who just happen to be women, on an album of highly accomplished […]
Xhosa Cole Quartet (Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking. 21 January 2020. Review by Peter Jones.) On Tuesday evening, in a neat bit of symmetry, the venue of the year played host to the […]
Red Kite – Theory of Colours (Jellymould JJ028. CD Review by Peter Jones) This one arrived unheard of and unasked for, and it goes to show what joys you can sometimes discover […]
Erroll Garner – Campus Concert (Mack Avenue Octave Music. MA1162. CD review by Leonard Weinreich) The elf-like Erroll Garner was engulfed by myth: couldn’t read music; in 1947, was the first piano […]
Jorge Rossy Vibes Quintet (Pizza Express Dean Street. 15 January 2020. Second night of two. Review by Sam Norris) The return of Jorge Rossy’s ‘Beyond Sunday’ quintet to Pizza Express Dean Street […]
Sebastian writes: We are very saddened to hear of the death on Wednesday 15 January of a pivotal and immensely popular figure in British jazz, keyboard player/pianist Geoff Castle. The cause of […]
