Ted Gioia – Music: A Subversive History (Basic Books, 2019. 528 Pages. Book review by Peter Jones) Ted Gioia is the author of many books about jazz, including West Coast Jazz (1992) and […]
Ted Gioia – Music: A Subversive History
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Porous Structures at Mechelen, Belgium
Porous Structures (Het Predikheren, Mechelen.Brand! Festival. 5 December 2019. Review by Martin Longley) Mechelen is a small-ish city in Flanders, equidistant between Brussels and Antwerp, but it has its own five-year-old festival […]
Royal Academy of Music to mark ECM Records’ 50th Anniversary (30-31 Jan 2020)
Sebastian writes: It has just been announced that the Royal Academy of Music will have a mini-festival over two nights to mark the ECM Records 50th Anniversary. 30 January, 7.30 pm Susie […]
Orphy Robinson & Mark Mondesir at the Vortex
The Shape Of Jazz To Come presents: Orphy Robinson & Mark Mondesir: “I heard you twice the first time” (Vortex, 10 December 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Jazz Warriors alumni Orphy Robinson […]
Brian Shankar Adler’s Fourth Dimension at Jalopy Theatre, NYC
Brian Shankar Adler’s Fourth Dimension (Jalopy Theatre, New York, 5 December 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Every jazz musician brings a tradition with them into the music they compose and improvise. Having […]
“Jazz From Detroit” by Mark Stryker
Jazz From Detroit by Mark Stryker (Michigan University Press Hardback, 342 pp. Book Review by Andy Hamilton) Jazz from Detroit explores the city’s role in shaping modern and contemporary jazz. The book […]
Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta – Viaduct
Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta – Viaduct (ACT 9048-2. Album review by Rob Mallows) Peanut butter and jam (or jelly, if you’re American). On the face of it, it shouldn’t make sense in a sandwich: […]
Jazz Migration Showcase in Paris (YOU, NoSax No Clar, Kepler, Nefertiti)
Jazz Migration Showcase (YOU, NoSax No Clar, Kepler, Nefertiti) (La Dynamo, Pantin, 3 December 2019. Report by Oliver Weindling) The Jazz Migration scheme, organised since 2002 by the French jazz promoter organisation […]
2019 Whittingham Awards announced: Sam Healey / Skeltr, Emma Johnson and Matt Carmichael
Sebastian writes: The winners of the 2019 Peter Whittingham Jazz Awards are announced: All three winners are saxophonists. The main award goes to Sam Healey and Skeltr. Sam is an alto player […]
Janette Mason (album Red Alert out on vinyl, and touring)
Pianist and composer Janette Mason’s new trio album Red Alert, with Tom Mason, bass, and Jack Pollitt, drums, is out on vinyl. She talked to Alison Bentley about the appeal of vinyl; […]
