Lorenzo De Finti (with Fabrizio Bosso) – Lullabies From An Unknown Time (Losen LOS 267-2. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) For his fourth album on the Norwegian Losen label, pianist, composer, arranger, […]
Sebastian writes: two stories about the Montreal Festival (*) as a preview. A few quick comments on the vast programme… and an interview I did with the programme director OUTDOOR PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers – World of the Gods (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 28 May 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Little over a month after the […]
Saxophonist – or as he describes himself “ musician, bandleader, side-man, composer, arranger, teacher, organiser, coordinator, administrator, and general hustler…” Aaron Liddard attended the annual jazzahead! conference in Bremen as an independent, […]
Jazz/soul/funk quintet Tristan makes two return visits to the UK during June and October this year, hot on the heels of the release of SEVEN, the band’s appropriately titled seventh studio album. […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Black Lives Generation to Generation (Ronnie Scott’s . 25 May 2023. First house. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is music and there is message. First the music, then. At Ronnie Scott’s, the […]
David Preston – Purple / Black Vol. One (Whirlwind Recordings – WR4804. Album review by Graham Spry) Guitarist David Preston has assembled an excellent quartet here, comprising Kevin Glasgow (electric bass), Sebastian […]
“This record shows the raw emotion in a room full of people, I am so glad we got this recorded!” Vienna-born alto saxophonist Guido Spannocchi, has now lived in London for a […]
Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado. (Sands Film Studios, Rotherhithe. 22 May 2023. Review by Oliver Weindling) The loss of gigs during lockdown in 2020 inspired Sands Film Studios in Rotherhithe to start a […]
Lucia Cadotsch – Aki (Heartcore Records HCR21. Album review by Jon Turney) The recording debut of a superb new quartet – Aki is the name of the band and the CD title […]
Fergus McCreadie Trio (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival, 23 May 2023. Live review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist Fergus McCreadie is still, in his mid-twenties, at the beginning of his career, […]
(Cellar Music Group CM060922. Album review by Mike Collins) The phrases ‘Grammy award winning artist’ and ‘debut album’ are not usually found together in introductions. Vicente Archer has shown himself to be […]
Here is today’s short statement from Blue Note Records: ” Saxophonist Joshua Redman, one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the past 30 years, has signed to Blue […]
Described as “both hip and a hoot” by JazzWeekly, Canadian vocalist, songwriter and lyricist Angela Verbrugge Is coming to London’s Pizza Express, Soho on June 3rd and 4th. Originally from Victoria, Ontario, […]
