Kamasi Washington (Kings Theatre, Brooklyn. 20 February 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) It has probably been five years since Kamasi Washington last played an intimate venue, but the Kings Theatre is really […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Niall Greig Fulton – Planet Wave (Queens Hall Edinburgh, 21 February 2020. Review by Mark McKergow) The SNJO re-stretched their musical boundaries with this emphatic performance of […]
Mary James writes: The fourth Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition will be held in Lusławice, Poland, from 7-10 July 2020. The competition is open to violinists, violists and cellists of all […]
Bram De Looze – Colour Talk (SDBAN Ultra. CD review by Dick Hovenga*) With a new Pentadox album out and the release of Colour Talk, a fresh solo piano album, pianist Bram De […]
Piece for Noah Preminger Quintet (Smalls, NYC. 19 February 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Noah Preminger, the much vaunted tenor player, is passing through Manhattan with his quintet en route back to […]
Tineke Postma – Freya (Edition Records. EDN1150. CD Review by Graham Spry) Tineke Postma is a Dutch alto and soprano saxophonist of the highest calibre and her new album Freya is a […]
Jim Hart and Ivo Neame – Multiverse (Edition Records EDN1147. CD Review by Peter Jones) Multiverse has taken a while to come out. Ivo Neame and Jim Hart started recording it in […]
Sebastian writes: Photographer Monika Jakubowska was down at the 606 taking pictures of the quintet of Toku (vocals and flugelhorn), Tim Whitehead (tenor sax), Giovanni Mirabassi (piano, also the label boss at […]
Paul Nedzela – Introducing Paul Nedzela (Outside In Music OIM 1915. CD review by Frank Griffith) Baritone saxophonist Paul Nedzela‘s debut recording showcases his eloquent yet gritty playing. There are nine original […]
Filomena Campus Quartet (Vortex, 15 February 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) Something jazz and the theatre have in common: improvisation. At London’s Vortex, Sardinian vocalist Filomena Campus drew on her knowledge of […]
Sebastian writes: The headline (and possibly the highlight) of the 2020 Pizza Express Steinway Two Pianos Festival will be a return to London after a significant gap of US pianist JoAnne Brackeen, […]
Kit Downes & Tom Challenger – Vyamanikal Lauren Redhead & Alistair Zaldua – vox humana Andrew Woodhead – Pendulums (Ideas of Noise Festival, St Paul’s Church, Birmingham. 8 February 2020. Review by […]
Sebastian writes: Monika Jakubowska’s photos here capture the mood of an evening at Pizza Express Dean Street. The quiet appreciative buzz of a full house, increasingly drawn in to the ebb and […]
Alfa Mist – On My Ones (Sekito SEKITO007. Download/Vinyl Album Review by Adam Sieff) This release comes as something of a surprise, but maybe it shouldn’t have. As a keyboardist and producer, […]
Philip Clark – Dave Brubeck: A Life in Time (Headline, 464pp., £25. Review by Chris Parker) “You can’t understand America without understanding jazz, and you can’t understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck” […]
