Trio Tapestry/Elina Duni and Rob Luft (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Chris Parker) As a way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of […]
Trio Tapestry/Elina Duni and Rob Luft (2019 EFG LJF)
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Crosscurrents Trio (Holland/ Hussain/Potter – 2019 EFG LJF)
Crosscurrents Trio (Cadogan Hall 17 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) By the time they finished their limpidly beautiful encore, Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter’s 90-minute […]
Steve Williamson Experience (2019 EFG LJF)
Steve Williamson Experience (Pizza Express Jazz Club. 2019 EFG London Jazz Festival. 15 November 2019. 7pm set. Review by Alison Bentley) “They’re greater than we were.” British saxophonist and composer Steve Williamson, […]
Ian Shaw (Side By Side Refugees Charity Night at the 606 Club, 1 December)
Ian Shaw will be hosting and compèring a charity night at the 606 Club in Chelsea on Sunday 1 December in aid of Side By Side Refugees. Laura Thorne asked him to […]
Tal Wilkenfeld at Ronnie Scott’s (2019 EFG LJF)
Tal Wilkenfeld (Ronnie Scott’s, London Jazz Festival, Saturday 16 November. Review by Rob Mallows) It had been, Tal Wilkenfeld told the audience at a rammed Ronnie Scott’s, 12 years since she’d last […]
Marcin Wasilewski Trio plus Fred Thomas (2019 EFG LJF)
Marcin Wasilewski Trio/Fred Thomas (Cadogan Hall, London jazz Festival , Friday November 15. Review by Mike Collins) The light hiss of brush on snare; a single note from the piano suspended in […]
Nik Bärtsch and Sophie Clements (2019 EFG LJF)
Nik Bärtsch & Sophie Clements (Barbican. EFG London Jazz Festival. 15 November 2019. Review by Leah Williams.) Marooned on an island made for one man and his piano, Nik Bärtsch sat surrounded […]
Maria Chiara Argirò meets Dugong at Jazzlive at the Crypt, Camberwell (2019 EFG LJF)
Maria Chiara Argirò meets Dugong (Jazzlive at the Crypt, Camberwell. 2019 EFG LJF. 15 November 2019. Review by John L. Walters) The Italian musician Maria Chiara Argirò is a jazz pianist, composer […]
Snarky Puppy at the Royal Albert Hall
Snarky Puppy (Royal Albert Hall. 14 November 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) The “Brooklyn-Based jazz funk fusion collective” Snarky Puppy have developed an unwavering mass of fans young and old. As the […]
Jazz Voice at the Royal Festival Hall (2019 EFG LJF)
Jazz Voice (Royal Festival Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival. 16 November 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) To baby boomers, the format of this show might seem an oddity – six vocalists, a […]
