The Music Venue Trust held a Venues Day at EartH in Dalston on 5 October. Oliver Weindling of the Vortex attended. Here is his report: The Music Venue Trust’s Venues Day was […]
Music Venue Trust (Venues Day at EartH in Dalston)
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Billy Cobham and the Sultan Stevenson Trio at the Jazz Cafe
Billy Cobham Group and Sultan Stevenson Trio (Jazz Cafe, Camden, 30 September 2021. First night of two. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “The music never lies. We’re having a good time.” said Billy […]
Jason Moran (‘Let My People Go’, Barbican, Nov 12, EFG LJF)
“I like music that sounds as if it was sawed by a rusty saw,” says pianist Jason Moran. Ahead of his show with Archie Shepp on the opening night of the EFG […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021, 41. ‘La Folia: The Roccella Variations’. From ‘George Russell Living Time Orchestra, The London Concert’, 1989
The 41st of Jon Turney’s weekly selections finds a great composer-arranger getting the best from an Anglo-American ensemble. One of the late John Cumming’s many good deeds was bringing George Russell over […]
Christian McBride and Jason Moran at Wigmore Hall
Christian McBride and Jason Moran (Wigmore Hall, 6 October 2021. Live Review by Chris Parker) An amiable, impressive figure with a streak of mischievousness (I once witnessed him doing an impromptu James […]
Jazzmeia Horn – ‘Dear Love’
Jazzmeia Horn – Dear Love (Empress Legacy Records. ELR001. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) In her short career so far, Jazzmeia Horn has received a wealth of plaudits and awards. Her first […]
Jamie Cullum at the London Palladium
Jamie Cullum (London Palladium, 5 October 2021. First night of two. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jamie Cullum‘s two nights at the London Palladium had been long anticipated. In fact, he made a […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2021
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (October 1-3 2021 – Festival Round-Up by Peter Slavid) A weekend – and more – of top quality music with an attentive listening audience is […]
Keith Tippett’s last performance available on disc – and now on video
Keith Tippett’s very last performance was a duo set with Matthew Bourne on 12 Oct 2019, at Union Chapel in London. It is available as part of a two-CD set or as […]
Ann Liebeck (‘Locked Down Sonnets’ album launch, Karamel, 15 Oct.)
Ann Liebeck’s new CD Locked Down Sonnets will be launched at Karamel in Wood Green on Friday 15 October, in partnership with Collage Arts. Press Release from Collage Arts “Ann Liebeck (vocals), […]
Kevin Brady (new album ‘Plan B’, Ubuntu Music; Irish tour Nov-Dec 2021)
Irish drummer and bandleader Kevin Brady has reinvented his acoustic trio as an electric quartet for a new album on Ubuntu Music, Plan B – with Seamus Blake, Dave Redmond and Bill […]
Greg Spero (CEO of weeBID, a new fan-initiated crowdfunding platform)
Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based pianist Greg Spero has played frequently with jazz icons. He has also toured with and written music for acts like Halsey and Makaya McCraven. But at the moment his […]
Anthony Wood: a Tribute by Chrissie Murray
Chrissie Murray (*) remembers Anthony Wood, the trailblazing champion of improvised music who tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident on 15 September 2021, age 73. Anthony Wood, inspirational promoter of […]
‘Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story’
Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story (Equinox, 190pp., £25. Book Review by Chris Parker) “The notes of a musically conscious man, ideally free of conceit” is how virtuoso bassist Eberhard Weber describes […]
Madeleine Peyroux (‘Careless Love’ Deluxe Edition and UK tour dates in Nov 2021)
Madeleine Peyroux’ 2004 album Careless Love was career-changing for the Georgia (US)-born singer. The CD was certified Platinum in the UK and Gold in the US, Germany and France. The two most-played […]
