Sebastian writes: Reports reach us that clarinettist, saxophonist, arranger and educator Robert Sage (Bob) Wilber died on Sunday 4 August at the age of 91. This biography on the Stanford University website sums […]
RIP Bob Wilber (1928-2019)
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Kenny Barron Trio at Ronnie Scott’s
Kenny Barron Trio (Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. 4 August 2019. International Piano Trio Festival. Review by Peter Vacher) The standout booking for the club’s 2019 International Piano Trio Festival was this opening two-day […]
Aurelius – The Process
Aurelius – The Process (Marcuspenrose.com. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Is it better to travel than arrive? For piano trio Aurelius, places do certainly feature in track titles, but there’s no rush to […]
Jeppe Zeeberg – Universal Disappointment
Jeppe Zeeberg – Universal Disappointment (ZEE201901. Review by Peter Slavid) Jeppe Zeeberg is a young Danish pianist who has a Masters degree from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and was a key […]
Gwilym Simcock and The Storyhouse Big Band in Chester
Gwilym Simcock and The Storyhouse Big Band (Storyhouse, Chester. 2 August 2019. Chester Music Festival. Review by Frank Griffith) Big Band Jazz is truly alive and well in the North-West of the […]
Yur Yesli Quartet at Kansas Smitty’s
Yur Yesli Quartet (Kansas Smitty’s Bar. 1 August 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What would George Benson have done? If he had played the same series of victorious, emphatic chords that 23-year […]
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo (Royal Albert Hall. Review by Sebastian Scotney/Pictures by Mark Allan) To bop or not to bop. That is the question. For the people down there in the Royal […]
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave (ECM 7740423. Recorded 1999. CD Review by Olie Brice) The recorded history of jazz gives us glimpses into a process, snapshots […]
Naked City Festival 2019 in Beckenham
Naked City Festival (Beckenham Place Park, 27 July 2019. Round-up by Rachel Coombes) Undeterred by the intermittent downpours, hundreds of Londoners flocked to Beckenham Place Park on Saturday for the inaugural Naked City […]
2019 Swanage Festival
Swanage Festival (Mowlem Theatre and other venues in Swanage. 13-14 July 2019. Report by Brian Blain) One of the unforeseen positives of what was, as Peter Jones reported in his round-up published […]
Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band at the Philharmonie in Munich
Chick Corea & The Spanish Heart Band (Philharmonie, Munich. 20 July 2019. Review by Ralf Dombrowski*) The Spanish heart can be proud – in many different ways. It can be modestly proud as is […]
Bob Mintzer Big Band – Get Up
Bob Mintzer Big Band – Get Up (Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild MCGJ1040. CD review by Frank Griffith) Bob Mintzer, saxophonist, flautist and composer-arranger, celebrates his 20th big band recording with Get Up which offers up […]
Melt Yourself Down at the Lexington
Melt Yourself Down (Lexington, 17 July 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Melt Yourself Down’s eponymous 2014 debut album of abrasive party psych-punk launched them as the pioneers of a compelling new sound. […]
Swanage Jazz Festival 2019
Swanage Jazz Festival 2019 (13-14 July 2019. Report by Peter Jones) “We WILL be here next year,” vowed Paul Kelly, director of the 2019 Swanage Jazz Festival as he spoke to the […]
Scottish harpist Karen Marshalsay (new CD The Road to Kennacraig)
Scottish harper Karen Marshalsay releases The Road to Kennacraig, an album of traditional Scottish music and her own tunes written in traditional forms, on Monday 15 July. This might seem an odd […]
