JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October – 3 November 2019. Round-Up Part 2 by Alison Bentley) Sinikka Langeland/The Australian Art Orchestra/Late Night Lab 2/Paul Lovens This is the second part […]
JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October- 3 November 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) This is the first of Alison’s three-part Round-Up of JazzFest Berlin 2019 Christian Lillinger’s Open Form […]
Cambridge area resident Matt Pannell tells us his picks from this year’s Cambridge Jazz Festival programme (13-24 November): It is said that in November, you’re never more than one microphone cable’s length from […]
Ronnie Scott’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert (Royal Albert Hall. 30 October 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) On 30 October 1959, in that year of jazz masterpieces, British tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott contributed […]
Sebastian writes: The winners of the WDR Jazzpreis 2020 have been announced by the Cologne-based broadcaster. The annual awards concert will take place at Theater Gütersloh on 1 February 2020. The five […]
Canadian-born Guitarist Dominic Ashworth has been working on the UK music scene for over 30 years. He talked to fellow Canadian Lauren Bush about his recent album, Psyche, which features a mix […]
Sebastian writes: At a ceremony today an English Heritage blue plaque in honour of Ronnie Scott was unveiled. The plaque marks the site of the first Ronnie Scott’s club, ahead of the 60th […]
Sam Eastmond’s Brit-Ish (JW3, 17 October 2019. Review by Daniel Marx) John Zorn’s Radical Jewish Culture movement is rooted in a place. The Jewish culture of New York is well-defined and recognisable, […]
Jazz & the City, Salzburg – Part 2 (Various venues in Salzburg. 19-20 October 2019. Round-up by Leah Williams) New Orleans songstress Mykia Joven was the literal poster girl for Jazz & […]
Morten Schantz Godspeed (Pizza Express Dean Street. Sounds of Denmark Revisited. 16 October 2019. Review by Mary James) Thousands of miles together in planes, weeks away from home, gigs in Copenhagen, Beijing, […]
