“This will be the 14th time I have toured the UK with my own band…It’s extremely important for jazz musicians to keep touring,” writes guitarist Nigel Price. His level of pro-activity is, […]
Nigel Price announces 42-date tour (9 Sept. – 8 Dec.)
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‘Songs from The Golden Age of Swing’ (Down for the Count Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, 10 September)
The Down for the Count Orchestra and soloists will perform “Songs from The Golden Age of Swing at Cadogan Hall, London, 10 September 2023, start time 6.30pm. Feature – which also explains […]
Prom 46: Manchester Collective: NEON
Prom 46: Manchester Collective: NEON(Royal Albert Hall, 19 August 2023. Review by AJ Dehany) A scrupulously-sequenced Late Night Prom of music entirely by living composers brought Manchester Collective’s third album NEON to […]
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival 2023
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival (Herne Bay, Kent. August 19 & 20 Review by Adam Sieff) Kai Hoffman, East Kent’s answer to George Wein, runs a great little jazz festival in […]
Kyle Eastwood + Quintet + Czech NSO – ‘Eastwood Symphonic’
Kyle Eastwood + Quintet + Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Dir. Gast Waltzing – ‘Eastwood Symphonic’(Pias France. Album review by Rob Mallows) When your surname is Eastwood…and your father just happens to be […]
Emma Rawicz – ‘Chroma’
Emma Rawicz – Chroma (ACT CD 9973-2. Album review by Jon Turney) Saxophonist Emma Rawicz’s second CD release, her debut on the ACT label, is an impressively accomplished affair, bristling with the […]
Mothers in Jazz (56): Anneleen Boehme
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Tania Giannouli: ‘Solo’
Tania Giannouli: ‘Solo’(Rattle Records RAT-D139, Review by Frank Graham) Recording for New Zealand’s Rattle Music for over a decade now, Greek pianist Tania Giannouli has rightly been compared to the great […]
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – ‘El Arte Del Bolero, Vol.2’
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo – El Arte Del Bolero, Vol.2(Miel Music. Album review by Sebastian Scotney) There’s that famous scene in the 1999 Wim Wenders film “Buena Vista Social Club”: Ry […]
Enrico Pieranunzi/ Bert Joris/ Frankfurt Radio Big Band – ‘Chet Remembered’
Enrico Pieranunzi/Bert Joris with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Chet Remembered”(Challenge Records CR7 3555. Album review by Frank Griffth) Italian pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi, has just released another CD with […]
Tommy Smith/ Maria Rud: ‘Luminescence’ at St Giles’
Tommy Smith/ Maria Rud: Luminescence(St Giles’ Cathedral High St, Edinburgh. 17 August 2023. First Night of three. Photo-essay by Rob Adams (*) Luminescence is a collaboration between the visual artist Maria Rud […]
Evie Hill/ Esk (first video released today; album launch 10 Sept.)
Lake District-born vocalist Evie Hill will release her first album ‘People In Their Simplicity’ with pianist, producer and fellow songwriter Ben Lawrence on Friday 8 September. Their first single, ‘Spirit’, was released […]
Alex Clarke Quartet with Robert Fowler at Imber Court
Alex Clarke Quartet + Rob Fowler(Imber Court, East Molesey, 13 August 2023 Review by Peter Vacher Barely in to her 20s and seemingly quite new to the game, you might assume that […]
Artificial Jazz – ‘She Walks’
Artificial Jazz – She Walks (Self-released on Bandcamp. Review by Bruce Lindsay) What to write about this new release? First, the basics: She Walks is a four-track EP, coming in at just […]
Carl Gorham: ‘Shear Brass: Celebrating Sir George Shearing’
The remarkable legacy of Sir George Shearing is being honoured in a series of concerts that go alongside the release of a joyous new album called Shear Brass: Celebrating Sir George Shearing (Ubuntu Music, […]
