The Saxophone Day at the RNCM in Manchester is the UK’s largest sax gathering. This year’s event, the 22nd edition, will be on Sunday 6 November. Feature by Sebastian Scotney. Saxophonists have […]
RNCM Saxophone Day 2022 (Manchester, 6 Nov)
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Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2022 – Day 4 Report
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2022 (Sunday 2 October. Day 4 Report by AJ Dehany) If you’re in Newcastle on a Sunday, you need to be at the Globe on […]
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber and the WDR Big Band/Abene – ‘Center Stage’
Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber and the WDR Big Band/Abene – Center Stage (Leopard D77107 – Album review by Mark McKergow) Drum virtuoso Steve Gadd gets the surviving Gadd Gang back […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music: Day 3 Report
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (Lit & Phil, Newcastle. Day 3: Saturday 1 October. Festival report by Peter Slavid) A gig by Black Top is always a special event. That’s […]
Svarc/Hanley/Longhawn – ‘20/21’
Svarc/Hanley/Longhawn – 20/21 (Available on Bandcamp/ link below. Album review by Nigel Price) Considering the vastness of the jazz universe, it would be all too easy to make the mistake of shouting […]
‘Hargrove’ documentary set for London premiere (Barbican, 6 Nov. )
The documentary “Hargrove – The man, his trumpet, and the music that kept him alive” was premiered at the Tribeca Festival in NYC in June , In anticipation of the film’s London premiere, (Barbican […]
Helena Kay’s KIM Trio & Peter Johnstone – ‘Golden Sands’
Helena Kay’s KIM Trio & Peter Johnstone – Golden Sands (Sulis Records. Available from BandCamp. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) From the very outset, you feel you’re in safe hands listening to […]
Dispatches from Istanbul / 2022 Akbank Jazz Festival (1)
Francesco Martinelli reports from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul (24 September- 9 October 2022) Akbank Jazz Festival is a bank-sponsored autumn event in Istanbul. It has been celebrating its 32nd edition this […]
Leverton Fox – ‘In The Flicker’
Leverton Fox – In The Flicker (Not Applicable. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) In The Flicker is Leverton Fox’s eighth album. It presents experimental electronic music on the fringe of jazz, […]
Helen Sung Trio at Ronnie Scott’s
Helen Sung Trio – with Kush Abadey and Josh Ginsburg (Ronnie Scott’s. 3 October 2022. Photos by Monika S. Jakubowska, Words by Sebastian Scotney) Helen Sung‘s piano playing is completely dazzling – […]
Nicki Leighton-Thomas (new album, lyrics by Fran Landesman: ‘One Good Scandal’)
“‘There’s an honesty and integrity to Fran Landesman’s songs,” says vocalist Nicki Leighton-Thomas. “Straight from knowledge and from the heart – and she wasn’t afraid to deal with the dark side.” Leighton-Thomas […]
Nicole Mitchell at the 2022 Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
Nicole Mitchell Lit & Phil. Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music – Day 2 & 3. Two writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered the innovative 2022 NFoJaIM festival for […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2022 – Day 1 Report
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (The Lit& Phil, Newcastle. Day 1: Thursday 29 September 2022. Festival Report by Peter Slavid) Two LJN writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered […]
Jonathan Gee (new album: ‘The Lions Revisited’)
Prolific, imaginative and versatile pianist-composer Jonathan Gee showcases his “second string” – on his first album majoring on his singing. Interview feature by Rob Adams, Jonathan Gee is talking about the creative […]
‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII – Sketches of Miles’ (Theo Croker)
Theo Croker Quartet and members of the Berlin Philharmonic (arr Magnus Lindgren) – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XII – Sketches of Miles (ACT 9948-2. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) To open CD 1 […]
