
“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, […]
“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, […]
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(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 (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 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 (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” 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’(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(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 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(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 […]
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 + 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 (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 […]
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, […]