Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – In Common III (Whirlwind Recordings– WR4783. Album review by Graham Spry) In Common III is the third in a series of albums released on Whirlwind […]
Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens – ‘In Common III’
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Marquis Hill – ‘New Gospel Revisited’
Marquis Hill – New Gospel Revisited (Edition EDN1190 . Album review by Jon Turney) The much talked about US trumpeter Marquis Hill has an unusual offering for his first release on the […]
Bill Frisell Solo at Cadogan Hall
Bill Frisell Solo (Cadogan Hall. 13 March 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “What the World Needs Now….” is – quite emphatically – more Bill Frisell. The gentleness, the bonhomie, the deeply civilised […]
Stéphane Belmondo/Kirk Lightsey Quintet and Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli in Graz, Austria
Stéphane Belmondo/Kirk Lightsey Quintet Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli (Tube’s, Graz (Austria). 10 March 2022 (Belmondo/Lightsey) and 11 March 2022 (Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli ). Live Reviews by Oliver Weindling) Tube’s is a new venue in Graz in the […]
Henry Spencer: ‘The Survivor and The Descendant’
Henry Spencer releases a new music video today. The Survivor and The Descendant is the title track of his EP released in October 2021. His band (Henry Spencer, trumpet, flugelhorn, compositions; Ant […]
Brad Mehldau – ‘Jacob’s Ladder’
Brad Mehldau – Jacob’s Ladder (Nonesuch 7559791346. Album review by John Bungey) Well this is an extraordinary album, not extraordinarily good, not extraordinarily bad – just extraordinary. Being the manager of Brad […]
Steve Berry: MIUAWGA (Make It Up As We Go Along) Ensemble, Dir. Laura Jurd, RNCM, 1 April 2022
Bassist/composer Steve Berry has strong views about improvisation – “a core skill and human right that no musician should be denied” – and his new project at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) […]
Robben Ford and Bill Evans – Blues, Miles and Beyond at Ronnie Scott’s
Robben Ford and Bill Evans – Blues, Miles and Beyond (Ronnie Scott’s. 10 March 2022. First set. Live review by David Freeman) The first of the quartet’s six performances at Ronnie’s, this […]
Philip Watson – ‘Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The guitarist who changed the sound of American music’
Philip Watson – Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The guitarist who changed the sound of American music(Faber, 519pp, £20 hb. Book Review by Jon Turney) Many have fallen in love with Bill Frisell’s […]
#IWD2022: NYJO Chief Executive Susie York Skinner
Susie York Skinner (*) is Chief Executive of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO). NYJO, as she explains in this interview for International Women’s Day, is much more than a large ensemble putting […]
#IWD2022: Leadership coach Suzy Jackson
Originally from Canterbury in Kent, Suzy Jackson studied for a B.Mus at King’s College London, which has a partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, and where she studied flute. Suzy ran […]
#IWD2022 / #Womentothefore / Saxophonist Rachael Cohen
Rachael Cohen’s lively presence on stage and her playing always create an atmosphere and climate of positivity and energy, even in the most surprising circumstances. Feature for International Womens’ Day by Sebastian […]
#IWD2022: German Agent / Artist Manager Anastasia Wolkenstein
Anastasia Wolkenstein, originally from Magdeburg in the former East Germany, lives and works in Regensburg in eastern Bavaria. Her company, Agentur Wolkenstein, which she has run since 2009, has an artist list […]
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra (Ronnie Scott’s. 6 March 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra’s “Face to Face” tour was originally planned to take place in 2020. It has… […]
Ciyo Brown (new album ‘Can We Pretend’, live dates at Pizza Express Dean St and Toulouse-Lautrec)
Ciyo Brown is a musician who has worked with greats of jazz, pop and reggae is getting vocal on his new album. This feature by John Bungey tells the story of a […]
