Avishai Cohen + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran (Barbican. 16 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Izzy Blankfield) Nikki Yeoh opened one of the most anticipated nights of the 2021 London […]
Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble, Purcell Room LUME, Hundred Years Gallery (EFG London Jazz Festival. 14 / 16 November 2021. Live review by AJ Dehany) The theory of thirty (*) is a phenomenon […]
Ivo Neame Septet (Pizza Express Holborn – 15 November 2021. EFG LJF. Review by Peter Slavid) There’s something about the sound of a seven-piece band in an intimate venue like the Pizza […]
Ill Considered – Liminal Space (New Soil. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) This tenth album in four years from London-based free jazz quartet-turned-trio, Ill Considered marks a departure. Whereas their first nine albums […]
‘Shaney Forbes Explores Blossom Dearie’ (606 Club. 16 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Titles for gigs don’t come much more improbable or intriguing than this one, and […]
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey (Queen Elizabeth Hall. 14 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival . Review by Alison Bentley) “Do you feel good?” US pianist Vijay Iyer asked the […]
Marcel Khalifé and Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Mahmoud, Marcel and I (Barbican Centre, 15 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) “Marcel went to Australia for a few days […]
11 November 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of one of the uniquely, irrepressibly creative figures at the heart of British jazz for over four decades, Michael Garrick (1933-2021). A […]
Ralph Towner(Pizza Express Soho. 14 November 2021. EFG LJF. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Some other guitarists don’t just plug in the guitar but a whole paraphernalia of other equipment too…. and some […]
Eddie Henderson Quartet Plus Xhosa Cole, Richard Foote and Chris Young (Pizza Express, Brindley Place, Birmingham, 14 November. Review and photos by John Watson) The two greatest challenges facing any jazz trumpeter […]
Robocobra Quartet + Archipelago (Kings Place Hall Two. 13 November 2021. EFG LJF. Live review by Peter Slavid) This was a very enjoyable double-bill from two bands who had a fair bit […]
Joe Fiedler’s ‘Open Sesame’ album launch (The Jazz Gallery, NYC. 12 November 2021. Live Review by Dan Bergsagel) I have coaxed friends to many strange and unpredictable concerts, but this week’s “Sesame […]
Eberhard Weber – Once Upon A Time – Live In Avignon (ECM 2699. Album Review by Chris Wheatley) A wonderfully lyrical bassist who announced himself as a solo artist back in 1973 […]
Fraser Fifield – Piobaireachd / Pipe Music (Available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Scottish multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield, born London, raised in Aberdeenshire and now based in Fife, straddles many genres […]
Moor Mother at the South Bank and Irreversible Entanglements at Kings Place (EFG London Jazz Festival. 12/ 13 November 2021. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans)(Photos are from the Kings Place show) Two […]
