Jamie Cullum (London Palladium, 5 October 2021. First night of two. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jamie Cullum‘s two nights at the London Palladium had been long anticipated. In fact, he made a […]
Jamie Cullum at the London Palladium
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Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2021
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (October 1-3 2021 – Festival Round-Up by Peter Slavid) A weekend – and more – of top quality music with an attentive listening audience is […]
Keith Tippett’s last performance available on disc – and now on video
Keith Tippett’s very last performance was a duo set with Matthew Bourne on 12 Oct 2019, at Union Chapel in London. It is available as part of a two-CD set or as […]
Ann Liebeck (‘Locked Down Sonnets’ album launch, Karamel, 15 Oct.)
Ann Liebeck’s new CD Locked Down Sonnets will be launched at Karamel in Wood Green on Friday 15 October, in partnership with Collage Arts. Press Release from Collage Arts “Ann Liebeck (vocals), […]
Kevin Brady (new album ‘Plan B’, Ubuntu Music; Irish tour Nov-Dec 2021)
Irish drummer and bandleader Kevin Brady has reinvented his acoustic trio as an electric quartet for a new album on Ubuntu Music, Plan B – with Seamus Blake, Dave Redmond and Bill […]
Greg Spero (CEO of weeBID, a new fan-initiated crowdfunding platform)
Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based pianist Greg Spero has played frequently with jazz icons. He has also toured with and written music for acts like Halsey and Makaya McCraven. But at the moment his […]
Anthony Wood: a Tribute by Chrissie Murray
Chrissie Murray (*) remembers Anthony Wood, the trailblazing champion of improvised music who tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident on 15 September 2021, age 73. Anthony Wood, inspirational promoter of […]
‘Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story’
Eberhard Weber: A German Jazz Story (Equinox, 190pp., £25. Book Review by Chris Parker) “The notes of a musically conscious man, ideally free of conceit” is how virtuoso bassist Eberhard Weber describes […]
Madeleine Peyroux (‘Careless Love’ Deluxe Edition and UK tour dates in Nov 2021)
Madeleine Peyroux’ 2004 album Careless Love was career-changing for the Georgia (US)-born singer. The CD was certified Platinum in the UK and Gold in the US, Germany and France. The two most-played […]
Kurt Elling – ‘SuperBlue’
Kurt Elling – SuperBlue (Edition EDN1174. Album Review by John Bungey) Kurt Elling has been busy turning himself into the male jazz vocalist of our times. In March he won his second […]
John Altman: Putting Some Big Band Brass into ‘No Time To Die’
John Altman’s credit in the closing titles of the new James Bond movie reads ‘Studio One Conductor and Additional Arrangements.” Here he explains the back-story of how he put some big band […]
Monday Lunchtime Gigs Resume at the Spice of Life, Soho (from 4 October)
Richard Pite is looking forward to the return of the Monday lunchtime sessions at the Spice of Life in Soho, starting on 4 October with Enrico Tomasso. Richard writes: The Spice (6 […]
Andrew Woodhead (‘Pendulums – Music for Bellringers, Improvisers & Electronics’ album launch 16 October)
Birmingham-based composer Andrew Woodhead is about to perform the most ambitious piece you’ll hear this year. The album Pendulums – Music for Bellringers, Improvisers & Electronics was released in June, and the launch […]
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – ‘Live At 25’ in Edinburgh
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Live At 25 (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 24 September 2021. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Tommy Smith has clearly been counting the days since the SNJO last […]
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber – ‘Angels Over Oakanda’
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber – ‘Angels Over Oakanda’ (Avant Groidd Musica. Album review by Adam Sieff) Burnt Sugar is a New York based improv unit currently comprising over two dozen members […]
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