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 (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’ 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 (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’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 […]
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 […]
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 (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’ (Avant Groidd Musica. Album review by Adam Sieff) Burnt Sugar is a New York based improv unit currently comprising over two dozen members […]
The Thursday night Jazz at the House series at Lauderdale House in Highgate, programmed by one of LJN’s heroes Brian Blain, will start again on 21 October. The full programme and a […]
*The programme for the 58th Jazzfest Berlin is announced today. *This year’s festival from 4 to 7 November is the fourth under the artistic direction of Nadin Deventer and has the strapline […]
Dexter Gordon Quartet – Willisau 1978 – (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series Vol. 45) (The Montreux Jazz Label TCB 02452 . Album review by Alison Bentley) That great bear hug of a sound; […]
Patrick Hadfield went to the opening of music photographer William Ellis’ exhibition , with the title Music On A Chink Of Light. The exhibition – of limited edition handmade silver gelatin prints […]
Andrea Massaria – New Needs Need New Techniques (Leo Records CD LR 896. Album review by Fiona Mactaggart) Trieste-based guitarist Andrea Massaria (b.1965) is still relatively little known in the UK, whereas […]
Nikki Iles, pianist, educator, bandleader is a pivotal figure in British jazz. Her jazz orchestra has just begun a tour in Scarborough, where they played the festival on Saturday. The remaining dates […]
