JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October- 3 November 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) This is the first of Alison’s three-part Round-Up of JazzFest Berlin 2019 Christian Lillinger’s Open Form […]
Cambridge area resident Matt Pannell tells us his picks from this year’s Cambridge Jazz Festival programme (13-24 November): It is said that in November, you’re never more than one microphone cable’s length from […]
Ronnie Scott’s 60th Anniversary Gala Concert (Royal Albert Hall. 30 October 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) On 30 October 1959, in that year of jazz masterpieces, British tenor saxophonist Ronnie Scott contributed […]
Sebastian writes: The winners of the WDR Jazzpreis 2020 have been announced by the Cologne-based broadcaster. The annual awards concert will take place at Theater Gütersloh on 1 February 2020. The five […]
Canadian-born Guitarist Dominic Ashworth has been working on the UK music scene for over 30 years. He talked to fellow Canadian Lauren Bush about his recent album, Psyche, which features a mix […]
Sebastian writes: At a ceremony today an English Heritage blue plaque in honour of Ronnie Scott was unveiled. The plaque marks the site of the first Ronnie Scott’s club, ahead of the 60th […]
Sam Eastmond’s Brit-Ish (JW3, 17 October 2019. Review by Daniel Marx) John Zorn’s Radical Jewish Culture movement is rooted in a place. The Jewish culture of New York is well-defined and recognisable, […]
Jazz & the City, Salzburg – Part 2 (Various venues in Salzburg. 19-20 October 2019. Round-up by Leah Williams) New Orleans songstress Mykia Joven was the literal poster girl for Jazz & […]
Morten Schantz Godspeed (Pizza Express Dean Street. Sounds of Denmark Revisited. 16 October 2019. Review by Mary James) Thousands of miles together in planes, weeks away from home, gigs in Copenhagen, Beijing, […]
Rich Perry – Other Matters (SteepleChase SCCD 31876. CD Review by Frank Griffith) Other Matters is tenor saxophonist Rich Perry‘s 25th release for Steeplechase, a label which he has been recording with […]
Annie Yanbékian of France TV writes (*): Drummer Anne Pacéo (Artist of the Year), singer David Linx (Vocal Artist), trombonist Fidel Fourneyron (Emerging Artist), Fred Pallem’s Sacre du Tympan (Group of the […]
Mingus Big Band (Jazz Standard, E 27th Street, New York. 14 October 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Monday is often a night off in the jazz world, but not at the Jazz […]
Rob Adams writes: 10 Years of the RCS Course Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith plays a hometown concert at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh this Thursday as the jazz course he runs at the Royal […]
Sebastian writes: Kings Place is hosting an artistic residency by Terri Lyne Carrington during the EFG London Jazz Festival, and the full list of guests for the three events has now been […]
Michel Petrucciani – Colors (Dreyfus/BMG 538526830. 2-CD Compilation. CD review by Sebastian Scotney) Pianist Michel Petrucciani died at the age of 36 on 6 January 1999. He had been born with osteogenesis […]
