Reeds player Jon Shenoy releases Salinas Song, the second album from his quartet Draw By Four, in time for Christmas. It’s on sale from 16 December and the launch party is at […]
Jon Shenoy (new album, Draw By Four’s Salinas Song, launch 22 Dec)
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Ivors Composer Awards for Laura Jurd and Alison Rayner
Peter Bacon reports: Laura Jurd and Alison Rayner were among the award winners in this year’s Ivors Composers Awards, (formerly the British Composer Awards) announced last night at a ceremony at the […]
Jeanie Barton (new album, Moments of Clarity, plus Pheasantry 26 Jan)
Nottingham-based vocalist Jeanie Barton (*) has a new, third album out entitled Moments of Clarity. She is about to bring her new concert programme celebrating Noel Coward and Cole Porter to The […]
2019 Parliamentary Jazz Award winners
Peter Bacon reports: The recipients of the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced last night. The Awards, organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG), were presented at the PizzaExpress […]
Kit Downes (new album Dreamlife of Debris, now out on ECM)
Pianist, organist and composer Kit Downes has just released Dreamlife of Debris, his second album as leader on ECM Records. He spoke to Peter Bacon about the preceding musical journey and the churches […]
Jason Moran and The Bandwagon at the Village Vanguard
Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Village Vanguard, NYC, 27 November 2019. Review by Mark Lewandowski) Thanksgiving week at the Village Vanguard has become to the jazz fan as much of a staple […]
Jakub Paulski Trio wins Jazz Juniors Competition, Kraków 2019
Jazz Juniors Festival and Competition (Piec Art Acoustic Jazz Club and other venues, 27-30 November 2019. Report by Mary James) The 43rd Jazz Juniors Competition 2019 Kraków was won by Jakub Paulski […]
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series 46)
Charles Lloyd Quartet – Montreux Jazz Festival 1967 (Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series 46) (The Montreux Jazz Label TCB 02462. CD review by Peter Bacon) Maybe it shouldn’t be so striking, but, somehow, […]
Chryssie Hynde & Valve Bone Woe Ensemble at Royal Festival Hall (2019 EFG LJF)
Chryssie Hynde & Valve Bone Woe Ensemble (Royal Festival Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival, Sunday 24 November 2019. Review by Tomasz Furmanek) This festival concert confirmed what I had heard in June at […]
Kyle Eastwood – Cinematic
Kyle Eastwood – Cinematic (Jazz Village. CD review by Rob Mallows) A jazz album of some of cinema’s classic soundtracks from Kyle Eastwood. There is a sort of divine inevitability that the […]
