Laura Jurd – Stepping Back, Jumping In (Edition. EDN1131. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Laura Jurd‘s new CD is a rich, eclectic mix of styles. Working with collaborators new and old – Jurd’s […]
Laura Jurd – Stepping Back, Jumping In
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R.I.P. Dave Wickins
Sebastian Scotney reports: The much-admired drummer and educator Dave Wickins passed away last night. We published appreciations of Dave from Liam Noble, Kirk Lightsey, Steve Watts, Simon Purcell and Buster Birch as […]
Alan Barnes – + Eleven
Alan Barnes – + Eleven (Woodville Records WVCD151 – CD review by Mark McKergow) Reeds maestro Alan Barnes celebrates his 60th birthday in vintage style with this collection of tunes from his […]
Christine and Ingrid Jensen and the Whirlwind Orchestra to tour England and Ireland in November
Sebastian writes: Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen and her elder sister, trumpeter/bandleader Ingrid grew up in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, a town with a tradition of concert bands going back to the 1870s, and […]
Gary Crosby awarded The Queen’s Medal
Peter Bacon reports: Gary Crosby today received The Queen’s Medal from HM The Queen, it has been announced. Here is the release: “Gary Crosby OBE has been announced as the recipient of […]
Donate an instrument – Ronnie Scott’s Instrument Amnesty (20 July)
Peter Bacon reports: The Ronnie Scott’s Charitable Foundation is holding its third Instrument Amnesty on Saturday 20 July 2019. Instruments have already been given by some musical celebs, and you can join them. […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival, 2019 – Part 3
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 3 (Alto Adige 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) Experimentation is at the heart of jazz and at this Festival. In the brewery basement, with its authentic jazz […]
Supergroup of Holland, Hussain and Potter signs to Edition
Peter Bacon reports: The Crosscurrents Trio, made up of double bassist Dave Holland, tabla player Zakir Hussain and reedsman Chris Potter, will release their album, Good Hope, on Edition records on 11 […]
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins ( Café Oto, 8 July 2019. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Joshua Abram’s Natural Information Society are playing two nights at Café Oto with special guests […]
Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place – highlights
Love Supreme Jazz Festival (Glynde Place, East Sussex, 5-7 July 2019. Round-up by Gigi Williams and Liam Gessoff) Friday – GoGo Penguin The Mercury prize-winning trio GoGo Penguin consists of Manchester-based musicians Chris […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival, 2019 – Part 2
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 2 (Alto Adige 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) Jazz often looks backwards and forwards at the same time, a kind of nostalgia for the present. Italian trio […]
Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place – Saturday
Love Supreme Jazz Festival – Saturday (Glynde Place, East Sussex, 6 July 2019. Round-up by Lauren Bush) My first time at any big outdoor music festival, I jumped off the bus on […]
A Lesson With Asaf Sirkis
“Singing is an inside-out learning process. It’s giving a voice to something that is already inside of you. In the 25 years I’ve been teaching. I’ve never seen two students use the […]
Duchess – jazz vocal trio (European tour, 12-20 July)
What does one call the combination of three New York-based vocalists, each possessing dazzling musicianship, impeccable taste and biting wit? The answer is: Duchess. With a penchant for hard-swinging and harmony-filled music, […]
Maria Schneider and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s
Maria Schneider and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra (Ronnie Scott’s, 5 July 2019, early show. Review by Jon Turney) One of the great contemporary jazz composers, Maria Schneider’s intricately arranged music is […]
