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 […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival, 2019 – Part 3
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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 […]
R.I.P. João Gilberto (1931 – 2019)
Peter Bacon reports: The death has been announced of João Gilberto, the man who, it is often said, “invented bossa nova” and who must surely be near the top of any “most […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival, 2019 – Part 1
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 1 (Alto Adige, 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) The art of the duo: how do a mere two musicians vary their set to keep the audience’s […]
Canadian musicians round-up (2019 MIJF)
Canadian Musicians at 2019 MIJF (Various venues in Montreal 1-5 July 2019. Report by Sebastian Scotney I cannot possibly let one sublime act of generosity on Friday night from Montreal drummer Jim […]
John Etheridge – TWENTY: the best of Sweet Chorus
John Etheridge – TWENTY: the best of Sweet Chorus (DY30 – CD review by Mark McKergow) This delightfully swinging collection of tracks is a fitting celebration of 20 years of Sweet Chorus, […]
2019 Cork Jazz Festival (24-26 Oct) headliners announced
Peter Bacon reports: The Guinness Cork Jazz Festival celebrates its 42nd incarnation over the last weekend in October with a fine array of big names from jazz and related musics. They are: […]
Kendrick Scott Oracle at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill (2019 MIJF)
Kendrick Scott Oracle (Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill. 4 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is such a lot of reflecting and reminiscing going on here at […]
