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 […]
Canadian musicians round-up (2019 MIJF)
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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 […]
Alex Hitchcock Quintet at Pizza Express Jazz Club
Alex Hitchcock Quintet (Pizza Expresss Jazz Club, 3 July 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Tenor saxophonist Alex Hitchcock and his quintet have just finished off a 10-stop tour at Pizza Express Jazz Club. Wednesday […]
The Fliss Gorst Band & Grounded Movement (Upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s, 28 July)
Jazz and dance meet intimately. Peter Bacon finds out more: LondonJazz News: First the jazz, and the band. You’ve played Ronnie’s before as well as Pizza Express, The Spice of Life and […]
Marsden Jazz Festival (11-13 Oct) launches crowdfunder (aim: £10k by 21 July)
Peter Bacon reports: There is no easy way to fund a jazz festival, especially when a crucial part of the organisers’ philosophy is to expand the music’s reach via free access. Which […]
Christine Jensen New York Quartet at Gesu Cultural Centre (2019 MIJF)
Christine Jensen New York Quartet with Helen Sung, Allison Miller and Noriko Ueda (Gesu Cultural Centre. 3 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “The Festival gave me carte […]
Zhenya Strigalev & Federico Dannemann – The Change
Zhenya Strigalev & Federico Dannemann – The Change (Rainy Days Records. CD review by Fiona Mactaggart) The album title, The Change, is apt. After a decade based in London where he has gained […]
Jazz Leeds Festival (18-21 July)
It started as a pop-up two years ago; now it’s grown to a four-day affair. Jazz Leeds Festival founder Steve Crocker shares details of the 2019 festival: “After its successful debut in […]
R.I.P. Duncan Lamont (1931-2019)
Duncan Lamont, the Scottish saxophonist, died on Tuesday, hours after playing a sold-out gig at the 606 Club to celebrate his upcoming 88th birthday. Frank Griffith shared this with us: “I write […]
Joshua Redman Quartet at Théâtre Maisonneuve (2019 MIJF)
Joshua Redman Quartet (Théâtre Maisonneuve, 2 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Awards ceremonies; there are such an awful lot of them, but they do have their uses. […]
Flamenco meets jazz (Sadler’s Wells, 10 July)
Peter Bacon reports: The improvisatory links are strong, so bringing jazz music together with flamenco dance feels like a very natural marriage, but one too that will strike sparks. In the Sadler’s […]
Roberto Fonseca and Joe Claussel at Gesu Cultural Centre (2019 MIJF)
Roberto Fonseca and Joe Claussel (Gesu Cultural Centre. 1 July 2019. Montreal International Jazz Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “What you are hearing is natural. It is real,” said Roberto Fonseca at […]
Maximilian Hirning, bassist of German piano trio LBT (Ronnie Scott’s International Piano Trio Festival 3-7 August)
In this year of its 60th anniversary, Ronnie Scott’s will be presenting the sixth edition of its International Piano Trio Festival. Running from Saturday 3 to Wednesday 7 August there will be […]
