Zoe Francis with Jim Mullen and Ross Stanley – Blue Town (Zoe Francis Records. CD Review by Brian Blain) No one makes a fortune accompanying UK jazz singers, so the fact that […]
Zoe Francis with Jim Mullen and Ross Stanley – Blue Town
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Elbjazz 2019, Hamburg
Elbjazz 2019 (Hamburg, 31 May/1 June 2019. Festival Round-Up by Stefan Hentz*) Hamburg-based writer Stefan Hentz recently won the most prestigious award for writing about jazz in Germany, the Preis für Deutschen […]
Manchester Collective’s Paradise Lost at CLF Arts Cafe
Manchester Collective – Paradise Lost (CLF Arts Cafe. 18 June 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Manchester Collective’s Paradise Lost reimagines Milton’s great long poem as a soundclash between the Baroque and the […]
Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962-1989) at Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris
Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962-1989) (Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, to 5 January 2020. Exhibition review by Dan Bergsagel) The story goes something like this: jazz came from the African-American community in […]
Django Bates (Belovèd, with Evan Parker, Wigmore Hall, 14 July)
Could Django Bates be about to say farewell to his long-standing Charlie Parker-dedicated project? If so, it won’t be before he joins his Belovèd trio to that other legendary jazz Parker, Evan, […]
Caiphus Semenya to be celebrated (South African Jazz Night, Vortex 29 June)
Peter Bacon reports: He’s not as well known as Masekela or Ibrahim, but his achievements and influence have been considerable. Which is why his music is being celebrated at the Vortex Jazz […]
Soho Jazz Festival (5-15 July 2019)
Rachel Coombes previews this year’s Soho Jazz Festival: This year the Soho Jazz Festival pays homage to the legacy of Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, who passed away in November last year […]
Radio Jazz Research meeting on Jazz and Festivals in Diersbach, Austria
Sebastian attended a recent meeting of the German Radio Jazz Research group. He writes: RADIO JAZZ RESEARCH The Radio Jazz Research group meets two to three times a year and has the […]
NYJO announces new Jazz Exchange initiative
Peter Bacon reports: The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) has announced what it describes as “the most exciting development in its 54-year history”. It’s the NYJO Jazz Exchange, a two-year national project encouraging […]
Alex Merritt (Alex Merritt/Gareth Fowler Quintet – Kansas Smitty’s 19 June, The Geldart, Cambridge 26 June)
Having gathered around him some of today’s finest young players based in Europe and the US, the London-based composer and tenor saxophonist Alex Merritt has spent the past week touring some of […]
Judy Niemack – Blue Nights & In The Sundance
Judy Niemack – Blue Nights; In The Sundance (Blujazz, 2007; 2009. Review by Frank Griffith) This brace of CDs from a decade back by jazz vocalist Judy Niemack (The Pheasantry, 4 & 5 July) forms […]
Seventh Jazz North Education Conference
Nigel Slee, Creative Director at Jazz North, reports from Huddersfield on the seventh Jazz North Education Conference (declaration of interest: Nigel organised it) : The seventh Jazz North Education Conference took place […]
George Cables (with Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis) – I’m All Smiles
George Cables (with Essiet Essiet and Victor Lewis) – I’m All Smiles (HighNote Records HCD 7322. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) It is probably wrong to be completely swayed by the positive […]
Thurston Moore Ensemble at Cafe Oto
Thurston Moore Ensemble (Cafe Oto, 13 June 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Thurston Moore treads an intriguing tightrope, balancing carefully measured, choreographed steps with an immersive intensity that threatens to […]
Wes Montgomery – Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings
Wes Montgomery – Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings (Resonance Recordings. HCD2036. CD Review by Mike Rud*) Wes Montgomery’s music swings… and shines, bounces, delights and comforts. His is a […]
