Sons of Kemet XL Photo credit: Christian Bertrand Primavera Sound 2019 (30 May-1 June, Barcelona. Festival Round-Up by AJ Dehany) Primavera Sound festival is as sprawling and eclectic as ever in its […]
Veronika Morscher (centre) receiving the award from Bonn Mayor Ashok Sridharan (right) with Festival Director Peter Materna Photo credit: Heike Fischer/ JazzFest Bonn Sebastian writes: The 2019 Bonn Jazz Festival, in its […]
Oene van Geel Publicity picture The Dutch/Scots collaboration LoLanders plays a series of dates in the UK and the Netherlands this month. Rob Adams reports: Formed by Dutch violist Oene van Geel […]
Tower of Power at the Royal Albert Hall Drawing by Geoff Winston. © 2019. All Rights Reserved Tower of Power 50th Anniversary tour (Royal Albert Hall, 30 May 2019; Review and drawings […]
Christy Doran’s Sound Fountain Schaffhauser Jazz Festival (Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland. 23-4 May 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) This the third and final part of Alison Bentley’s report on Schaffhauser Jazz Festival […]
Chris Laurence at Lauderdale House Photo credit: Andrew Laurence Chris Laurence Quartet (Lauderdale House, 30 May 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) The gathering of regular attendees at Lauderdale House in North London […]
L-R: Jason Rebello, Tim Garland, Yuri Goloubev Manchester, 2019 Photo credit: Abby Hilton/mjf In our second round-up report from the 2019 Manchester Jazz Festival, Rob Adams writes about Tim Garland’s Weather Walker […]
Sylvie Courvoisier Trio iPhone snap by Alison Bentley Schaffhauser Jazz Festival, (Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, May 22-25 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) This is the second part of Alison Bentley’s three-part round-up […]
Len Aruliah – No Complications (Self-release/ CDBaby. CD Review by Lauren Bush) Canadian-British Len Aruliah is a well-versed alto and soprano saxophonist and composer who uses his cross-the-pond connections to collaborate with his favourite […]
Mélanie De Biasio Photo credit: Suzanne Schols/ Creative Commons Mélanie De Biasio (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 28 May 2019. Review by Peter Jones) With a completely new band since she last visited London […]
Kate Williams’ Four Plus Three meets Georgia Mancio – Finding Home (KW Jazz – kwjazz002. CD review by Adrian Pallant) “Secret, silent moments. Sweet, familiar voices. Colour into colour. Wonder into wonder. […]
The conference’s Musician in Residence Pete Moser Photo courtesy of Prof. George McKay Street Music (University of East Anglia – Arts and Humanities Research Council – Connected Communities. May 14-15, 2019, The […]
Lukas Mantel’s 6-tet “Vardah” 30th Schaffhauser Jazz Festival (Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, May 22-25 2019. Round-Up and iPhone snaps by Alison Bentley) This is the first part of Alison’s round-up of a […]
Shireen Francis Publicity photo Shireen Francis (Lauderdale House, 23 May 2019. Review by Brian Blain) Shireen Francis, who played, along with her fine band – Gunther Kurmayr (p) Josh Kemp (ts), Manuel Alvarez (b) […]
John Helliwell of Big Band Supertramp Photo Credit and © William Ellis Frank Griffith attended three very diverse concerts on the Friday (24 May) of the 2019 Manchester Jazz Festival. He writes: […]
