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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: […]
Re-united this week at the Vortex: the Kirk Lightsey Trio with Steve Watts and Dave Wickins (Photo from 2017 EFG London Jazz Festival) Report by Sebastian: When the jazz community in this […]
Django Bates. Luleå, Sweden, 2013 Photo credit John Kelman. All Rights Reserved Stan Tracey won an Ivor Award for Jazz in 2012… John Surman was awarded one in 2017… and today at […]
Huw Warren Publicity photo Peter Bacon reports: Mix the current resident artists of Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with its students and alumni and you get the AmserJazzTime Festival guest […]
Mark Dresser Seven – Ain’t Nothing But A Cyber Coup & You (Clean Feed Records. CD review by Dan Bergsagel) Sounding more like a group of outlaws than a jazz ensemble, the […]
Four plus Three plus John Williams Photo credit: Tatiana Gorilovsky Sebastian writes: The newest piece, maybe even the centrepiece at last Wednesday’s album launch of Georgia Mancio and Kate Willliams’ new album Finding […]
Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur Photo: Dave Stapleton Peter Bacon reports: The line-up of this year’s Herts Jazz Festival (the ninth) at the Rhodes Arts Complex in Bishop’s Stortford on the weekend of 27-29 […]
Sara Dowling Photo: Steven Tagg Randall Peter Bacon reports: In the words of The Dude, from The Big Lebowski: Swanage Jazz Festival abides! Swanage was at risk again after last year’s festival […]
Clive Fenner Photo courtesy of East Side Jazz Club Clive Fenner, who made a massive contribution to London’s jazz scene, passed away at the end of April. In this tribute his close […]
Leïla Martial: Baa Box – Warm Canto (Laborie Jazz CD.LJ48. CD review by Sebastian Maniura) Vocalist, clown and improvisor Leïla Martial releases her third album, Warm Canto, on 24 May. It features […]
Chris Legee in September 2018 Photo courtesy of Michael S Klein Michael S Klein remembers his friend Chris Legee who passed away last week. Boston (US)-born Chris was an indefatigable activist on […]
