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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 […]
Supplied publicity photo Peter Bacon reports: News of money for jazz is always welcome. We’ve just received this press release from the Brussels Jazz Orchestra: In January 2020, Brussels Jazz Orchestra will […]
On Frith Street Photo supplied by Eric Woollard-White Sebastian writes: NEW DOCUMENTARY A new documentary feature film is being made to mark the 60th anniversary of Ronnie Scott’s, and will explain and […]
Terkel Nørgaard – With Ralph Alessi (We Jazz. CD Review by Dick Hovenga(*)) Danish drummer Terkel Nørgaard has been a very popular figure in Scandinavian jazz for some years now, and has […]
Tom Harrell – Infinity (HighNote Records HCD 7321. CD Review by Peter Jones) A simple riff in 7/4, accompanied by a flurry of semiquavers, heralds The Fast, the first tune on this […]
Fazer – Nadi (Squama SQ001. CD review by Tony Dudley-Evans Fazer are a young German group from Munich who all studied together at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in that […]
