Dave Stryker – Eight Track III (Strikezone 8818. CD review by Peter Vacher) US guitarist Dave Stryker is something of an unknown quantity over here, despite an exceptional discography and decades on […]
Dave Stryker – Eight Track III
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Gabriel Latchin Trio – The Moon and I album launch at Pizza Express Dean Street
Gabriel Latchin, May 2019 Photo credit: Roser Jorba Gabriel Latchin Trio The Moon and I album launch (Pizza Express Dean Street. 8 May 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Gabriel Latchin has defined […]
Hanna Paulsberg Concept at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Hanna Paulsberg Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Hanna Paulsberg Concept (Parabola Arts Centre, 4 May 2019. Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Slavid) Hanna Paulsberg was part of the very […]
David Storey Trio – Bosco
Dave Storey Trio – Bosco (Impossible Ark IALP025. CD review by Leonard Weinreich) In the annals of jazz mythology, a be-bopper, complete with beret and goatee, stands on the corner of Manhattan’s Broadway […]
Jazz North Announces Seven Bands for Seventh Round of Northern Line
Some of the successful Round 7 participants: Front Row – Jemma Freese (freesetrio), Nishla Smith, Bela Horvath (SogoRock), Eleanor Begley (Rafe’s Dilemma) Back Row – Chris Sellers and Theo Goss (both freesetrio), […]
Madeleine Peyroux + Omar Sosa/Yilian Cañizares at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Madeleine Peyroux Photo credit and © John Watson / jazzcamera.co.uk Madeleine Peyroux; Omar Sosa and Yilian Cañizares (Cheltenham Jazz Festival. 5 May. Review by Jon Turney) A quarter-century after her notable debut, […]
Marc Copland at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Marc Copland. Birmingham, 2018 Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Marc Copland (Parabola Arts Centre. Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 5 May 2019. Review by Mike Collins) Marc Copland was alone on stage […]
John Surman/John Warren Brass project + Rymden at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Magnus Ostrom at Cheltenham, 2019 Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk John Surman/John Warren Brass project (Cheltenham Town Hall) Rymden (Jazz Arena) (Cheltenham Jazz Festival. 4 May 2019. Reviews by Peter […]
The Bad Plus at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Orrin Evans of The Bad Plus, Cheltenham 2019 Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk The Bad Plus (Jazz Arena, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 5 May 2019. Review by Mike Collins) This was […]
2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards Open for Public Nominations
A Press Release issued this morning by Chris Hodgkins states: “Voting is now open for the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, which will take place at PizzaExpress Live, Holborn, London on Tuesday 3 […]
Guitarist Rob Luft becomes seventh BBC New Generation (Jazz) Artist for 2019-21
Rob Luft (right) with Marcus Miller at the Montreux Jazz Acadamy 2017 Photo credit: Marc Ducrest / FFJM Sebastian writes: The next set of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2019-21 […]
Laura Zakian – Minor Moments
Laura Zakian – Minor Moments (Tall Guy Records. CD review by Adrian Pallant) London-based jazz vocalist and educator Laura Zakian has released four solo albums to date, the most recent – 2014’s […]
Miggy’s Augmented Orchestra at Birdland, NYC
Miggy’s Augmented Orchestra in 2018 Photo by Kazushi Udagawa from miggymigiwa.net Miggy’s Augmented Orchestra (Birdland NYC. 5 May 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) It’s a full house on a rainy spring evening, […]
Yazz Ahmed at Cheltenham 2019
Yazz Ahmed at Cheltenham 2019 Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia (Jazz Arena, 5 May 2019, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, review by Peter Jones) On Sunday, a sold-out Jazz Arena […]
REVIEW: Nikki Yeoh and Zoe Rahman at the 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Nikki Yeoh (l) and Zoe Rahman at Cheltenham Photo: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Nikki Yeoh and Zoe Rahman (Parabola Arts Centre. Cheltenham Jazz Festival 4 May 2019. Review by Jon Turney) Two concert […]
