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Mattimatti – Tomrum (Agogo Records AR105CD. CD Review by Stephen Vitkovitch) Tomrum (the word means void or vacuum in Swedish) charts the musical friendship of two Mattis (Matti Nilsson and Christoph (Matti) Matenaers) who began playing […]
Christian Lillinger – Open Form for Society (PLAIST. 004. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Can jazz be a model for society? German drummer Christian Lillinger brings together nine musicians from different European […]
Kate Westbrook and The Granite Band Publicity picture Granite – A Soliloquy Kate Westbrook and The Granite Band (Kings Place Hall Two, 16 May 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’d given the […]
L-R: Theo Croker, Nick Jurd, Soweto Kinch iPhone snap by Rachel Coombes Theo Croker and Soweto Kinch (The Curtain Club, London. 16 May 2019. Review by Rachel Coombes) The first on-stage encounter […]
Jordan Rakei at EartH iPhone snap by Leah Williams Jordan Rakei (EartH, Hackney, 15 May 2019. Review by Leah Williams) Jordan Rakei has had an outstanding few years, releasing new music and […]
“This was my gig of the festival” (Tony Dudley-Evans) Luc Ex Assemblée with Rachel Musson (foreground) Photo Credit and © Peter Bastian The Europajazz Festival in Le Mans has been celebrating its […]
Ilmiliekki Quartet – Land Of Real Men (We Jazz, WJLP13. Review by Dick Hovenga(*)) With Land Of Real Men, Ilmilieki Quartet (meaning quartet ablaze), the Finnish band that started in 2002 and […]
Hermine Deurloo, Rembrandt Frerichs and a flying harmonica Publicity photo Harmonica virtuoso Hermine Deurloo appears in a quartet with pianist Rembrandt Frerichs on the second day of a three-day representation of Dutch-based […]
Michaël Attias – échos la nuit (Out Of Your Head Records OOYH 003. CD Review by Olie Brice) This feels like an album which should inspire poetry, rather than a review. Michaël […]
Richard Galliano – The Tokyo Concert (Jade EAN 3411369992032. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Richard Galliano’s solo concert at the Wigmore Hall in the 2018 EFG London Jazz Festival was certainly one of my […]
Dan Weiss’s Starebaby (Vortex, 2 May 2019; review and drawing by Geoff Winston) Drummer Dan Weiss’s project, Starebaby, with his top-drawer collaborators, Craig Taborn (keyboards), Ben Monder (guitar), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Matt Mitchell (keyboards), has been around five years in gestation, […]
Georgie Fame and the BBC Big Band Publicity photo Georgie Fame with the BBC Big Band (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Sunday 12 May 2019. Review by Frank Griffith) The unique and distinctive vocals […]
Pee Wee EllisPublicity photo Peter Bacon reports: The headliners for the 2019 Margate Jazz Festival are Pee Wee Ellis, Liane Carroll and Theon Cross, it has been announced. There will also be a new “social partnership” […]
Larry Grenadier – The Gleaners (ECM. CD Review by Jon Turney) The resourcefulness and richness of modern double bass playing never cease to astound me. There are any number of players whose contribution […]
Tristan Publicity Photo Amsterdam acid jazz band Tristan are building a strong reputation in the UK as a live act. Following enthusiastically received gigs including Pizza Express Holborn, Harrogate Festival and Black […]
