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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 […]
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 […]
