Bagland – Cirkel (Jaegwer Community: JCM029. LP Review by Nick Davies) Cirkel is the third release from the Danish quintet Bagland and is available on vinyl, MP3 and CD. It follows on […]
Bagland – Cirkel
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“Why sometimes it just has to be live!”
An outdoor stage in Montreal Photo credit: MIJF/ Frederique Menard-Aubin Peter Slavid writes Why it sometimes has to be live! Some months ago I was sent a CD by London Jazz News, […]
Canterbury has a new jazz club (Upstairs at the Parrot)
Upstairs at the Parrot in Canterbury L-R: Jonathan Ward, Dave Whitford, Dulcie May Moreno Frances Knight, Paul Booth Photo supplied by Dulcie May Moreno Peter Jones reports: The inaugural gig of the […]
Paul Dunmall Sun Ship Quartet with Alan Skidmore and Kjaer/Solberg/Wastrell – John Coltrane 50th Memorial Concert at Cafe Oto
Paul Dunmall Sun Ship Quartet with Alan Skidmore and Kjaer/Solberg/Wastrell – John Coltrane 50th Memorial Concert at Cafe Oto (Confront Core Series. Core07. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) The sleeve notes to […]
Georgia Mancio and Kate Williams (Finding Home Launch, 606 Club, 15 May, and touring)
Georgia Mancio and Kate Williams will launch their album Finding Home at the 606 Club on 15 May, with the Guastalla String Quartet and special guest John Williams (guitar). Sebastian interviewed them […]
Dave Stryker – Eight Track III
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 […]
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 […]
