Jazz Generation: Matthew Barley, Omar Puente, Peter Edwards, BBC Concert Orchestra, Nu Civilisation Orchestra, StringTing. Conducted by Michael Seal and Edwards. Music by Misha Mullov-Abbado, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Bramwell Tovey (Queen Elizabeth Hall, […]
Carmen Souza – The Silver Messengers (Galileo GMC087. CD Review by Jane Mann) This album, recorded between London and Lisbon for German record label Galileo, is London-based Portuguese/Cape Verdean singer Carmen Souza’s […]
Zbigniew Namysłowski with his quintet will perform at Jazz Cafe POSK in London on Saturday, December 7, 2019. This outstanding musician will play both some of his most famous compositions and selected […]
Ingrid and Christine Jensen with the Whirlwind Recordings Jazz Orchestra (Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Mike Collins) A delicate sequence of chords seemed to seep from […]
Moutin Factory Quintet (Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Peter Slavid) François and Louis Moutin are twins who individually have had a strong […]
Marius Neset & The London Sinfonietta cond. Geoffrey Paterson w/Ivo Neame (pno); Jim Hart (perc); Petter Eldh (bass); Anton Eger (drums) (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre , EFG London Jazz Festival, 21 […]
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Barbican, EFG London Jazz Festival, 23 November 2019. Review by Jon Turney; Drawings by Geoff Winston) Anyone who has heard the Art Ensemble of Chicago live during their […]
Get the Blessing (MOTH Club, Hackney, London Jazz Festival, Saturday 23 November. Review by Rob Mallows) Hackney on a dark, wintry London night. There’s anywhere else I’d rather be. But during the […]
Blue Brass featuring David Murray (The Vortex, EFG London Jazz Festival, 22 November 2019 [early show]. Review by Patrick Hadfield) There was a palpable sense of expectation ahead of this gig. David […]
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi (Royal Festival Hall, 22 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) The concert, like the duo’s recording There is No Other, opened with Ten […]
Danilo Pérez: Global Messengers (Queen Elizabeth Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, Friday 22 November 2019. Review by Mike Collins) Danilo Pérez is a force of nature. A complex and nuanced force for […]
Dick Oatts Quartet (Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street. EFG London Jazz Festival. 20 November 2019. Review by Samuel Norris) “If there’s anything we need right now, it’s a little bit of […]
Pulled By Magnets + Ben Vince (St John on Bethnal Green. EFG London Jazz Festival. 20 November 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’m quite wary of church gigs. I like that they’re […]
Brotherhood of Breath (100 Club, EFG London Jazz Festival, 20 November 2019. Review by Patrick Hadfield) In his opening comments, Frank Williams pointed out that this year marked the sixtieth anniversary of […]
Vjay Iyer and Craig Taborn – The Transitory Poems (ECM: 773 0119. CD review by Nick Davies) Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn, two of creative music’s most resourceful players, learned to meld and […]
