Peter Bacon reports: Two UK jazz composer/improvisers are among the ten recipients announced this evening by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation in their 2019 Awards of Artists scheme. Mark Lockheart and Laura Jurd, […]
Jim Beard/Jon Herington – Chunks And Chairknobs (Jazzline D 77069. CD review by Peter Bacon) As liner notes man Bill Milkowski explains, pianist Jim Beard and guitarist Jon Herington have been session players […]
Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 7 November 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) What a wonderful glow there is in the sound of the French horn. But it takes real […]
Peter Bacon reports: The ongoing celebrations that surround ECM Records’ 50th birthday, will, we are reliably informed, continue well into 2020, but are represented In London this month with concerts by ECM […]
Pancevo Jazz Festival, Serbia (Culture Centre, Pancevo, 31 Oct – 2 Nov. Review and photos by John Watson) The warmth of Paolo Fresu’s flugelhorn sound, and the passion it conveys, has me spellbound… […]
Crazy Coqs, the cabaret venue at Brasserie Zédel in Piccadilly, has a very strong programme as part of the 2019 EFG London Jazz Festival. The accent is on distinctive singers of the […]
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope (Edition Records EDN1136. CD Review by Jon Turney) A little late to reviewing this one, but for a good reason: It’s one of those recordings I kept postponing […]
Dutch sextet Ikarai bring their Muhammad concert programme to EFG London Jazz Festival on Friday 15 November. It’s been described as “a show like no other” – with some justification, as not […]
“Everything develops slowly, sometimes suddenly, and not in straight lines.” Pianist, composer and band leader Julia Hülsmann has a deep understanding of the way her music needs to move forward. She has […]
Karen Marshalsay – The Road to Kennacraig (Cramasie Records. CRCD001. CD review by Patrick Hadfield) The road to Kennacraig is the road to Islay, where Karen Marshalsay wrote the tune the gives […]
Reich/Richter and Moor Mother’s The Great Bailout (Barbican complex, 23 October 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) This was a very busy evening at the Barbican with two must-see concerts of […]
Laila Biali (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 28 October 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Laila Biali is becoming a staple name on the jazz scene in North America and now in Europe too. […]
Binker Golding Quartet, Trish Clowes, Meridian (Jazz in the Round, Cockpit Theatre, 28 October 2019. Review by Peter Jones) The Cockpit is the venue for the excellent monthly Jazz in the Round […]
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society (Jazz Standard, New York, 24 October 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) There is no dramatic start or ear-catching launch; instead, Darcy James Argue is slowly layering the […]
Van Morrison – Three Chords And The Truth (Exile/Caroline. CD review by Adam Sieff) Here’s Van Morrison at 74, a hard working man with a busy tour schedule releasing his sixth album in […]
