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… […]
Pancevo Jazz Festival, Serbia
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Silje Nergaard/Espen Berg plus more at Crazy Coqs for EFG London Jazz Festival (15-23 Nov)
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
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 […]
Ikarai’s Muhammad project (tour 13-15 Nov including 2019 EFG LJF)
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 […]
Julia Hülsmann (Cambridge Jazz Festival 15 Nov, EFG LJF 17 Nov, new ECM album out today)
“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
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 at the Barbican
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 at Pizza Express Jazz Club
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 at Jazz in the Round
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 at the Jazz Standard
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
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 […]
Belgrade Jazz Festival
Belgrade Jazz Festival (Various venues, 22-28 October 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) How much, I wondered, is Stanley Clarke’s right thumb insured for? As he hammered it down with awesome power […]
SNJO and Simcock headline Middlesbrough Sunday Jazz Weekender (27 Oct)
Peter Bacon reports: The Sunday Jazz Weekender is back and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra featuring Brian Kellock, Gwilym Simcock, plus duos of SNJO head honcho Tommy Smith and Kellock, and Zoe Gilby […]
Gradischnig/Fishwick/Raible/Antoniou/Home – Mo Is On: The Music of Elmo Hope Vol 2
Gradischnig/Fishwick/Raible/Antoniou/Home – Mo Is On: The Music of Elmo Hope Vol 2 (Trio Records TR604. CD review by Leonard Weinreich) Jazz is haunted by tragic ghosts: giants like Bix, Christian, Blanton, Bird and […]
R.I.P. Ray Swinfield (14 Dec 1939 – 4 Oct 2019) – in tribute
Ray Swinfield, who played woodwinds with everyone from Count Basie to The Beatles, died earlier this month at the age of 79. Lindy Swinfield has very kindly shared with LondonJazz News this […]
