Reeds player Jon Shenoy releases Salinas Song, the second album from his quartet Draw By Four, in time for Christmas. It’s on sale from 16 December and the launch party is at […]
Jon Shenoy (new album, Draw By Four’s Salinas Song, launch 22 Dec)
Brian Blain at 90 – Accolades and Anecdotes
Happy 90th Birthday BRIAN BLAIN. On this happy day, which will end with a birthday gig by Liane Carroll at Lauderdale House, we present accolades and anecdotes from friends and colleagues, to […]
Jeanie Barton (new album, Moments of Clarity, plus Pheasantry 26 Jan)
Nottingham-based vocalist Jeanie Barton (*) has a new, third album out entitled Moments of Clarity. She is about to bring her new concert programme celebrating Noel Coward and Cole Porter to The […]
Kit Downes (new album Dreamlife of Debris, now out on ECM)
Pianist, organist and composer Kit Downes has just released Dreamlife of Debris, his second album as leader on ECM Records. He spoke to Peter Bacon about the preceding musical journey and the churches […]
Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet… play music of Namysłowski and Komeda (Jazz Cafe POSK 7 Dec)
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 […]
Robin Phillips (Re-Versed album launch, Pizza Express Jazz Club, 30 Nov)
Robin Phillips is an in-demand singer-pianist who is originally from Surrey who now lives on the outskirts of Cambridge. In a typical year he performs over 200 gigs. In this interview with […]
Guitarist Mikael Máni (new album, Bobby, out now)
Mikael Máni’s interest in the guitar was sparked by a Jimmy Page solo, and his interest in Bobby Fisher stemmed from his fascination with all-consuming passion. The Mikael Máni Trio’s album Bobby […]
Ian Shaw (Side By Side Refugees Charity Night at the 606 Club, 1 December)
Ian Shaw will be hosting and compèring a charity night at the 606 Club in Chelsea on Sunday 1 December in aid of Side By Side Refugees. Laura Thorne asked him to […]
BOTH AND: Geoff Winston and Calum Storrie at Burley Fisher Books (to 24 Nov; now extended to Christmas)
Geoff Winston is co-exhibitor with Calum Storrie at Burley Fisher Books in Dalston. The exhibition is called BOTH AND and runs until 24 November 2019 (now extended to Christmas). Sebastian Scotney asked […]
Vanessa Rubin (Pizza Pheasantry 21-23 November 2019)
Cleveland-born singer VANESSA RUBIN has been a fixture in New York since the 1980s. She made several albums for RCA/Novus in the 1990s, has a new album of songs by Tadd Dameron, […]
The New York All-Stars (new album Live Encounter on Ubuntu Music)
A band of top line players and a set of tunes that let them loose to express themselves, all with the raw energy of live performance. That’s what you get with the […]
Dot Time Records’ Legends series new release – Louis Armstrong: Live In Europe
Launched in 2015, the Dot Time Records Legends series has so far given the world a whole range of incredible, unreleased music from greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Webster and Wolfgang […]
Boulevard Theatre Jazz (Soho Sounds, Wednesdays late)
Soho has always had a close connection with jazz – a century ago, Sidney Bechet used to wander round the London district browsing in music shops – and it is fitting that […]
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 […]
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 […]
