Richard Pite celebrates ten years of the Jazz Repertory Company at Cadogan Hall with a re-run of his sell-out concert of 2015 featuring the music of Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, […]
Don WellerPhoto credit: Nicholas de Jong CleyndertOn Monday 10 September the 606 Club presents a night of music and celebration in honour of the great British saxophonist Don Weller. Don is now […]
Joe Locke and Gwilym SimcockPhoto credit: Monika S JakubowskaA special concert coming up gives us the opportunity to see two exciting but contrasting groups, both featuring pianist Gwilym Simcock. For the first set, […]
Ramón VallePublicity Photo by Gerhard Richter“You don’t need to play free jazz to feel free in jazz,” says Amsterdam-based Cuban pianist RAMÓN VALLE, who will be with his trio at Ronnie Scott’s […]
The Julian Costello QuartetPhoto: © Lisa MiniussiSaxophonist Julian Costello starts out soon on a tour with a difference – his Open Soundcheck tour. He tells Mary James what it’s all about.London Jazz […]
Chris BarberPhoto Credit: Luc LodderCHRIS BARBER was just a one-year-old when Duke Ellington recorded Rockin’ in Rhythm in 1931, but the song and the trombonist are still going strong nearly nine decades […]
Mike WalkerPhoto credit: Lieve BoussauwSalford-born Guitarist and composer MIKE WALKER’s first album Madhouse and the Whole Thing There, released in 2008, was widely considered to be a masterpiece. He is about to […]
Sara DowlingPhoto: © Steven Tagg RandallVocalist Sara Dowling is about to release her second album, Two Sides Of Sara. She spoke to Sebastian about the complexities of heritage, the power of two, […]
Pete Long (clarinet): Neptune, the mysticPhoto credit: Philip NashDuke Ellington’s elegant and witty reworkings of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcrackerand Grieg’s Peer Gynt suites are featured along with an Ellingtonian Jazz Planets – a new […]
Wendy KirklandPhoto Credit: Mark Ludbrook / Roman RobroekLast year pianist/singer Wendy Kirkland released her Piano Divas album, dedicated to the many female singers and pianists who have inspired her. Now she’s taking […]
Anders HelmersonPhoto credit: Takako YagiAnders Helmerson is a Swedish musician with eclectic taste and a track record of exciting material. With influences from progressive rock, jazz and everything in between, Helmerson’s new […]
Pixie & The GypsiesSteve Leigh Funky Feet PhotographyWith music as warm as the campfire it was made to be played around, Pixie and The Gypsies are an ethereally beautiful new face on […]
Simon LaskyPhoto: © Joe LaskySimon Lasky has his second Group album, About The Moment, available via all the usual channels. Helen Mayhew on Jazz FM has called it “wonderful”, and Euan Dixon (JazzViews) […]
Ann Antidote/Notorische Ruhestörung – in the Ideas Of Noise programmePublicity picture There’s a new festival happening in Birmingham, 3 to 5 August. It’s called Ideas of Noise and the producers are musicians Sarah […]
Becki BigginsPublicity picture It’s the holidays and it’s never too soon to start the toddlers at musical summer school. Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and saxophonist Becki Biggins is holding a free Musical Picnic. […]
