Helena Debono (Pizza Express Holborn. 8 September 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Helena Debono released her new album Right Here to a sold-out crowd at Holborn Pizza Express as a part of […]
Helena Debono at Pizza Express Holborn
Shez Raja at Ronnie Scott’s
Shez Raja (Ronnie Scott’s. 5 September 2021. Review by AJ Dehany Punjab means ‘five rivers’. In early 2020 bass player and composer Shez Raja travelled with his father to the Punjab region […]
Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2021, Austria
Art is about what can be done, not just what is allowed to be done. The 41st Saalfelden Jazz Festival, which took place in Austria from 16 to 22 August 2021, relied […]
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival 2021
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival (Pier Stage and King’s Hall, Herne Bay, 22 August 2021 (third day of three). Round-Up by Sebastian Scotney) What if jazz wasn’t always tucked away in […]
Outreach Festival 2021, Austria
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 5-7 August. Report by Oliver Weindling) Franz Hackl’s Outreach Festival, in Schwaz just outside Innsbruck, was able to recover much of its previous blend of summer school and […]
Kevin Sun – ‘♥︎ Bird’ Album launch at the Jazz Gallery NYC
Kevin Sun (Jazz Gallery, NYC. ❤ Bird Album launch. 19 August 2021. Review by Dan Bergsagel) 2020 marked the centennial of Charlie Parker’s birth. Tributes – like nearly everything else last year […]
Inntöne Festival 2021, Austria.
Inntöne Festival 2021 (Diersbach, Austria. 30 July-2 August. Festival Report by Oliver Weindling) To be able to go to a festival where there seems to be little restriction (as all the work […]
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet at Birdland NYC
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet (Birdland NYC, 16 July 2021. Review by Dan Bergsagel) “DEL. FEE. OH. You pronounce it Del-Fee-Oh.” This is how Delfeayo Marsalis enters the stage: with gentle sass and a light […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2021
Oliver Weindling reports from the Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2021 (25 June – 4 July), and picks five concerts which he particularly enjoyed The South Tyrol Jazz Festival combines amazing locations in […]
Ill-Considered at Kings Place Hall Two
Ill-Considered (Liran Donin, Idris Rahman, Emre Ramazanoglu) (Kings Place Hall Two. 10 July 2021. Live review by AJ Dehany) I used to switch the lights off and listen to the Velvet Underground […]
‘Joe Harriott, Harry Beckett, Shake Keane and the Caribbean Jazz Influence’: Symposium and Concert at Guildhall School
The Guildhall School held a seminar and concert on Tuesday 29 June shining a light on the important influence of British musicians with a Caribbean heritage: Joe Harriott, Shake Keane and Harry […]
Deschanel Gordon Quartet at the 606 Club
Deschanel Gordon Quartet (606 Club. 26 June 2021. Review by Peter Jones) This eagerly-anticipated gig was massively over-subscribed, and it’s not difficult to see why. 23-year-old Londoner Deschanel Gordon has already scaled […]
Andy Panayi and the Blue Vanguard Trio (Club re-opening Night, Exeter)
Andy Panayi and the Blue Vanguard Trio(Blue Vanguard Jazz Club, Exeter. Live review by Martin Sawer) St Matthew’s Hall in the ancient port town of Topsham, downriver from Exeter, is the new […]
Rob Luft and Elina Duni at Ronnie Scott’s
Rob Luft, Elina Duni and Fred Thomas (Ronnie Scott’s. 22 June 2021. Review by Peter Jones) It’s not often you emerge from Ronnie Scott’s at the end of an evening gig to […]
Liane Carroll and Ian Shaw at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street (re-opening gig)
Liane Carroll and Ian Shaw (Pizza Express Dean Street. 21 June 2021 – re-opening gig. Review by Lavender Sutton) It’s been more than a year since performers and a live audience have […]
