Spanish Fly (Owl Music Parlor, Brooklyn, 14 July 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) I hold these truths to be self-evident: Spanish Fly are 30 years old. Spanish Fly were beyond genre before […]
Spanish Fly at Owl Music Parlor, Brooklyn
Chryssie Hynde – a new jazzy direction?
The icon of rock and pop music announced some time ago that she was working on a jazz cover album together with a mysterious The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble. Then, at the […]
Van Morrison at the Roundhouse
Van Morrison (Roundhouse – 7 July 2019, second night of 2-night residency. Review and drawing by Geoff Winston) Van Morrison pitched it just right on his second night at the Roundhouse. He […]
Swanage Jazz Festival 2019
Swanage Jazz Festival 2019 (13-14 July 2019. Report by Peter Jones) “We WILL be here next year,” vowed Paul Kelly, director of the 2019 Swanage Jazz Festival as he spoke to the […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival, 2019 – Part 3
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 3 (Alto Adige 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) Experimentation is at the heart of jazz and at this Festival. In the brewery basement, with its authentic jazz […]
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins
Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society with Alex Hawkins ( Café Oto, 8 July 2019. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Joshua Abram’s Natural Information Society are playing two nights at Café Oto with special guests […]
Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place – highlights
Love Supreme Jazz Festival (Glynde Place, East Sussex, 5-7 July 2019. Round-up by Gigi Williams and Liam Gessoff) Friday – GoGo Penguin The Mercury prize-winning trio GoGo Penguin consists of Manchester-based musicians Chris […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival, 2019 – Part 2
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 2 (Alto Adige 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) Jazz often looks backwards and forwards at the same time, a kind of nostalgia for the present. Italian trio […]
Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place – Saturday
Love Supreme Jazz Festival – Saturday (Glynde Place, East Sussex, 6 July 2019. Round-up by Lauren Bush) My first time at any big outdoor music festival, I jumped off the bus on […]
Maria Schneider and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s
Maria Schneider and the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra (Ronnie Scott’s, 5 July 2019, early show. Review by Jon Turney) One of the great contemporary jazz composers, Maria Schneider’s intricately arranged music is […]
