Pigfoot (Stream premiered on 21 November 2020 from Karamel. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Leah Williams) From the opening growl of Chris Batchelor’s muted trumpet and the equally purposeful yet joyful […]
Pigfoot at Karamel (2020 EFG LJF)
REVIEW: Liane Carroll’s 606 Club Livestream (2020 EFG LJF)
Liane Carroll (606 Club Livestream. 18 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) “I started my career playing empty jazz clubs and it’s come full circle!” It’s a killer […]
Gwilym Simcock: Solo (606 Club / 2020 EFG LJF)
Gwilym Simcock: Solo (Live stream performance, presented by The 606 Club, for EFG London Jazz Festival. 19 November 2020. Review by Jon Carvell) Stuck at home in Berlin due to travel restrictions, […]
Shabaka Hutchings & Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican (2020 EFG LJF)
Shabaka Hutchings & Britten Sinfonia (Live Stream from The Barbican. 18 November 2020. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Shabaka Hutchings has become a leading figure in the so-called new young wave of British […]
Henry Lowther’s Still Waters at Karamel (2020 EFG LJF)
Henry Lowther’s Still Waters (Karamel livestream as part of EFG London Jazz Festival, 16 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Henry Lowther brought his quintet, Still Waters, to north London’s Karamel for […]
Jay Phelps Quartet – ‘Live At The Cockpit’ (2020 EFG LJF)
Jay Phelps Quartet – Live At The Cockpit (Streamed as part of EFG London Jazz Festival, 14 November 2020. Review by Patrick Hadfield) The latest record from Jay Phelps is Live At The Cockpit, […]
Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia at Sage Gateshead
Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia (Sage Gateshead livestream 14 November 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Polyhymnia is the Greek Muse of sacred poetry, hymn and dance, a deep thinker credited with inventing the lyre, […]
Total Vibration (2020 EFG LJF)
Total Vibration (Green Note. 15 November 2020. Livestream from EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Jon Turney) This looks enticing. Familiar players in an unfamiliar combination: trumpeters Laura Jurd and Chris Batchelor, […]
Dinosaur at Kings Place (2020 EFG LJF)
Dinosaur (Livestreamed from Kings Place, EFG London Jazz Festival 15 November 2020. Review by John Bungey) As an emergency new medium, the online-only gig has yet to reach perfection. When Dinosaur ended […]
New Switzerland: Julie Campiche + Ikarus + Trio Heinz Herbert (2020 EFG LJF)
New Switzerland: Julie Campiche + Ikarus + Trio Heinz Herbert (EFG London Jazz Festival. 14 November 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) Jazz musicians are always adaptable – we may not have been […]
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren’s ‘Lockdown Jazz Session’ from Cardiff
Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren (Cardiff University Concert Hall. 11 November 2020. Review by Sam Norris) Few names in British jazz guarantee quality quite like those of pianist Huw Warren and tenor […]
SEED Ensemble and Guests: ‘Celebrating The Music of Pharoah Sanders’ (2020 EFG LJF)
SEED Ensemble and Guests: Celebrating The Music of Pharoah Sanders (Barbican. 14 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review from livestream by Tony Dudley-Evans) ‘Beauty’ and ‘simplicity’ were the two features that […]
Jazz Voice at Cadogan Hall (2020 EFG LJF)
Jazz Voice (Livestreamed from Cadogan Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival 13 November 2020. Review by Leah Williams) As the EFG London Jazz Festival kicks off this year, it is navigating – as […]
The Dankworth and Harvey Awards Concert 2020 (winners Alex Paxton, Tom Niblock, Eddie Lee)
The Dankworth and Harvey Awards Concert 2020 (Milton Court. 5 November 2020. Report from the livestream by Tony Dudley-Evans) The Guildhall Jazz Orchestra conducted by Scott Stroman performed the winning pieces in […]
Django Bates & Frankfurt Radio Big Band — ‘Celebrating Charlie Parker’
Django Bates & Frankfurt Radio Big Band — Celebrating Charlie Parker (Alte Oper, Frankfurt, 28 October 2020. Reviewed from livestream by AJ Dehany) 2020 is many things, not least the centenary of […]
