Paul Booth Quartet (Travel Sketches album launch) (Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, 27 August 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) On the hottest of nights, the coolest of jazz. Tenor saxophonist Paul Booth’s […]
Olly Chalk Trio with John O’Gallagher (The Music Room, Liverpool. 24 August 2019. Review by Frank Griffith) On 24 August, The Music Room at Liverpool’s venerated Philharmonic Hall featured Suffolk-born, Birmingham Conservatoire-trained pianist Olly […]
Hevhet Fest (Kosice, Slovakia. 18-19 August 2019. Round-up by Oliver Weindling) The music, the attitude, the commitment in evidence at this showcase/festival organised by the Slovak Hevhetia label were an inspiration. Over […]
Prom 45 – Mississippi Goddam: A Portrait of Nina Simone (Royal Albert Hall. 21 August 2019. BBC Proms. Review by Rachel Coombes) Long-standing Nina Simone fans, and anyone who has seen the […]
Scottish Jazz & Beyond: Fergus McCreadie Trio, Graeme Stephen’s The River, The Playtime Trio, and Tom Bancroft’s In Common (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 16 and 17 August 2019. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Scottish […]
Etuk Ubong and The Etuk’s Philosophy (Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, 5 August 2019. Review by John L. Walters) Trumpeter Etuk Ubong is a fresh new voice in the international jazz scene. […]
Kenny Barron Trio (Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. 4 August 2019. International Piano Trio Festival. Review by Peter Vacher) The standout booking for the club’s 2019 International Piano Trio Festival was this opening two-day […]
Avishai Cohen Trio (Blue Note, New York, 3 August 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) It’s standing room only on a Saturday night at the Blue Note, and the rumour from the barman […]
Gwilym Simcock and The Storyhouse Big Band (Storyhouse, Chester. 2 August 2019. Chester Music Festival. Review by Frank Griffith) Big Band Jazz is truly alive and well in the North-West of the […]
Charles Lloyd’s Kindred Spirits (Ronnie Scott’s, 1 August 2019, first night, second house. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Charles Lloyd’s first appearance at Ronnie’s with a truly amazing group was a […]
Yur Yesli Quartet (Kansas Smitty’s Bar. 1 August 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What would George Benson have done? If he had played the same series of victorious, emphatic chords that 23-year […]
Evan Parker with Birds (Evan Parker, John Coxon, Ashley Wales, Mark Sanders) (Cafe Oto, 26 July 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Evan Parker with Birds: For Steve Lacy is a […]
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo (Royal Albert Hall. Review by Sebastian Scotney/Pictures by Mark Allan) To bop or not to bop. That is the question. For the people down there in the Royal […]
Naked City Festival (Beckenham Place Park, 27 July 2019. Round-up by Rachel Coombes) Undeterred by the intermittent downpours, hundreds of Londoners flocked to Beckenham Place Park on Saturday for the inaugural Naked City […]
Catenaccio (Spice of Life, 24 July 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Catenaccio is Tom Cawley’s most recent undertaking as a band leader. It delves into his love of football and synthesisers and it’s hard to tell […]
