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 […]
