Joe Downard Sextet – Seven Japanese Tales (Vortex, 23 September 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) This gig was part of The Shape of Jazz To Come, a Vortex programme supported by the Dave Holland […]
Miles Davis 1959 – Porgy and Bess…Kind of Blue And More (Cadogan Hall, London, 21 September 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so the old adage goes. Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory […]
Örjan Hultén’s Orion (NAC, Wolverhampton, 22 September 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) What glorious variety there is in the long history of Swedish jazz – from the early days of musicians […]
Liam Noble with Seb Rochford and Tom Herbert – launch of The Long Game (Kings Place, 16 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I seem to be following Jon Turney around, mainly in […]
Michel Legrand Remembered (Royal Festival Hall, 20 September 2019. Review by Andrew Cartmel) Produced by Fane and hosted by long-time Michel Legrand collaborator Jeremy Sams, this lavish concert was originally conceived as […]
Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival (Various venues, Islay, 13-15 September 2019. Review and photos by Patrick Hadfield) The Islay Jazz Festival, sponsored by Lagavulin and produced by Islay Arts and Jazz Scotland, is […]
Telepathic Band – Electric Telepathy Vol. 1 album launch (Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY, 10 September 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Album launch sets come in all shapes and sizes: sometimes they are a […]
The Big Chris Barber Band (Cadogan Hall, London, 13 September 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) When Bob Hunt, the band’s trombonist and musical director, came out on stage it was to emphasize that […]
Pigfoot – Pigfoot Shuffle launch (The Vortex, 7 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’d just gone along as a punter, and to be honest, Adrian Pallant’s liner notes to the new album launched […]
Punkt Festival – Part 2 (Kristiansand, Norway, 5-7 September 2019. Round-Up by Martin Longley) It’s unusual to hear the Thurston Moore Group play instrumental music, but that’s what’s promised on their soon-coming […]
Punkt Festival – Part 1 (Kristiansand, Norway, 5-7 September 2019. Round-Up by Martin Longley) When artists perform at Punkt, they have to agree to be sampled, and then to have their contents […]
Quentin Collins Sextet (Road Warrior album launch) Pizza Express Jazz Club, 3 September 2019. Review by Brian Blain) Quite an occasion at Dean Street’s Pizza Express last Tuesday when two packed houses […]
Reykjavik Jazzhátíð/ Reykjavik Jazz Festival (Reykjavik, Iceland. 4-8 September 2019. Festival Round-Up by Sebastian Scotney) This first-time visit to Iceland has been a fascinating voyage of discovery. During four days at the […]
The band with no name: Deurloo/Zawadzki/Chisnall (Ambleside Days Contemporary Jazz Festival, 31 August 2019. Review by Mike Collins) The Ambleside Days festival has an enticing roster of nightly gigs with an impressive […]
Howl Quartet and Howes3 (Vortex, Dalston. 31 August 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Ubuntu Music has been signing and presenting some terrific acts in the last several years, and their showcase at […]
