Bill Frisell Solo (Cadogan Hall. 13 March 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) “What the World Needs Now….” is – quite emphatically – more Bill Frisell. The gentleness, the bonhomie, the deeply civilised […]
Bill Frisell Solo at Cadogan Hall
Stéphane Belmondo/Kirk Lightsey Quintet and Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli in Graz, Austria
Stéphane Belmondo/Kirk Lightsey Quintet Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli (Tube’s, Graz (Austria). 10 March 2022 (Belmondo/Lightsey) and 11 March 2022 (Keïta/Brönnimann/Niggli ). Live Reviews by Oliver Weindling) Tube’s is a new venue in Graz in the […]
Robben Ford and Bill Evans – Blues, Miles and Beyond at Ronnie Scott’s
Robben Ford and Bill Evans – Blues, Miles and Beyond (Ronnie Scott’s. 10 March 2022. First set. Live review by David Freeman) The first of the quartet’s six performances at Ronnie’s, this […]
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra (Ronnie Scott’s. 6 March 2022. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra’s “Face to Face” tour was originally planned to take place in 2020. It has… […]
Chumbo, Jasmine Quintet, Holly Flo Lightly at Cluny 2, Newcastle
Chumbo, Jasmine Quintet & Holly Flo Lightly (Written Records Interchanges at Cluny 2, Newcastle. 27 Feb 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) Purists beware! — Interchanges, the inaugural live event curated by […]
Andreas Varady at Cafe Museum in Passau (Germany)
Andreas Varady, Bandi Varady, Adrian Varady(Cafe Museum, Passau. 26 February 2022. Live Review by Oliver Weindling) Guitarist Andreas Varady, still just 26, is, through an exemplary technique and a focused attention to […]
NYJO in Sunderland: ‘Amy Winehouse – A Celebration of her Life and Music’
National Youth Jazz Orchestra: Amy Winehouse – A Celebration of her Life and Music (The Fire Station, Sunderland, 10 Feb 2022. Review by AJ Dehany) The death of the troubled English singer-songwriter […]
Simon Spillett Big Band at the Concorde Club, Eastleigh
Simon Spillett Big Band play the music of Tubby Hayes (The Concorde Club, Eastleigh, Hampshire. 9 February 2022. Review by Paul Kelly) The Concorde Club in Eastleigh, just north of Southampton, is […]
Jason Rebello at St Martin in the Fields
Jason Rebello (St Martin the Fields. 3 February 2021. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) 7pm Concert in the church: Adorna album launch/ London premiere with Opus Anglicanum 9.15pm: Trio in the crypt […]
Jyotsna Srikanth and Justyna Jablońska / Fergus McCreadie Trio at Celtic Connections
Jyotsna Srikanth and Justyna Jablońska / Fergus McCreadie Trio. (Celtic Connections at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 30 January 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Opening this typically eclectic Celtic Connections gig […]
Seonaid Aitken / Matt Carmichael Quintet at Celtic Connections, Glasgow
Seonaid Aitken / Matt Carmichael Quintet. (Celtic Connections at The Mackintosh Church, Glasgow. 29 January 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Glasgow’s Celtic Connections had been able to keep some of its […]
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble / Amy Gadiaga Trio at The Jazz Sanctuary, Twickenham
Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble / Amy Gadiaga Trio (The Jazz Sanctuary, Twickenham. 28 January 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) Amy Gadiaga (pron. Ga-dya-ja) is a young French-born bass player […]
NCW4 (Nick Costley-White 4) first gig at Sound Cellar, Poole, Dorset
NCW 4 (Nick Costley-White, Ivo Neame, Conor Chaplin, Lewis Wright) (Sound Cellar, The Avocet, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. 20 January 2022. Live review by Paul Kelly) The post-industrial seaside Dorset town of Poole […]
Loré Lixenberg: Conlon Nancarrow at Cafe Oto
Loré Lixenberg performs Conlon Nancarrow (Cafe Oto, 10 January 2022. Live review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Mezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg’s vocal interpretation of the works for player-piano of American composer Conlon Nancarrow […]
Shirley Smart Trio at St. Mary’s Church, Perivale
Shirley Smart Trio (St. Mary’s Church, Perivale. 19 January 2022. Live Review by Peter Slavid) There are very few modern jazz venues in West London, so it was refreshing to find some […]
