Rodney P’s Jazz Funk (BBC Four. Filmed and directed by Denise Alder. Broadcast on 24 July 2020. Review by Brian Blain) Rapper Rodney P Edwards’ Jazz Funk, shown recently on BBC Four, […]
“Rodney P’s Jazz Funk”
The Gil Evans Project’ – “Concierto de Aranjuez” from “Sketches of Spain”
The Gil Evans Project’s Concierto de Aranjuez from Sketches of Spain (Streamed by Jazz Standard Premieres. 6 August 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) 2020 has been a time of jazz innovation. Some […]
Tom Seals Band: Picnic at the Palace
Tom Seals Band: Picnic at the Palace (Blenheim Palace 22 July. Live review by Alison Bentley) Now that outdoor gigs are allowed again, going to one felt strangely clandestine. Would Blenheim Palace […]
The Return Sessions – Ronnie Scott’s All Stars (first music at the club since March)
The Return Sessions – Ronnie Scott’s All Stars (Livestream 6 July 2020. Review by Lavender Sutton) It feels like a lifetime has passed since some of us have seen the inside of […]
“Solo” by Andrew McCormack
Andrew McCormack – Solo (Livestreamed album launch, 26 June 2020. Review by Rob Mallows) Lockdown has forced London’s music lovers to experience live music in a very odd way. But even with […]
“The Windrush Suite” by Renell Shaw
The Windrush Suite by Renell Shaw (Streamed by the Vortex Jazz Club. 22 June 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) The Windrush Suite was streamed to mark the second National Windrush Day, remembering […]
Jo Harrop Quartet Featuring Alex Garnett at the 606 Club (Club’s First Livestream)
Jo Harrop Quartet Featuring Alex Garnett (606 Club Livestream. 20 June 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney) First and foremost hats off, raise a glass to Steve Rubie. In normal times he […]
Tin Men and the Telephone – The GREATEST Show
Tin Men and the Telephone – The GREATEST Show (Hosted by the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. 6 June 2020. Online gig review by Alison Bentley) Travel to another […]
Archive Review as Podcast: Jan Garbarek at the 2012 London Jazz Festival
Sebastian writes: There are some reviews from our archive, now approaching 10,000 articles, which are so well-written, I have been excited to discover how they would sound as audio. This is the […]
Liam Noble’s Saturday afternoon concerts
Liam Noble’s Saturday afternoon concerts (Twitch TV. 18 April 2009. Livestream Review by AJ Dehany) While we’re waiting for the lockdown to ‘flatten the curve’ of the viral spread, we’re watching another […]
Bruce Barth and Barry Green (GMF Online Concerts)
Bruce Barth and Barry Green (GMF Online Concerts) (15 and 16 April 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Solo concerts from pianists Bruce Barth from his home in New York, and […]
TJ Johnson – “Live on Facebook”
LIVESTREAM REVIEW: TJ Johnson – Live on Facebook from his front room (Review by Sue Carrette. Streamed lived on 1 April. Watch back on TJ Johnson’s Facebook page) These are the strangest […]
Iiro Rantala – “My Finnish Calendar”
LIVESTREAM REVIEW: Iiro Rantala – My Finnish Calendar (livestream https://live.keikalla.fi/) Scottish comedian Billy Connolly said that Glasgow has only two seasons: winter and July. We’re mostly used to thinking of four, but […]
Steve Beresford / Thurston Moore duo at Cafe OTO
Steve Beresford / Thurston Moore duo (Cafe OTO. 16 March 2020. Review and drawing by Geoff Winston) Cafe OTO embarked on an ambitious fundraising campaign with five concerts on consecutive nights, opened […]
Fred Hersch inaugural online daily live mini-concert – 22 March 2020
Fred Hersch inaugural online daily live mini-concert (22 March 2020. Online/Live Review by Dan Bergsagel) Needless to say that disruption is currently the norm. And out of all the unexpected turns of […]
