Alexander Hawkins (Cafe Oto, 1 November 2020; drawings and review by Geoffrey Winston) “It does feel like something of a miracle to be here,” declared a smiling Alexander Hawkins, only just believing […]
Alexander Hawkins at Cafe Oto
Django Bates & Frankfurt Radio Big Band — ‘Celebrating Charlie Parker’
Django Bates & Frankfurt Radio Big Band — Celebrating Charlie Parker (Alte Oper, Frankfurt, 28 October 2020. Reviewed from livestream by AJ Dehany) 2020 is many things, not least the centenary of […]
GoGo Penguin ‘Live From Studio Two’ (Abbey Road)
GoGo Penguin ‘Live From Studio Two’ (Streamed from Abbey Road on 29 October 2020. Review by Lavender Sutton) Blue Note label band GoGo Penguin are originally from Manchester, but have risen quickly […]
Nubya Garcia – Live from the Barbican
Nubya Garcia (Live from the Barbican. 29 October 2020. Reviewed from the livestream by Adam Sieff) There’s something immensely satisfying about watching young British jazz musicians develop over time through music colleges […]
Valentina Magaletti solo, and duo with Susumu Mukai at Cafe Oto
Valentina Magaletti solo, and duo with Susumu Mukai (Cafe Oto, 25 October 2020; review and photo and drawing by Geoff Winston) It was rather wonderful to be able to experience high quality, […]
What Happens in a Year – Josh Sinton Trio at Industry City, NYC
What Happens in a Year – Josh Sinton Trio Industry City, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. 18 October 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Recently, the boundaries between our personal and private lives have become […]
Alex Horne and the Horne Section at Ronnie Scott’s
Alex Horne and the Horne Section (Ronnie Scott’s. 13 October 2020. Second night of three. Review by Lavender Sutton) Ronnie Scott’s has reopened with social distancing in place and it feels great […]
David and Judith O’Higgins – “His ‘n’ Hers” album launch at the 606
David and Judith O’Higgins – His ‘n’ Hers album launch (606 Club. 10 October 2020. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Jazz musicians who combine music with careers in medicine…what a very special group […]
Michael Kanan – Global Music Foundation’s Online Concert Series
Michael Kanan (Global Music Foundation’s Online Concert Series. Streamed on Zoom. 3 October 2020. Review by Rosa Sawer) The Global Music Foundation has put together an impressive series of live online concerts […]
Joel Ross Quartet on The Mall in Central Park (NYC)- Walk With The Wind series
Joel Ross Quartet – Walk With The Wind series (The Mall in Central Park NYC. 20 September 2020. Review by Dan Bergsagel) On Sunday, a Joel Ross quartet played a rare […]
2020 Outreach Festival (Austria)
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 6-8 August 2020. Review and photos by Oliver Weindling) The Outreach Festival has now been going for 28 years. Taking place in Schwaz, just outside Innsbruck, a […]
2020 INNtöne Jazzfestival (Austria)
INNtöne Jazzfestival (Inntöne, Diersbach, Austria 14-16 August 2020. Review by Oliver Weindling) The irrepressible Paul Zauner had to adapt his INNtöne Jazzfestival substantially to have it occur at all this year. […]
2020 Gaume Jazz Festival (Belgium)
Gaume Jazz Festival 2020 (Rossignol, Belgium, 7-8-9 August 2020. Review by Carlo Henrich. Photos by Éric Grundmann and Gérard Beckers) It was a joy for the public and musicians to […]
“Rodney P’s Jazz Funk”
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, […]
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 […]
