Lukas Mantel’s 6-tet “Vardah” 30th Schaffhauser Jazz Festival (Kulturzentrum Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, May 22-25 2019. Round-Up and iPhone snaps by Alison Bentley) This is the first part of Alison’s round-up of a […]
Shireen Francis Publicity photo Shireen Francis (Lauderdale House, 23 May 2019. Review by Brian Blain) Shireen Francis, who played, along with her fine band – Gunther Kurmayr (p) Josh Kemp (ts), Manuel Alvarez (b) […]
John Helliwell of Big Band Supertramp Photo Credit and © William Ellis Frank Griffith attended three very diverse concerts on the Friday (24 May) of the 2019 Manchester Jazz Festival. He writes: […]
Re-united this week at the Vortex: the Kirk Lightsey Trio with Steve Watts and Dave Wickins (Photo from 2017 EFG London Jazz Festival) Report by Sebastian: When the jazz community in this […]
Four plus Three plus John Williams Photo credit: Tatiana Gorilovsky Sebastian writes: The newest piece, maybe even the centrepiece at last Wednesday’s album launch of Georgia Mancio and Kate Willliams’ new album Finding […]
Kate Westbrook and The Granite Band Publicity picture Granite – A Soliloquy Kate Westbrook and The Granite Band (Kings Place Hall Two, 16 May 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I’d given the […]
L-R: Theo Croker, Nick Jurd, Soweto Kinch iPhone snap by Rachel Coombes Theo Croker and Soweto Kinch (The Curtain Club, London. 16 May 2019. Review by Rachel Coombes) The first on-stage encounter […]
Jordan Rakei at EartH iPhone snap by Leah Williams Jordan Rakei (EartH, Hackney, 15 May 2019. Review by Leah Williams) Jordan Rakei has had an outstanding few years, releasing new music and […]
“This was my gig of the festival” (Tony Dudley-Evans) Luc Ex Assemblée with Rachel Musson (foreground) Photo Credit and © Peter Bastian The Europajazz Festival in Le Mans has been celebrating its […]
Dan Weiss’s Starebaby (Vortex, 2 May 2019; review and drawing by Geoff Winston) Drummer Dan Weiss’s project, Starebaby, with his top-drawer collaborators, Craig Taborn (keyboards), Ben Monder (guitar), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Matt Mitchell (keyboards), has been around five years in gestation, […]
Georgie Fame and the BBC Big Band Publicity photo Georgie Fame with the BBC Big Band (Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Sunday 12 May 2019. Review by Frank Griffith) The unique and distinctive vocals […]
Gabriel Latchin, May 2019 Photo credit: Roser Jorba Gabriel Latchin Trio The Moon and I album launch (Pizza Express Dean Street. 8 May 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Gabriel Latchin has defined […]
Hanna Paulsberg Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Hanna Paulsberg Concept (Parabola Arts Centre, 4 May 2019. Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Slavid) Hanna Paulsberg was part of the very […]
Madeleine Peyroux Photo credit and © John Watson / jazzcamera.co.uk Madeleine Peyroux; Omar Sosa and Yilian Cañizares (Cheltenham Jazz Festival. 5 May. Review by Jon Turney) A quarter-century after her notable debut, […]
Marc Copland. Birmingham, 2018 Photo credit and © John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk Marc Copland (Parabola Arts Centre. Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 5 May 2019. Review by Mike Collins) Marc Copland was alone on stage […]
