
Francesco Martinelli reports from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul (24 September- 9 October 2022) Akbank Jazz Festival is a bank-sponsored autumn event in Istanbul. It has been celebrating its 32nd edition this […]
Francesco Martinelli reports from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul (24 September- 9 October 2022) Akbank Jazz Festival is a bank-sponsored autumn event in Istanbul. It has been celebrating its 32nd edition this […]
Nicole Mitchell Lit & Phil. Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music – Day 2 & 3. Two writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered the innovative 2022 NFoJaIM festival for […]
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music (The Lit& Phil, Newcastle. Day 1: Thursday 29 September 2022. Festival Report by Peter Slavid) Two LJN writers, Peter Slavid and AJ Dehany, jointly covered […]
Art Themen (Fringe Jazz at Bristol Music Club. 28 September. Review by Mike Collins) A stone’s throw from the University of Bristol’s Student Union building, it’s easy to miss the steps down […]
Mike Westbrook & The Uncommon Orchestra. Rossini – Re-Loaded, Cambridge Modern Jazz at West Road Concert Hall , 27 September 2022. Review by Duncan Heining) Gioachino Rossini danced with the Count – […]
Bulgarian Showcases at Europe Jazz Conference (National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria, 22-25 September 2022. Report by Tony Dudley-Evans) This year’s Europe Jazz Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria presented a showcase programme, giving […]
Sebastian writes: Words aren’t going to do justice to an occasion as powerful and memorable as this… there may be some photos along later… so for the moment we go analogue and […]
Hans Koller Big Band(Vortex Jazz Club. 24 September 2022. Live review by Duncan Heining) Hans Koller is one of the most accomplished composer/arrangers on the UK scene today. Had he been around […]
William Parker Quartet (Green-Wood Cemetery. Concerts in the Catacombs series. 22 September 2022. Live review by Dan Bergsagel) There was no extended chat from the concert hosts at Green-Wood Cemetery to introduce this […]
Cellicious (Kate Shortt and Rupert Gillett) (Lauderdale House, 22 September 2022. Short live review by Sebastian Scotney) This was a clever choice to welcome a loyal audience back for the 2022-2023 season […]
Julia Hülsmann Quartet (A-Trane Berlin. 14 September 2022. The Next Door’ album launch. Review by Sebastian Scotney) We are at the launch of an ECM album, and at first we think we […]
Yetii (The Greenbank, Easton, Bristol. 8 September 2022. Live review by Mike Collins) A Thursday at the end of summer, and Summer, had an elegiac air, a hymn-like harmony, alluring, unexpected shifts in […]
Jakob Bro Trio with Anders Christensen and Brian Blade (Flagey Studio 1, Brussels. Sunday 4 September 2022. Fourth night of four. Live review by Dick Hovenga(*) Dick Hovenga, who runs the Dutch […]
Marius Neset/ London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson – Geyser (Royal Albert Hall – Proms 2022, Saturday 3 September. Live review by Rob Mallows) Out of pain, comes beauty. Geyser – the new […]
Fills Monkey: We Will Drum You (The Grand, The Pleasance, Edinburgh. 28 August 2022. Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Live Review by Fiona Mactaggart.) When the electric saw made its appearance, I […]