Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas (Royal Albert Hall. 19 December 2019. Review by Georgina Williams) Guy Barker’s Big Band Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall was a three-hour festive extravaganza. Because of […]
Jazz Connective (The Ark, Dublin. 11 and 12 December 2019. Report by Tony Dudley-Evans and Oliver Weindling) The Jazz Connective is a year-long, EU-funded project which brings together promoters and musicians from […]
The Bureau Of Atomic Tourism (Nona Arts Centre, Mechelen, 6 December 2019. Review by Martin Longley) Following on from Martin Longley’s review of Porous Structures , this is the second of gig […]
REVIEW: Mark Lockheart Quartet (Empire Bar Hackney. 11 December 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Tenor titan Mark Lockheart’s new group is a bit of a beast: four heavyweight players presenting new compositions […]
Porous Structures (Het Predikheren, Mechelen.Brand! Festival. 5 December 2019. Review by Martin Longley) Mechelen is a small-ish city in Flanders, equidistant between Brussels and Antwerp, but it has its own five-year-old festival […]
The Shape Of Jazz To Come presents: Orphy Robinson & Mark Mondesir: “I heard you twice the first time” (Vortex, 10 December 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Jazz Warriors alumni Orphy Robinson […]
Brian Shankar Adler’s Fourth Dimension (Jalopy Theatre, New York, 5 December 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) Every jazz musician brings a tradition with them into the music they compose and improvise. Having […]
Jazz Migration Showcase (YOU, NoSax No Clar, Kepler, Nefertiti) (La Dynamo, Pantin, 3 December 2019. Report by Oliver Weindling) The Jazz Migration scheme, organised since 2002 by the French jazz promoter organisation […]
Yes! Trio (New Morning, Paris, 3 December 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What happens when everything goes right? When three friends who already knew each other as music students remain in contact […]
Jason Moran and The Bandwagon (Village Vanguard, NYC, 27 November 2019. Review by Mark Lewandowski) Thanksgiving week at the Village Vanguard has become to the jazz fan as much of a staple […]
Jazz Juniors Festival and Competition (Piec Art Acoustic Jazz Club and other venues, 27-30 November 2019. Report by Mary James) The 43rd Jazz Juniors Competition 2019 Kraków was won by Jakub Paulski […]
Sebastian writes: The opening day of the AJC’s annual meeting “Les Rencontres AJC” on 2 December 2019 at the new Pan Piper venue in the 11th Arondissement was given over to a […]
Chryssie Hynde & Valve Bone Woe Ensemble (Royal Festival Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival, Sunday 24 November 2019. Review by Tomasz Furmanek) This festival concert confirmed what I had heard in June at […]
Soweto Kinch: The Black Peril (EartH Hackney, EFG London Jazz Festival. 22 November 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) “Peaky Blinders meets W.E.B. Du Bois” is how Richard Coles on BBC Radio 4’s […]
Boptet and Steve Fishwick Nonet (Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Bar. 23 November 2019. BOPFEST/EFG LJF. Review by Frank Griffith) Much flying Bopster-ity and beyond was to be heard during the seven days of […]
