
Art is about what can be done, not just what is allowed to be done. The 41st Saalfelden Jazz Festival, which took place in Austria from 16 to 22 August 2021, relied […]
Art is about what can be done, not just what is allowed to be done. The 41st Saalfelden Jazz Festival, which took place in Austria from 16 to 22 August 2021, relied […]
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival (Pier Stage and King’s Hall, Herne Bay, 22 August 2021 (third day of three). Round-Up by Sebastian Scotney) What if jazz wasn’t always tucked away in […]
Outreach Festival (Schwaz, Austria 5-7 August. Report by Oliver Weindling) Franz Hackl’s Outreach Festival, in Schwaz just outside Innsbruck, was able to recover much of its previous blend of summer school and […]
Kevin Sun (Jazz Gallery, NYC. <3 Bird Album launch. 19 August 2021. Review by Dan Bergsagel) 2020 marked the centennial of Charlie Parker’s birth. Tributes – like nearly everything else last year […]
Inntöne Festival 2021 (Diersbach, Austria. 30 July-2 August. Festival Report by Oliver Weindling) To be able to go to a festival where there seems to be little restriction (as all the work […]
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet (Birdland NYC, 16 July 2021. Review by Dan Bergsagel) “DEL. FEE. OH. You pronounce it Del-Fee-Oh.” This is how Delfeayo Marsalis enters the stage: with gentle sass and a light […]
Oliver Weindling reports from the Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2021 (25 June – 4 July), and picks five concerts which he particularly enjoyed The South Tyrol Jazz Festival combines amazing locations in […]
Ill-Considered (Liran Donin, Idris Rahman, Emre Ramazanoglu) (Kings Place Hall Two. 10 July 2021. Live review by AJ Dehany) I used to switch the lights off and listen to the Velvet Underground […]
The Guildhall School held a seminar and concert on Tuesday 29 June shining a light on the important influence of British musicians with a Caribbean heritage: Joe Harriott, Shake Keane and Harry […]
Deschanel Gordon Quartet (606 Club. 26 June 2021. Review by Peter Jones) This eagerly-anticipated gig was massively over-subscribed, and it’s not difficult to see why. 23-year-old Londoner Deschanel Gordon has already scaled […]
Andy Panayi and the Blue Vanguard Trio(Blue Vanguard Jazz Club, Exeter. Live review by Martin Sawer) St Matthew’s Hall in the ancient port town of Topsham, downriver from Exeter, is the new […]
Rob Luft, Elina Duni and Fred Thomas (Ronnie Scott’s. 22 June 2021. Review by Peter Jones) It’s not often you emerge from Ronnie Scott’s at the end of an evening gig to […]
Liane Carroll and Ian Shaw (Pizza Express Dean Street. 21 June 2021 – re-opening gig. Review by Lavender Sutton) It’s been more than a year since performers and a live audience have […]
Five-Way Split(Toulouse Lautrec. 12 June 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Toulouse Lautrec has been back in full swing for a few weeks now with everything from burlesque to singer-songwriters to life drawing […]
HJC Presents ‘Jazz On A Summer’s Evening’ (Cadogan Hall. 5 June 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jazz On A Summer’s Evening at Cadogan Hall, presented by the Hampstead Jazz Club, finally came […]