Having gathered around him some of today’s finest young players based in Europe and the US, the London-based composer and tenor saxophonist Alex Merritt has spent the past week touring some of […]
For a jazz festival which presents strong players in spectacular settings, Südtirol is hard to beat. Alison Bentley previews the 2019 festival: Every year, the Südtirol Jazz Festival brings musicians from different […]
The Edinburgh Fringe programme is out. There is a decent smattering of jazz alongside all the comedy and other stuff. We asked three of our writers for their tips: Mark McKergow Big […]
Brazilian singer Flora Purim and percussionist Airto Moreira used to be habitués at Ronnie Scott’s; their group Fourth World recorded a live album there for the club’s in-house label in 1992. They […]
Guitarists Libor Smoldas from Prague and Nigel Price from Surrey have six UK dates between 17 and 22 June 2019, in Swansea, Swindon, Bristol and the Isle of Wight, bookended by London. Sebastian […]
London Vocal Project Photo: Karen Hatch The Many Voices of Eve is a much-welcomed collaboration between The London Vocal Project and The Printmakers, and will comprise a concert at Kings Place on […]
Oene van Geel Publicity picture The Dutch/Scots collaboration LoLanders plays a series of dates in the UK and the Netherlands this month. Rob Adams reports: Formed by Dutch violist Oene van Geel […]
Leïla Martial: Baa Box – Warm Canto (Laborie Jazz CD.LJ48. CD review by Sebastian Maniura) Vocalist, clown and improvisor Leïla Martial releases her third album, Warm Canto, on 24 May. It features […]
Laura MacdonaldPublicity picture As well as the big names, such as the Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu, the Chris Barber Big Band and Donny McCaslin, the range of gigs offered by […]
On 2 May: Dan Weiss’ Starebaby Sebastian writes: Tiny club, huge musicians. The Vortex has the London gigs for some significant bands from New York touring Europe in May, and has put […]
