Sebastian writes: At this time of year please forgive me a bit of nostalgia. On Saturday 10 January 2009, I wrote the very first article for this site. It was a preview […]
Ian Shaw & Friends at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho (23-31 Jan. 2022)
Global Music Foundation announces online concert series from artists’ homes (26 Dec-2 Jan)
Stephen Keogh’s Global Music Foundation has just announced a series of concerts from artists’ homes over the holiday period, Sebastian writes. We have all found out in the past two years how […]
Nigel Price (11 Dec. 2021), Mark Lockheart, Brandon Allen, Matt Ridley and Estraven (early 2022). Concerts at the Hive in Shrewsbury
The Shrewsbury Jazz Network has supplied Shropshire and the West Midlands with concerts by the finest British jazz musicians for over 20 years, writes Charles Rees. The majority have taken place at […]
Kenny Garrett (Ronnie Scott’s, 24-26 November)
Detroit-born alto saxophonist KENNY GARRETT has won a dozen Downbeat polls – almost all from its readers rather than critics. He will be performing a three-night residency at Ronnie Scott’s from 24-26 November. Charles Rees writes: […]
‘A Jump Into The Void’ (new documentary film feat. Martin Speake – screening/ Q&A, 13 Nov, EFG LJF, Sands Films Studio)
A new documentary film about Martin Speake’s February 2020 tour with Ethan Iverson, Calum Gourlay and Jeff Willams/ Jorge Rossy will receive its premiere screening this Saturday, 13 November at Sands Films […]
Jazzfest Berlin 2021 (Starts 4 Nov, Digital Guide published)
“An international, collaborative experiment” is how Festival Director describes Jazzfest Berlin 2021. Ahead of the opening of the festival on Thursday 4 November, a further press release has been published, developing further […]
Iain Dixon Quartet (RNCM Theatre, Manchester, 7 Nov.)
The annual RNCM Saxophone Day in Manchester has previously attracted US stars such as Chris Potter and Eric Marienthal as headliners. This year the evening concert will be given by an undersung […]
Kurt Elling/SNJO – ‘Apparition Bridge’ (Scottish tour 18-21 Nov)
Kurt Elling and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra are back together with a new collaboration – they are building an Apparition Bridge. Rob Adams reports: Works by the late Esbjorn Svennson, Danish bassist […]
Nishat Khan
One of the world’s leading sitar maestros, Nishat Khan, will perform a concert of North Indian Classical Music at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 11 November 2021, the eve of the London Jazz […]
Estelle Kokot (collaboration with Eugene Skeef / performance workshop at GSMD on 17 Nov. + new solo album)
South African-raised pianist-singer Estelle Kokot put the period of lockdown to good use and started an online collaboration with percussionist, composer, poet, educationalist and animator Eugene Skeef. Their work together, using his poems as the starting point, started in […]
‘Freedom Jazz Dance’ (new band led by Tim Whitehead, premiere at Ram Jam Records, Kingston on 7 November)
Saxophonist Tim Whitehead has always been an instigator of projects. The former member of Loose Tubes, of Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Morrissey Mullen, Jim Mullen’s Meantime… has often provided the energy to make […]
606 Club (Oct and Nov dates: Christian Brewer celebration + LJF dates + Bernstein/Mullen premiere)
Jazz is the sound of surprise, and the 606 Club’s programme has some interesting and appealing dates coming up in the next few weeks: Thursday 28 October: A Celebration of Christian Brewer‘s […]
Jason Moran (‘Let My People Go’, Barbican, Nov 12, EFG LJF)
“I like music that sounds as if it was sawed by a rusty saw,” says pianist Jason Moran. Ahead of his show with Archie Shepp on the opening night of the EFG […]
Ann Liebeck (‘Locked Down Sonnets’ album launch, Karamel, 15 Oct.)
Ann Liebeck’s new CD Locked Down Sonnets will be launched at Karamel in Wood Green on Friday 15 October, in partnership with Collage Arts. Press Release from Collage Arts “Ann Liebeck (vocals), […]
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra – tour dates until March 2022
Nikki Iles, pianist, educator, bandleader is a pivotal figure in British jazz. Her jazz orchestra has just begun a tour in Scarborough, where they played the festival on Saturday. The remaining dates […]
