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 […]
Vortex Jazz Club presents a night of jazz and poetry with Man of Words & Music: Shake Keane (Pt. II). Izzy Blankfield writes: As part of Vortex Jazz Club’s series celebrating the […]
Babelfish (vocalist Brigitte Beraha, pianist Barry Green, bassist Chris Laurence and drummer Paul Clarvis, are looking forward to their first gig of the year…. Dave Gelly wrote of Babelfish: “This remarkable quartet […]
“One man’s quest to avoid a family gathering”, ‘The Weekend’ is a new comic opera from Highbury Opera Theatre. Based on Michael Palin’s 1994 play, it has been adapted by composer Scott […]
10 venues in Soho, more than 100 jazz artists and 17 shows: Soho.Live Jazz Week returns on 15 September, writes Izzy Blankfield This year’s lineup for Soho.Live Jazz Week (see full listing […]
SNJO will finally return to giving live concerts with audiences after an 18-month hiatus with a 25th anniversary celebration on Friday 24 September in Edinburgh. Preview by Rob Adams: Mack Gordon and […]
After last year’s enforced cancellation, the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music is back, and for London residents with an adventurous bent, it’s definitely worth the three-hour train journey to see […]
The Herts Jazz Festival returns in October, running from Friday 15 to Sunday 17. Preview by Peter Vacher: Oh, to be in Bishops Stortford at festival time. Well, that’s what it feels […]
The unfailingly creative pianist and composer Keith Tippett, who died last Summer, worked in a remarkable range of styles and settings over 50 years of music-making. So the idea of an event […]
The Lowestoft Jazz Weekend returns in September, running from the Thursday 16 to Sunday 19, writes promoter Bob Blizzard After successful festivals in 2018 and 2019, the event, like most others, had […]
Internationally acclaimed Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith plays three concerts in cathedrals during July, writes Rob Adams. Smith, whose most recent recording, Solow, features solo versions of praise songs, including a Gaelic psalm, […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige, Fri 25 June–Sun 4 July 2021 Preview by Alison Bentley It’s reassuring to know that jazz festivals are happening, even if some of us aren’t allowed to travel […]
Sebastian looks forward to Ongemang – Exploring the Spaces in Between. This is a premiere performance at Cafe OTO on 8 July, with Kit Downes, Lauren Kinsella and Tom Challenger, and is […]
AJ Dehany remembers the 2019 edition and looks forward to dipping a toe back in the water of music festivals: Styling itself as a Scottish Supernormal, the delayed third edition of the […]
Vocalist Somi (Kakoma) was born in Illinois to Rwandan and Ugandan parents, writes Nicky Schrire. In her previous records and in her music at large, she has fully embraced her African heritage, […]
