Black Lives Generation to Generation (Ronnie Scott’s . 25 May 2023. First house. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is music and there is message. First the music, then. At Ronnie Scott’s, the […]
David Preston – Purple / Black Vol. One (Whirlwind Recordings – WR4804. Album review by Graham Spry) Guitarist David Preston has assembled an excellent quartet here, comprising Kevin Glasgow (electric bass), Sebastian […]
Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado. (Sands Film Studios, Rotherhithe. 22 May 2023. Review by Oliver Weindling) The loss of gigs during lockdown in 2020 inspired Sands Film Studios in Rotherhithe to start a […]
Lucia Cadotsch – Aki (Heartcore Records HCR21. Album review by Jon Turney) The recording debut of a superb new quartet – Aki is the name of the band and the CD title […]
Fergus McCreadie Trio (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival, 23 May 2023. Live review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist Fergus McCreadie is still, in his mid-twenties, at the beginning of his career, […]
(Cellar Music Group CM060922. Album review by Mike Collins) The phrases ‘Grammy award winning artist’ and ‘debut album’ are not usually found together in introductions. Vicente Archer has shown himself to be […]
Jazz North Northern Line showcase (mjf@ First Street Main Stage. Manchester Jazz Festival . 21 May 2023. Live reviews by AJ Dehany) Each year since 2012 the Jazz North development agency’s Northern […]
Emma Rawicz Quintet/Oscar Lyons Quartet (Watford Jazz Junction. Pump House Theatre, Watford. 20 May 2023. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s something special about listening to high quality live music in a […]
Sebastian writes: This is a three-part report. “Veinards!” (lucky so-and-so’s) was how a commenter on Facebook described us. We were participants in something of an experiment, the first try-out of a new […]
Vivien Ardley (with additional material by John Coles and Dave Gelly) – Neil Ardley: Kaleidoscopes and Rainbows (Jazz in Britain. Book review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Neil Ardley was a major figure in […]
Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry – Our Daily Bread (ECM Records – ECM 2777/4877746. Album review by Graham Spry) Joe Lovano has, quite simply, been one of America’s most accomplished tenor saxophonists for […]
Deadeye – LIVE (Dox Records. Download and LP, available from BandCamp. Download Review by Patrick Hadfield) It was the name of Kit Downes that first piqued my interest in Deadeye, and indeed […]
Five-Way Split – All The Way (Ubuntu music UBU129 . Review by Len Weinreich) Around the time Brits were crowding the dance floor, jiving to the revival of New Orleans’ jazz, young […]
Bruno Heinen & James Kitchman – Rain Shadows (Ubuntu Music UBU0134. Album review by Julian Maynard-Smith) A line-up of just piano (Bruno Heinen) plus electric guitar (James Kitchman) could call to mind […]
Linley Hamilton – Ginger’s Hollow(Whirlwind Recordings WR4808, released 26 May. Review by Bruce Lindsay) For the first eight bars of ‘Shinebox,’ the opening track on Ginger’s Hollow, the rhythm section – pianist […]
