Maria Rud & Tommy Smith (St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. 18 November 2022. Live review by Mark McKergow) This extraordinary performance saw two masters of their art combining in a breath-taking improvised creation […]
Nu Civilisation Orchestra – Joni Mitchell’s Hejira & Mingus (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17 November. Live review by Alison Bentley) “An evening of Joni Mingus,” said conductor and musical director Peter Edwards. His […]
Sun-Mi Hong Quintet + Ant Law & Alex Hitchcock (Purcell Room. 17 November 2022. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s probably a bad joke somewhere that starts “two Koreans, two Italians and […]
Take 6 (Pizza Express Holborn. 17 November 2022. Review by Lavender Sutton) Two Nights at an unusual location: the a cappella masters Take 6 brought their show to Holborn Pizza Express Live […]
Matana Roberts (alto sax, clarinet & vocals), Joy Guidry (bassoon & vocals), Hannah Marcus (fiddle, accordion, guitar & vocals), Nic Caloia (bass & vocals), Sam Shalabi (guitar, oud & vocals) and Ryan Sawyer (drums, vibraphone, jaw […]
Jazz Sabbath (Pizza Express Soho (2nd house) 16 November. Review by AJ Dehany) Adam Wakeman’s incendiary 2020 documentary “Before Black Sabbath: there was Jazz Sabbath”(LINK) broke a story that shocked the worlds […]
Aziza: Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke, Eric Harland (Cadogan Hall. 16 November 2022. Live review by Jon Turney) Dave Holland’s regular appearances at the London festival have settled at Cadogan Hall […]
Indo-Jazz Fusions Revisited (Spice of Life, 16 November 2022, Review by Peter Slavid) Jazz in Britain today is a fabulous melange of influences from African, Asian, Caribbean and European styles as well […]
Chicago X London — Jeff Parker, Ben LaMar Gay, Angel Bat Dawid, Alabaster DePlume (Barbican. 13 November 2022. Live review by AJ Dehany) You could call 2022 the “Chicago Edition” of the […]
The Egyptian Jazz Projekt (Grand Junction, Paddington, EFG London Jazz Festival, 15 November 2022. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) Founded in 2015 by the jazz vocalist Ahmed Harfoush, the Egyptian Jazz Projekt […]
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade (MoodSwing Quartet) (Barbican. 14 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Following its postponement in 2020 and 2021, MoodSwing Quartet finally made their […]
Jasper Høiby Planet B (Purcell Room, EFG London Jazz Festival, 13 November 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) A foggy (Sun)day in London town might have felt like an unlikely time to engage […]
Dianne Reeves (Queen Elizabeth Hall. 13 November 2022. Live review by Alison Bentley) It was the end of the tour for US singer Dianne Reeves and there was a feeling of irrepressible […]
RYMDEN (Queen Elizabeth Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, 12 November 2022. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) RYMDEN are Bugge Wesseltoft (piano), Dan Berglund (bass) and Magnus Öström (drums); it’s twenty-five years since Wesseltoft made his name with his […]
Jan Garbarek, Rainer Brüninghaus, Yuri Daniel & Trilok Gurtu (Royal Festival Hall. 13 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Earlier this year, Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek turned 75. In celebration of […]
