Supersonic Festival 2023 (Various venues, Digbeth Birmingham. Festival round-up by AJ Dehany) Artists/bands covered: un.procedure (Piera Onacko/ Cassie Kinoshi /Nathan England-Jones); Matana Roberts (in absentia); Agathe Max; Jessica Moss; Ondata Rossa; Big […]
Ian Shaw(Ronnie Scott’s. 31 August 2023. First night of two, first house. Review by Sebastian Scotney) These Ronnie Scott’s gigs – of which I attended the first of four – were to […]
Blueblut, Bohemia After Dark, Carol Alston Gospel of the Blues (Passau Jazz Festival, 8-9 August 2023. Reviews by Oliver Weindling) This is the second of Oliver Weindling’s reports from Jazzfest Passau. He […]
Festival Météo(Various Venues in Mulhouse, France, 23 to 26 August, 2023. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) The focus of the Météo Festival is on the experimental areas of improvised music and electronica. Founded in 1983 […]
Carl Orr (606 Club. 22 August 2023. Live review and images by photographer John McGloin) Guitarist Carl Orr’s gig at the 606 on 22 August marking his farewell to the UK, had […]
Tara Minton plus Nick Willsher(606 Club. 23 August 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) It’s just a hunch. No more than the slight inkling of a possibility. But on the evidence of […]
Cologne Jazz Week 2023, the third edition of the event, consisted of around 60 events. Tony Dudley-Evans was there for the final three days, and here is his report. Cologne Jazzweek is […]
Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions(Jules Buckley Orchestra/ Cory Henry. Royal Albert Hall. 21 August 2023) Will it work? How is it going to work? Who will do it…will they be up to it? Perhaps […]
Prom 46: Manchester Collective: NEON(Royal Albert Hall, 19 August 2023. Review by AJ Dehany) A scrupulously-sequenced Late Night Prom of music entirely by living composers brought Manchester Collective’s third album NEON to […]
Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival (Herne Bay, Kent. August 19 & 20 Review by Adam Sieff) Kai Hoffman, East Kent’s answer to George Wein, runs a great little jazz festival in […]
Enrico Pieranunzi/Bert Joris with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Chet Remembered”(Challenge Records CR7 3555. Album review by Frank Griffth) Italian pianist and composer Enrico Pieranunzi, has just released another CD with […]
Alex Clarke Quartet + Rob Fowler(Imber Court, East Molesey, 13 August 2023 Review by Peter Vacher Barely in to her 20s and seemingly quite new to the game, you might assume that […]
In this second of his three reports from the 2023 Amazonas Green Jazz Festival in Manaus in Brazil, US writer Ted Panken tells the story of the Amazonas Band – an ensemble […]
Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov Duo – Two Hours After Midnight live(St Vincent’s Chapel, Edinburgh, 5 August 2023 – live review by Mark McKergow) Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov brought their Two […]
Amazonas Green Jazz Festival, July 21-July 30, 2023, Manaus, Brazil. In this first of three reports, we welcome New York-based journalist Ted Panken to LJN. Ted reports for us from the Amazonas […]
