Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra (Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 7 February 2023. Review and photos by John Watson) The Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra has won critical acclaim for the new album “Tales From The […]
Peter Urpeth and Evan Parker (Hundred Years Gallery, 28 January 2023. Live Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Poet Peter Urpeth and saxophonist Evan Parker go back a long way, some 40 […]
Wendy Kirkland Quartet featuring Dennis Rollins MBE – “Get Carter Reimagined” (The Grand Hotel, Southport. 4 February 2023. Southport Jazz Festival. Live review by Frank Griffith) Jazz fans in the North-West of the […]
Jerusalem Orchestra East & West (Barbican Hall. 5 Feb 2023. Live review by Rachel Coombes) “I never thought that my trance music could happen with a classical orchestra. Because of these guys, […]
Loré Lixenberg and Denis Dufour (Cafe Oto, 15 January 2023. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Free-thinking mezzo soprano Loré Lixenberg, champion of contemporary opera and experimental music, was the prime mover […]
Alexander Hawkins / Roberto Ottaviano (Cafe Oto, 20 January 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Acclaimed jazz pianist/composer, Alexander Hawkins, with master of the soprano saxophone, Roberto Ottaviano made for a […]
Sparks & Visions Festival 2023 (Theater Regensburg, Part 2 of review – Nights 2 and and 3. 28 and 29 January 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There has been a great deal […]
Glebe with guest Tara Minton (Spice of Life. 26 January 2023. Review by Lavender Sutton) The members of the group Glebe have been playing together since they all studied music in Leeds […]
The Sixteen with Julian Joseph(King’s Place. Sound Unwrapped series. 27 January 2023. Review by Rachel Coombes) “Well, it certainly doesn’t look like a jazz audience”, I overheard someone say during the interval […]
Sparks & Visions (Theater Regensburg. 27 January 2023. Opening night. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Sparks & Visions is a brand new festival in Regensburg in Bavaria, and the opening night consisted of a top-class triple-bill. The […]
Tim Garland and Jason Rebello ‘Life to Life’ London Launch (St Martin-in-the-Fields. 21 January 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney) We the audience – Tim Garland explained – would be hearing a trio […]
Tessa Souter with Jim Watson, Conor Chaplin and Billy Drummond (Pizza Pheasantry. 20 January 2023. First night of two. Review by Lavender Sutton) Vocalist Tessa Souter has made her way back over […]
Iain Ballamy & Martin France with Frank Harrison & Mark Hodgson (Iffley Church Hall, Oxford. Frank and Mark’s opening gig. 18 January 2023. Live review by Alison Bentley) It was the first […]
Brooklyn Marathon Night at Winter Jazzfest 2023 (Various venues in NYC. Review by Dan Bergsagel) In many aspects of our lives, the pandemic can look like a diminishing dot in the rear-view […]
Brussels Jazz Festival 2023 (Flagey, Brussels. Sunday 15 January 2023. Festival report by Jon Turney) This is the second of two reports from Brussels by Jon Turney* The final sessions of this […]
