Abdullah Ibrahim Trio (Barbican, EFG London Jazz Festival Summer Series. 15 July 2023. Review by John Stevenson) Whenever celebrated South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim performs in London, he is received rapturously […]
Swanage Jazz Festival, 7-9 July 2023Review by Jon Turney Coming up to six o’clock on Friday evening, there’s a pleasant sea breeze offsetting hot sunshine outside the main marquee, Alan Barnes’ alto […]
North Sea Jazz Festival(Ahoy Centre, Rotterdam – 7-9 July 2023. Round-Up by John Ferguson) The 2023 North Sea Jazz (NSJ) Festival managed once again to illuminate, surprise and inspire, even on my […]
Aura Milton Court. 13 July 2023. Part of Guildhall Jazz Open Day. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Scott Stroman has led quite a few major projects recently at Guildhall/ Milton Court. Last year […]
Branford Marsalis – with Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, Justin Faulkner (Barbican Hall. 12 July 2023. Live review by John Stevenson) Branford Marsalis is a man of multiple talents – an award-winning saxophonist […]
Wynton Marsalis (Buxton Opera House. 10 July 2023. Live review by Gabriel Taylor) Wynton Marsalis – TrumpetAlan Barnes – Saxophone / ClarinetDan Higham – TromboneJoe Webb – PianoWill Sach – BassWill Cleasby […]
Suedtirol Jazz Festival Alto Adige Jun 30-Jul 9 2023. Round-up by Alison Bentley Our round-up of Suedtirol 2023 is in three parts. The first weekend was covered by Oliver Weindling. Alison Bentley […]
Gabriels (Somerset House Summer Series, 7 July 2023; review, photo and drawing by Geoff Winston) Gabriels, the formidable, nu-soul trio based in LA, have carefully taken their time to raise their heads […]
The third edition of the ten-day Sicilia Jazz Festival in Palermo, with headliners such as Marcus Miller and Gregory Porter, was a success. Francesco Ragni(*), who attended the first four days, reports. […]
Soweto Kinch (Classic Music Sundays Special Edition, Spitalfields Festival. 6 July 2023. Report by John Stevenson) In a special edition of Classic Music Sundays for the Spitalfields Festival, MOBO award-winning jazz saxophonist, […]
Christine Jensen Quartet (“Day Moon” Album launch. Upstairs, Montreal. 5 July 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Some bleary-eyed logic coming here, the result of a week rushing to gigs (and avoiding […]
JAZZx Festival, Timisoara, Romania Photographs and commentary by John Watson I find the music of Shakti so captivating that concentrating on photographing the group in concert might be considered the biggest challenge […]
JAZZx Festival (Timisoara, Romania, 28 June – 2 July. Review and photos by John Watson) “We Jazz Together” – that was the theme of the JAZZx Festival, held in the beautiful Romanian […]
Love Supreme Festival (Glynde Place. 30 June- 2 July 2023. Round-Up by Evie Hill) Evie Hill writes: Love Supreme is my favourite jazz festival. This year was my sixth time returning to […]
Diana Krall with Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Anthony Wilson (Salle Wilfried Pelletier, Montreal 4 July 2023) I’ve been thinking about Diana Krall’s Montreal connections and had a chat recently with record producer […]
