Yazz Ahmed at BristolPhoto: Mick DestinoBristol Jazz and Blues Festival(Various venues, 22-24 March 2019. Overview by Jon Turney and Peter Slavid)Jon Turney writes: Bristol’s festival, reconfigured for 2019 around building works at […]
Julian Lage Trio – Love Hurts (Mack Avenue MAC1148. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) Guitarist Julian Lage was born on Christmas Day 1987. There’s something so right about that; he does seem […]
Hervé Noirot (left) and Liane FolyiPhone snap by Sebastian ScotneyLiane Foly and Hervé Noirot(Crazy Coqs. 21 March 2019. First night of two. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The Lyon-born singer Liane Foly is […]
Bojan Z (Left) and Kit Downes at Pizza ExpressiPhone snap by William WardKit Downes and Bojan Z (Pizza Express. 20 March 2019. Steinway Two Piano Festival. Review by Sebastian Scotney)The audience thinks it’s […]
Josh Sinton Publicity photo by Johannes Worsoe Josh Sinton and Hprizm (ISSUE Project Room, Boerum Place, Brooklyn, 15 March 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel) The evening preview notes sounded more like an […]
Ana SilveraPublicity photo by Alice WilliamsonAna Silvera(Anteros Arts, Fye Bridge Street, Norwich. 15 March 2019. Review by Jane Mann)London-born singer composer Ana Silvera, currently on a ten-date tour around England and Scotland, […]
Jacob Garchik (left) and Richard Foote (centre) as the Trombone Choir marches into the CBSO Centre.Photo: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.ukJacob Garchik’s Trombone Choir and Quintet(CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 16 March 2019. Review and photos by […]
Brad Mehldau at the BarbicanPhoto credit: Barbican/Mark AllanBritten Sinfonia with Brad Mehldau(Barbican Hall, 16 March 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney)The main event here was the UK premiere of Brad Mehldau’s Piano Concerto. […]
Seamus Blake at Kings PlacePhoto credit: Monika S JakubowskaSeamus Blake + The French Connection(Kings Place Hall Two. 8 March 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) Seamus Blake, tenor saxophonist – born in London, […]
Zoe RahmanPhoto credit: John Watson / jazzcamera.co.ukZoe Rahman(NAC, Wolverhampton, 7 March 2019. Review and photos by John Watson)When Zoe Rahman arrived in Wolverhampton to perform her first concert in the city for […]
Steph RichardsPhoto from artist website Steph Richards(The Owl Music Parlor, 2 March 2019. Review by Dan Bergsagel)Deep in the heart of residential Brooklyn, Steph Richards and her quartet put together a gripping set of […]
L-R: Gary Brown, Jose Neto and Celso Alberti at Ronnie Scott’sPhoto credit and © Steven Cropper / http://www.transientlife.ukJosé Neto and the Netoband (Ronnie Scott’s. 2 March 2019. First House. Review by Sebastian Scotney) […]
Kora-player Seiko Susso at the 52 Card Trick launch eventPhoto courtesy of Spirit WrestlersThe 52 Card Trick by Pete Woosh and Independent Label Spirit Wrestlers(Word On The Water. 26 February 2019. Report […]
John Turville Quartet with Julian Argüelles at Eastside Jazz ClubPhoto: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.ukJohn Turville Quartet with Julian Argüelles(Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 27 February 2019. Review and photos by John Watson)There […]
The Old Vic TheatreArthur Miller’s The American Clock (Old Vic Theatre. 23 February 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney)I can think of three good reasons to go and see Arthur Miller’s The American Clock […]
