Jazzdor Strasbourg- Berlin-Dresden (Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. 6 June 2023. First night. Report by Sebastian Scotney) I had it all planned…down to the last detail. Jazzdor Berlin-Dresden this year, the 15th […]
Evan Parker – Solo concert to mark Galerie Max Hetzier’s exhibition of Thomas Struth’s CERN-inspired photographs (St James’s Church, Piccadilly, 1 June 2023. Review by Oliver Weindling. Drawings by Geoff Winston) Evan […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers – World of the Gods (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 28 May 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) Little over a month after the […]
Black Lives Generation to Generation (Ronnie Scott’s . 25 May 2023. First house. Review by Sebastian Scotney) There is music and there is message. First the music, then. At Ronnie Scott’s, the […]
Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado. (Sands Film Studios, Rotherhithe. 22 May 2023. Review by Oliver Weindling) The loss of gigs during lockdown in 2020 inspired Sands Film Studios in Rotherhithe to start a […]
Fergus McCreadie Trio (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival, 23 May 2023. Live review by Bruce Lindsay) Pianist Fergus McCreadie is still, in his mid-twenties, at the beginning of his career, […]
Jazz North Northern Line showcase (mjf@ First Street Main Stage. Manchester Jazz Festival . 21 May 2023. Live reviews by AJ Dehany) Each year since 2012 the Jazz North development agency’s Northern […]
Emma Rawicz Quintet/Oscar Lyons Quartet (Watford Jazz Junction. Pump House Theatre, Watford. 20 May 2023. Live review by Peter Slavid) There’s something special about listening to high quality live music in a […]
Sebastian writes: This is a three-part report. “Veinards!” (lucky so-and-so’s) was how a commenter on Facebook described us. We were participants in something of an experiment, the first try-out of a new […]
Sharp Little Bones with Tony Kofi, Volumes I & II album launch (Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham. 11 May 2023. Review by Jeanie Barton) Double disk release by Ubuntu Music UBUO138 This night was […]
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi (Norfolk and Norwich Festival, 12 May 2023. Review by Bruce Lindsay) Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi had the honour of opening this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival […]
Phill Niblock, Rie Nakajima and Thurston Moore (Cafe Oto, matinee 6 May 2023. Review and drawing by Geoff Winston) This hastily arranged afternoon gig, on Phill Niblock’s brief return from travels, brought […]
Loren Connors and Alan Licht (Cafe Oto. 6 May 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Fragile, magical, elusive – merest hints to describe avant guitarist Loren Connors’ mesmeric playing at Cafe […]
Five-Way Split (Quentin Collins, Rob Barron, Vasilis Xenopoulos, Mátyás Hofecker, Matt Home) (Pizza Express Dean Street. All The Way album launch 9 May 2023. Live Review by Gareth Thomas) Soho’s Pizza Express […]
Sebastian attended jazzahead! 2023 in Bremen, and writes about the fair, reflects on the UK presence or lack of it, and reports on a few of the 36 showcases… A SUCCESSFUL JAZZAHEAD […]
