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 […]
Love Supreme Festival 2023
Dispatches from Montreal (9): Diana Krall at FIJM 2023
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 […]
Dispatches from Montreal (8): Emmet Cohen Trio at FIJM 2023
Emmet Cohen Trio (Studio TD, FIJM Montreal. 3 July 2023) For anyone who believes in jazz, this gig by the Emmet Cohen Trio must be one of the most heartening sights of […]
Dispatches from Montreal (7): Melody Gardot at FIJM 2023
Melody Gardot (Salle Wilfried-Pelletier. 2 July 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney – with help*) Since a really thoughtful overnight review was being exquisitely crafted last night by the man in the next […]
Dispatches from Montreal (6): Nate Smith, Lionel Loueke, Michael League Trio at FIJM 2023
Nate Smith with Lionel Loueke and Michael League (Centre Culturel Gesu. 2 July 2023. Live Review by Sebastian Scotney) This is why one goes to gigs, and in particular attends festivals: in […]
Dispatches from Montreal (5): David Ryshpan’s Trio Bruxo at FIJM 2023
David Ryshpan’s Trio Bruxo (Pub La Traversee Molson Export. 1 July 2023. Mini-review by Sebastian Scotney) Let’s be clear: there will never be another performance of Milton Nascimento’s “Travessia” quite like the […]
Dispatches from Montreal (4): Stacey Kent Trio at FIJM 2023
Stacey Kent Trio with Jim Tomlinson and Art Hirahara (Theatre Maisonneuve, 1 July 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney) The FIJM programme had described this concert as a ‘homecoming’. At the beginning of […]
Dispatches from Montreal (3): ONJM with Miranda Joan at FIJM 2023
Orchestre National de Jazz de Montreal with Miranda Joan (Scène Rogers, Parterre Quartier des Spectacles. 30 June 2023. Mini-review by Sebastian Scotney) The jazz orchestra ONJM (Orchestre National de Jazz de Montreal) […]
Dispatches from Montreal (2): Avishai Cohen Trio at MIJF 2023
Avishai Cohen Trio with Roni Kaspi and Guy Moskovich. (Théatre Maisonneuve. 30 June 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney*) How rare it is for a side-woman or sideman to receive her or his […]
Dispatches from Montreal (1): Round-up of opening night of FIJM 2023
(Montreal. 29 June 2023. Round-up by Sebastian Scotney*) The team at the festival told me they were expecting that the Montréalais would be out in big numbers this year in search of […]
Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra at Vortex – ‘Living Time’ featuring Deschanel Gordon
Last November, the Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra (TLJO) spent three nights celebrating the 85th birthday of composer/arranger Mike Gibbs (reviewed by Patrick Hadfield) as part of the 2022 EFG London Jazz Festival. […]
Jacob Collier at the 2023 Tollwood Summer Festival in Munich
Jacob Collier (Tollwood Summer Festival, Olympiapark, Munich. 27 June 2023. Review in English (*) and German and photos by Ralf Dombrowski) Jacob Collier is on a quest. And he has decided to […]
Mike Westbrook’s Rossini Re-loaded at Ronnie Scott’s
Rossini Re-loaded – Mike Westbrook & The Uncommon Orchestra (Ronnie Scott’s . 13 June 2023. Live review by Richard Lee) Actually…no. I’m not going to review this wonderful gig. It’s already had […]
KOKOROKO at Royal Festival Hall, Meltdown Festival
KOKOROKO (Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre’s Meltdown, 14 June 2023. Review by Leah Williams) Fresh from a trip down in Devon writing material for their next album, KOKOROKO admitted they’d not actually […]
Andy Moor at 60 at Cafe Oto
Andy Moor / Genevieve Murphy (duo) and Thermal (John Butcher / Andy Moor / Thomas Lehn) (Cafe Oto, 9 June 2023; review and drawings by Geoff Winston) This Cafe Oto evening was, […]
