Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ (St Mary’s Hall. Sandbach Concert Series. 25 September 2024. Review by John Quinn) This performance by Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ was the second half of the opening concert of the […]
Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ at Sandbach Concert Series
Claire Cope’s Ensemble C at the Vortex
Claire Cope’s Ensemble C: ‘Every Journey’ album preview(Vortex Jazz Club, Gillett Square, London. 11 September 2024. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) ‘So nice to see a busy room,’ said pianist and composer Claire […]
Bozcaada Jazz Festival 2024, Türkiye
Bozcaada Jazz Festival(Bozcaada, Türkiye 6-8 September 2024. Round-up by Oliver Weindling) Bozcaada Jazz Festival has taken place since 2017 on a small island which is about 5 hours by car – plus […]
Tristan Banks Quartet at The Lighthouse, Deal, Kent
Tristan Banks Quartet(The Lighthouse, Deal, Kent 19 September 2024. Review and photos by Duarte Figueira) Halfway through this excellent show at The Lighthouse, drummer and composer Tristan Banks takes time out to […]
London Intercollegiate Jazz Orchestra at the Vortex
London Intercollegiate Jazz Orchestra(The Vortex, 17 September 2024. Review by Tom Hardy) Tuesday 17 September presented an exciting new venture by one of London’s most recently formed big bands, Finn Genockey’s London […]
Zomerjazzfietstour 2024, Groningen, Netherlands
Zomerjazzfietstour, Groningen, 30-31 August 2024, Report by Oliver Weindling Artists: * Han Bennink, Ingrid Laubrock, Marta Warelis* Christophe Monniot /Didier Ithursarry* Kuhn Fu (Christoph Kühn, Tobias Delius, Frank Gratkowski, John Dikeman, Ziv […]
Guy Barker Big Band – ‘Inferno 67’ at Ronnie Scott’s
Guy Barker Big Band – Inferno 67(Ronnie Scott’s 17 September 2024. First house. Review by Len Weinreich) The only item lacking was a sign warning the capacity audience to fasten seat belts. […]
Billy Marrows ‘A Grande Familia’ band at the Vortex
Billy Marrows ‘A Grande Familia’ band (The Vortex, Dalston. 13 September 2024. Review by Sam Norris) London-based guitarist and composer Billy Marrows has a knack for choosing song names. His debut album, […]
Loz Speyer’s Inner Space at 1000 Trades, Birmingham
Loz Speyer’s Inner Space (1000 Trades, Birmingham. 13 September 2024. Review by Jon Turney) Three recordings in 20 years for Inner Space, one of the two principal groups led by London-based trumpeter […]
Unionen and Plexus at Cologne Jazz Week 2024
Plexus: (Carlotta Armbruster and Jonas Heck)Unionen (Petter Eldh, Gard Nilssen, Per Texas Johansson, Ståle Storløkken)Filmhaus Cologne, 3 September 2024. Review by Sebastian Scotney) This was my third and last concert during Cologne […]
Ambleside Days 2024
Ambleside Days Contemporary Music Festival(Zeffirellis, Ambleside, Cumbria. 29 August – 1 September 2024. Round up review by John Arnett(*), plus a report on the final concert by Esra Kizir Gokcen.) John Arnett […]
Jazz in the Park 2024, Romania
Tom Step reports from Jazz in the Park. 30 August- 1 September 2024, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Artists: DAOUD, Qinta Spartă and Norzeatic, Oreglo, Jazzbois, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Isfar Sarabski, Cymande, Orchestra Baobab, […]
Gaume Jazz Festival 2024, Belgium
Gaume Jazz Festival celebrated its 40th edition from 9 to 11 August. As with so many other festivals, this festival has been run from the beginning by one person, Jean-Pierre Bissot, who […]
Rainer Böhm Trio with Seamus Blake at Cologne Jazz Week
Rainer Böhm Trio – Arne Huber and Jonas Burgwinkel – with Seamus Blake(Loft, Cologne-Ehrenfeld. 2 September 2024. Cologne Jazz Week. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Second of three evenings at Cologne Jazz Week […]
Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet and Samora Pinderhughes/ EOS Chamber Orchestra at Cologne Jazz Week
Ambrose Akinmusire QuartetSamora Pinderhughes/ EOS Kammerorchester(Aula/ Konzertsaal, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz. Cologne Jazz Week. 1 September 2024. Review and phone snaps of curtain calls by Sebastian Scotney) Sebastian writes: I am […]
