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 […]
Naïssam Jalal – Healing Rituals (Les Couleurs du Son. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Naïssam Jalal is a flautist, vocalist and composer born to to Syrian parents in France. Keen to explore […]
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 […]
Bram Stadhouders & Baroque Orchestration X (B.O.X.) – Suite X (Buzz / Challenge Records ZZ 76138, Review by Frank Graham) Having studied classical guitar and baroque music from age 6, Dutch maverick […]
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 […]
Dishwasher_ – Dishwasher_ (SDBAN ULTRA CD/LP33, Review by Frank Graham) From X-Legged Sally to Bram De Looze, the relatively small population of Belgium has certainly made its mark on contemporary jazz. With […]
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 […]
Madeleine & Salomon – Eastern Spring (Tzig’Art TZIG220930. Album review by Alison Bentley) Singer Madeleine and pianist Salomon are a French duo with a “common desire for another world”. The album title […]
Henry Threadgill and Brent Hayes Edwards: Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music (Knopf, US. UK £27 hb, £9.49 e-book. Book review by Jon Turney) In the Summer of 1967 […]
Bokani Dyer – Radio Sechaba (Brownswood Recordings. Album review by Adam Sieff) It’s no secret that South African jazz is going through an exciting and creative period, and one of the artists […]
Sebastian writes: BBC FOUR TV has just broadcast (7 May 2023) a 105-minute show with the title “Spring Soul and Jazz from Cheltenham”. This was a Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023 Concert recorded […]
Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure (BMG Modern Recordings 5053887762. Album review by Richard Lee) The American Songbook has long been mined by artists from across the spectrum. Four years after […]
Samuel Blaser: Routes (ENJA Yellowbird YEB7835. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Contemporary jazz often incorporates elements from other black music genres, e.g. hip hop, drum and bass and Afrobeat, but reggae and […]
