Gwyneth Herbert at 1000 TradesPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Celebrating Women In Jazz (Legends Festival) (Birmingham Jazz at 1000 Trades, Birmingham, 12 May 2018. Review and photos by John Watson) Singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert […]
Ralph AlessiPhoto credit: John Rogers/ ECM “To take responsibility for the music. Assimilate it to the point where you are almost breathing it! And then be creative at all times in order […]
Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids – An Angel Fell (Strut 164. CD Review by Peter Jones) Is there really someone called Idris Ackamoor? Disappointingly, no. His real name is Bruce Baker, and […]
Snowpoet at Kings PlaceiPhone picture: Leah Williams Snowpoet Thought You Knew album launch(Kings Place, 11 May 2018. Review by Leah Williams) Snowpoet’s hotly anticipated new album Thought You Knew, which was released […]
Music of Initiative: Julian Joseph on Jazz(Omnibus Press. 160 pages. £19.99. Book Review by Simon Purcell) I really enjoyed reading this book, I really did. When there are so many jazz “methods” […]
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Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard – Perfectly Unhappy(Rune Grammofon RCD 2199. CD review by Peter Bacon) The sound of surprise – that’s what jazz is supposed to give us. But what […]
Tom Arthurs Trio – One Year(Ozella. CD Review by Peter Slavid) It’s been clear that Tom Arthurs was going to be one of the outstanding trumpeters of his generation since his early […]
Esbjörn Svensson Trio – e.s.t. live in London (ACT 9042-2. CD review by Adrian Pallant) For many, e.s.t. (the Esbjörn Svensson Trio) were a truly seminal force in music. Translating the relative […]
Kenny Barron Quintet – Concentric Circles (Impulse Records XXX. Review by Peter Vacher) Pianist Kenny Barron, now 74 and an NEA Jazz Master, is at the commanding heights of the music these […]
Trio HLK – Standard Time(Ubuntu Music UBU0006. CD review by Adrian Pallant) A markedly atypical debut trio album with a disciplined and almost industrial approach to rhythm, Trio HLK’s Standard Time […]
Edward Simon – Sorrows & Triumphs(SSC1511. CD review by Rob Adams) Venezuelan-born pianist Edward Simon marshals the combined forces of his Afinidad quartet (featuring alto saxophonist David Binney, bassist Scott Colley and […]
Kamasi Washington at CheltenhamPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Kamasi Washington(Big Top, 6 May 2018, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Jones) “The biggest name in jazz” is a hell of a billing […]
Tom Ibarra at CheltenhamPhoto by Peter Jones Tom Ibarra (Free Stage, 5 May 2018, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Jones) One of the chief pleasures of Cheltenham, in common with other jazz […]
Lucia Cadotsch at the ParabolaPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Enemy, Cadotsch/Sandjo, Trondheim Exchange, Mitchener/Hawkins, Vein/Sulzmann(Parabola Arts Centre, 2018 Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Round-up by Peter Slavid) Cheltenham Jazz Festival has many different faces […]
