Bokani Dyer Trio – Neo Native (DyerTribe DYCD008.  CD Review by Jon Turney) The internet makes music elsewhere easier to follow from a distance, and it’s been fascinating to get glimpses of several […]

Stryjo at JazzArtPhoto credit: © Enrico Bettinello Katowice JazzArt Festival(Various venues, 26-30 April 2018. Report by Tony Dudley-Evans) The JazzArt in Katowice in the south of Poland may not be the largest […]

100 metronomes in the Round Reading RoomDrawing by Geoff Winston. © 2018. All Rights Reserved Ligeti’s Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomesBritish Museum, 28 April 2018. Review and drawing by Geoff Winston) The […]

Sara ColmanPublicity picture Singer, pianist and songwriter SARA COLMAN has a new album, What We’re Made Of, out on Stoney Lane Records later this year. But before that, Sara and her new […]

Jesse van Ruller, David Lyttle, Conor Chaplin Jesse van RullerOliver’s Jazz Bar, Greenwich 28 April 2018. 2nd of 2 nights. Review by Alison Bentley) For the superb Dutch guitarist Jesse van Ruller […]

Beady BellePhoto credit: Egil Hansen Norwegian singer and songwriter Beady Belle (real name Beate S. Lech) has recently released an album entitled Dedication and will be at Ronnie Scott’s this Sunday May […]

Keyon HarroldPublicity picture supplied Tickets go on sale today for the 2018 Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival. Peter Bacon reports: Edinburgh is bringing out some of jazz’s big guns for its 40th […]

Eddie Henderson at Eastside Jazz ClubPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Eddie Henderson(Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham, 30 April 2018. Review and photos by John Watson) Trumpeter Eddie Henderson must be one of the […]

Tony Kofi, Joel Prime and Alina Bzhezhinska at 1000 TradesPhoto credit: © Brian Homer Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet(Birmingham Jazz 1000 Trades 27 April 2018. Review and photos by Brian Homer) In the history […]

Birdsong (Cân yr Adar in Welsh) is a collaboration between Welsh/Bajan singer/songwriter Kizzy Crawford and pianist/composer Gwilym Simcock. It also involves six instrumentalists from Sinfonia Cymru – flute, horn and string quartet. […]

‘This award makes me want to go home and practice.’Pat Metheny receiving the PRS Gold AwardPhoto by John L Walters The Fifth JazzFM Awards were awarded at Shoresitch Town Hall on International […]

Cross Currents Trio: Chris Potter, Zakir Hussain and Dave HollandPublicity picture The summer festival news is coming thick and fast. Peter Bacon tries to keep up: The 2018 edition of the Manchester […]

There’s an unusual evening at Cafe Posk in Ravenscourt Park when Polish pianist Kuba Stankiewicz plays the music of the Polish/Jewish composer Henryk Wars. Lesley Christiane will be producing the concert and […]

Bobo Stenson Trio 32nd April Jazz(Various locations in Espoo, Finland 25-29 April 2018. Report by Ralf Dombrowski*) Espoo is not far from Helsinki. The newly built suburban train line takes you there, […]

Peter Bacon reports: The full programme of the 2018 Glasgow Jazz Festival has just been announced and tickets went on sale at 12noon today, International Jazz Day. The festival has also announced […]