Norma Winstone – Descansado: Songs for Films (ECM 578 6989. CD Review by Jane Mann) This new CD is the fourth for ECM by acclaimed English vocalist Norma Winstone and her trio with […]
CD REVIEW: Norma Winstone – Descansado: Songs for Films
FEATURE/INTERVIEW: Maciek Pysz (New album: Coming Home and Spring guitar duo tour)
Maciek PyszPhoto Credit: Lisa Miniussi Guitarist MACIEK PYSZ is keeping intensely and productively busy musically, with a new solo CD on the horizon and an imminent tour with Gianluca Corona. Even before […]
PHOTOS/REPORT: Algorhythm (from Gdansk) at Jazz Cafe Posk
Krzysztof Slomkowski and Piotr Checki of Algorhythm Photo credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Algorhythm are a young quintet from Gdansk in Poland. They performed at Jazz Café POSK on Saturday 21 April. Peter […]
CD REVIEW: John Surman with Nelson Ayres and Rob Waring – Invisible Threads
John Surman with Nelson Ayres and Rob Waring – Invisible Threads (ECM. ECM 2588. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) John Surman has teamed up with expat-American percussionist Rob Waring and Brazilian pianist […]
REVIEW: Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet at CBSO Centre, Birmingham
Mark Guiliana at the CBSO CentrePhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet(CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 27 April 2018. Review and photos by John Watson) There is frequently a single element that […]
REVIEW: Alfa Mist at Ghost Notes, Peckham
Trumpeter Johnny Woodham with Alfa Mistand bassist/vocalist Kaya Thomas-Dyke Alfa Mist(Ghost Notes, Peckham, 26 April 2018. Review and iPhone snaps by Leah Williams.) Ghost Notes, a new music venue and bar that […]
NEWS: Keith Tippett recovering from Heart Attack (Two Ways to Support Him)
Keith Tippett acknowledging applause at the2015 Berlin Jazz Festival Friends of Keith Tippett are rallying round after a heart attack and complications… – Hazel Miller writes Dear Ogun Friends around the world, I […]
INTERVIEW/PREVIEW: Hugo Berkeley – Director of The Jazz Ambassadors (New film, screening on BBC4, PBS and Arte)
Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille pose in front of the Sphinx near Cairo, Egypt in 1961.Courtesy of the Louis Armstrong House Museum A new film is to be screened on BBC4, […]
PHOTOS/REVIEW: Anton Eger at the Vortex
Anton EgerPhoto Credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Anton Eger(Vortex, 25 April 2018. Photos by Monika S. Jakubowska. Words by AJ Dehany) Drummer Anton Eger is one third of the mighty Phronesis with Jasper […]
PREVIEW: DJAZZ – the Durham City Jazz Festival (1-3 June 2018)
J FriscoPublicity picture The second DJAZZ Festival continues to ring the changes. Peter Bacon reports: In its first year in 2017, the Durham City Jazz Festival, DJAZZ (the D is silent as […]
PREVIEW: Grand Union Orchestra at the Vortex (May to August 2018)
A montage of photos of Grand Union Orchestra’s Trading RootsPhoto supplied by GUO “My admiration for the work of the Grand Union Orchestra and its leader Tony Haynes continues to grow,” writes […]
PHOTOS: Daniel Casimir Quartet at the Spice of Life
Daniel CasimirPhoto credit : Monika S. Jakubowska Photographer Monika S. Jakubowska went to hear the Daniel Casimir Quartet at the Spice of Life on 18 April 2018. Explanatory picture captions courtesy of […]
REVIEW: Aidan O’Rourke and Kit Downes at Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead
Kit Downes, Aidan O’RourkePhoto credit: Ariane Todes Aidan O’Rourke and Kit Downes(Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead, 24 April 2018. Review by Dominic Williams) The origins of this project are simple, if extraordinary. […]
NEWS: New season of Royal Albert Hall late nights and Sunday brunchs
Rob LuftSupplied picture Peter Bacon reports: Thursday late night and Sunday brunch jazz continue at the Royal Albert Hall next month with a fresh programme of six late night sessions and seven […]
CD REVIEW: John Daversa – Wobbly Dance Flower
John Daversa – Wobbly Dance Flower(BRM Jazz: 3020624382. CD review by Nick Davies) Wobbly Dance Flower is the latest release from California-born, Florida-based, Grammy-nominated trumpeter, John Daversa. Adept at writing for all […]
