Joanna Wallfisch at Sofar Sounds (before going fully acoustic) Joanna Wallfisch (Sofar Sounds at Folklore Hoxton, 29 April 2018. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Trying to call the significant turning-points as artists develop […]
Erik Thormod Halvorsen Sextet – Social Call (Losen LOS189-2. CD Review by Peter Jones) It’s a truism, but jazz musicians usually set out to impress with their recordings. There may be funny […]
Harlington Manorfrom the Harlington Manor website Peter Bacon reports: They’re claiming it will be the UK’s first fully vegan jazz festival. It’s called the Jazzeco Boutique Jazz Festival and it’s all happening […]
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 […]
