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” […]

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 […]

Clare Teal with Kansas Smitty’sPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Kansas Smitty’s House Band feat. Clare Teal (Town Hall, 5 May 2018, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Peter Jones) In Hackney’s Broadway Market, […]

Roller Trio in the ParabolaPhoto credit: © John Watson/jazzcamera.co.uk Roller Trio(Parabola Arts Centre, 5 May 2018, Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Review by Mary James) “It’s great to be back!” said James Mainwaring towards […]

Bob Dorough, Simon Wallace and Sarah MoulePhoto supplied BOB DOROUGH (1923-2018) passed away on 23 April at his home in Pennsylvania at the age of 94. Most widely known for his role […]