Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Ellington Orchestra, directed by Jeremy PricePicture supplied by RBC Speakers, players and even AGMers converge on Birmingham City University (BCU) next week for three days of the Duke. Peter […]

Beverley BeirnePhoto Credit: Simon Page Bold, bright and down-right fun, jazz vocalist Beverley Beirne’s new record is a crowd pleaser. Jazz Just Wants To Have Fun takes the best of two worlds, […]

Brigitte Beraha and Frank HarrisonPublicity photo Pianist Frank Harrison has written in advance of the launch of his new album with Brigitte Beraha at Kings Place on 23 May: Brigitte wrote the lyrics […]

Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas Sound Prints – Scandal(Greenleaf Music GRE-CD-1063. CD review by Mike Collins) This Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas collaboration, dedicated to following in Wayne Shorter’s soundprints, was first […]

Mishka Adams and Beto CalettiPublicity photo A new duo of singer MISHKA ADAMS and singer/guitarist BETO CALETTI perform music in which they “swim in the sea of South American music”. They have […]

1958: A Jazz JamboreePhoto credit: Nils Solberg Come Fly with Me… Let’s Face the Music and Dance… Cheek to Cheek… all will feature in 1958: A Jazz Jamboree, a new programme from Richard Pite’s […]

L-R: Brigitte Beraha, Rob Updegraff. Dave Manington and Tom ChallengerPhoto credit:Cat Munro Dave Manington’s Riff Raff – Challenger Deep album launch(The Vortex. 12 May 2018. Review by Dominic Williams) LJN previewed this […]

Dinosaur – Wonder Trail (Edition. EDN1111. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Wonder Trail opens with a large chord; noise plays a significant role in the record with discordant electronic sounds interrupting more […]

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” […]

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 […]