Paul Deats and Rachel Foster of Peggy’s Skylight have dis covered that Nottingham City Council is planning to sell the Peggy’s Skylight building at auction on 23 February 2023, despite the fact […]
Denny Ilett’s Electric Lady Big Band play Jimi Hendrix(Ronnie Scott’s, 6-7 January 2023. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jimi Hendrix always expressed an interest in writing music for a big band but sadly […]
Chris Biscoe – Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook (Trio Records tr607. Album review by Jane Mann) This new release is the first that I have come across devoted entirely to […]
This unique collaboration between Britain’s star jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Callum Au’s 50-piece orchestra and big band was originally set for its Cadogan Hall debut in June 2020. Their Songs and […]
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
Saxophonist Tony Kofi’s award-winning Thelonious Monk tribute quartet, pianists Julian Joseph OBE and Zoe Rahman, Jazz FM Breakthrough Act, drummer Jas Kayser and internationally revered Danish bassist Jasper Høiby…are among the musicians set […]
Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista (Challenge Records CR 73545. Album review by Rachel Coombes) Resistant to categorisation, Jussi Reijonen’s compositions merge together such a wide range of musical styles and ‘languages’ […]
Aga Derlak, one of the talented mavericks in the podcast series Rebel Spirits, which offers an insight into the innovative and progressive talents to emerge in Polish jazz over the past twenty […]
Paul Clarvis, Liam Noble, Cathy Jordan – Freight Train (Village Life. 1411222. Album review by Jon Turney) Here’s an unexpected trio producing delightful results. Singer Cathy Jordan is a leading light on […]
Esbjörn Svensson – HOME.S (ACT. ACT9053-2. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) HOME.S is Esbjörn Svensson‘s only solo album, released in November more than fourteen years after his untimely death. Svensson’s wife Eva […]
Legendary alto saxophonist Dick Oatts is returning to London this month for two nights at Pizza Express Dean Street. The first of the nights is on the date of the album release […]
Mothers In Jazz: Rosana Eckert “Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those […]
Francesco Martinelli writes: One of the most loved voices of Turkish jazz, vocalist Ayşe Gencer, daughter of pianist and bandleader İlham Gencer and and singer Ayten Alpman, passed away at the age […]
Mothers In Jazz” is a series started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry figures […]
Matchbox Bluesmaster Series – Set 10: Home Town Skiffle (Saydisc /Matchbox MSESET10 – 6 CDs. Album review by Chris Parker) Another set of recordings from Saydisc (Matchbox), featuring blues, rags, the odd […]
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