Zoe Francis’s ‘Blue Town’ Project (Pizza Express Dean Street. 10 November 2019. Review by Brian Blain) With positive memories of Zoe Francis‘s Blue Town CD from the summer, I wondered how its […]
Soho has always had a close connection with jazz – a century ago, Sidney Bechet used to wander round the London district browsing in music shops – and it is fitting that […]
Jim Beard/Jon Herington – Chunks And Chairknobs (Jazzline D 77069. CD review by Peter Bacon) As liner notes man Bill Milkowski explains, pianist Jim Beard and guitarist Jon Herington have been session players […]
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows – Assembly of Shadows (SoundSpore Records. Review by Adam Sieff) I generally shy away from jazz orchestras. I know, my loss. But this album has completely […]
Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis – Ow! Live At The Penthouse (Reel To Real RTRCD003 – CD review by Mark McKergow) The two tenor saxophones of Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ […]
Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 7 November 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) What a wonderful glow there is in the sound of the French horn. But it takes real […]
JazzFest Berlin (Haus der Berliner Festspiele 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) hr-Bigband feat. Joachim Kühn & Michel Portal/Ambrose Akinmusire/Brian Marsella/Eve Risser/Late Night Lab 1 This is the third and final part of […]
Fat-Suit – Waifs & Strays (Equinox EQX006CD. CD Review by Rob Adams) The fourth album from Glasgow jazz-funk-folk collective Fat-Suit witnesses a significant stride forward in terms of composition as well as […]
Peter Bacon reports: The ongoing celebrations that surround ECM Records’ 50th birthday, will, we are reliably informed, continue well into 2020, but are represented In London this month with concerts by ECM […]
JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October – 3 November 2019. Round-Up Part 2 by Alison Bentley) Sinikka Langeland/The Australian Art Orchestra/Late Night Lab 2/Paul Lovens This is the second part […]
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