Yur Yesli Quartet (Kansas Smitty’s Bar. 1 August 2019. Review by Sebastian Scotney) What would George Benson have done? If he had played the same series of victorious, emphatic chords that 23-year […]
Yur Yesli Quartet at Kansas Smitty’s
Evan Parker with Birds at Cafe Oto
Evan Parker with Birds (Evan Parker, John Coxon, Ashley Wales, Mark Sanders) (Cafe Oto, 26 July 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) Evan Parker with Birds: For Steve Lacy is a […]
Ron Davis (SymphRONica, Edinburgh Fringe, 6-24 Aug)
Canadian pianist Ron Davis has chosen the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as the European launch pad for his band SymphRONica’s latest album, UpfRONt. SymphRONica combines a jazz quartet with a string quartet and Rob Adams spoke […]
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo
Prom 16: Angélique Kidjo (Royal Albert Hall. Review by Sebastian Scotney/Pictures by Mark Allan) To bop or not to bop. That is the question. For the people down there in the Royal […]
Per Mathisen – Sounds of 3 – Edition 2
Per Mathisen – Sounds of 3 – Edition 2 (Losen Records. CD review by Rob Mallows) Three is a powerful integer. According to De La Soul, it’s ‘magic’. It forms a stable […]
Photo shoot by Monika Jakubowska – prize draw details
Sebastian writes: Photographer Monika S. Jakubowska, originally from Suwalki in North-Eastern Poland, has lived and in the UK since and worked as a photographer and designer since 2006. She works regularly with […]
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave
Paul Bley/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian – When Will the Blues Leave (ECM 7740423. Recorded 1999. CD Review by Olie Brice) The recorded history of jazz gives us glimpses into a process, snapshots […]
Naked City Festival 2019 in Beckenham
Naked City Festival (Beckenham Place Park, 27 July 2019. Round-up by Rachel Coombes) Undeterred by the intermittent downpours, hundreds of Londoners flocked to Beckenham Place Park on Saturday for the inaugural Naked City […]
Buster Birch (New series: Beginner Jazz Soloing)
Buster Birch seems to be turning into one of the busiest jazz educators on the planet. He has as a new series of jazz guides and answered a few questions from Peter […]
The BIG Chris Barber Band at Cadogan Hall (13 September)
NEWS UPDATE: Since this piece was written Chris Barber has announced his permanent retirement. This concert will now be a celebration of his music. Sum up the Chris Barber story in five […]
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