Catenaccio (Spice of Life, 24 July 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Catenaccio is Tom Cawley’s most recent undertaking as a band leader. It delves into his love of football and synthesisers and it’s hard to tell […]
Catenaccio at the Spice of Life
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2019
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2019 (Various venues, Edinburgh, 12-21 July 2019. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival outdid itself this year: the programme was so full of attractive […]
Drayton Court Jazz Festival (16-18 Aug)
Peter Bacon reports: According to the organisers, it’s “More than a Jazz Festival: an outdoor party with a wide range of ales, hog roast etc.” Headlining at this year’s Drayton Court Jazz […]
OneFest 2019 (14 Sep, Sheffield; 21 Sep London) plus Apply to Play (closes 6 Aug)
Peter Bacon reports: Shabaka Hutchings today (26 July) opens the ‘Apply to Play’ prize for grassroots artists who have the chance to showcase their talents at this year’s OneFest, which will be […]
Jamie Saft Quartet – Hidden Corners
Jamie Saft Quartet – Hidden Corners (Rare Noise Records RNR0109 – CD/LP review by Mark McKergow) Prolific New York keyboardist and composer Jamie Saft hits the decks (and the CD player) with […]
brand/beresford/edwards/sanders – all will be said, all to do again
brand/beresford/edwards/sanders – all will be said, all to do again (Regardless R03 CD review by AJ Dehany) Samuel Beckett, the last modernist, curmudgeon and revered Irish poet, novelist and playwright, damned to […]
Spirit Fingers – Interview plus review (Ronnie Scott’s 25 July, Hampstead 26/27 July)
Rob Mallows, for LondonJazz News, met up with the members of Spirit Fingers at the start of a mini-heatwave in London. The music later that night at Pizza Express Holborn matched the weather! The band […]
2019 Swanage Festival
Swanage Festival (Mowlem Theatre and other venues in Swanage. 13-14 July 2019. Report by Brian Blain) One of the unforeseen positives of what was, as Peter Jones reported in his round-up published […]
Wood Street Jazz Festival 2019
Wood Street Jazz Festival (Wood Street Village, Surrey, 21 July 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) Picture this quintessentially English scene. A marquee is set up on an ample village green in the heart […]
Jazz Leeds Festival 2019
Jazz Leeds Festival 2019 (Various venues, 18-21 July 2019. Photographs and report by William Ellis) I’ve just spent the weekend at the Jazz Leeds Festival – now in its 3rd year with […]
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