Soweto Kinch (Classic Music Sundays Special Edition, Spitalfields Festival. 6 July 2023. Report by John Stevenson) In a special edition of Classic Music Sundays for the Spitalfields Festival, MOBO award-winning jazz saxophonist, […]
“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 […]
Kai Hoffman was inspired by the film ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day‘ to start the Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival. 2023 presents the sixth edition, at which 95% of the events […]
Tom Ollendorff – Open House Fresh Sounds Records FSNT 656 (CD review by Mike Collins) Listening to guitarist Tom Ollendorff’s new release, his second under his own name, I’ve been trying to […]
Christine Jensen Quartet (“Day Moon” Album launch. Upstairs, Montreal. 5 July 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Some bleary-eyed logic coming here, the result of a week rushing to gigs (and avoiding […]
JAZZx Festival, Timisoara, Romania Photographs and commentary by John Watson I find the music of Shakti so captivating that concentrating on photographing the group in concert might be considered the biggest challenge […]
McCoy Tyner – The Montreux Years(Claude Nobs Foundation/BMG 5053888948. Vinyl review by Phil Johnson) As shown in the fascinating recent three-part BBC television series on the Montreux Jazz Festival (‘They All Came […]
JAZZx Festival (Timisoara, Romania, 28 June – 2 July. Review and photos by John Watson) “We Jazz Together” – that was the theme of the JAZZx Festival, held in the beautiful Romanian […]
Love Supreme Festival (Glynde Place. 30 June- 2 July 2023. Round-Up by Evie Hill) Evie Hill writes: Love Supreme is my favourite jazz festival. This year was my sixth time returning to […]
Sebastian writes: This piece is not about the 2023 festival, but rather an album for which I have huge affection, and think of as a masterpiece. In this feature, saxophonist Steve Kaldestad […]
Diana Krall with Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Anthony Wilson (Salle Wilfried Pelletier, Montreal 4 July 2023) I’ve been thinking about Diana Krall’s Montreal connections and had a chat recently with record producer […]
Here are the winners at the 2023 APPG ( Parliamentary) Jazz Awards: Jazz Vocalist of the Year – Elaine Delmar Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year – Gary Husband Jazz Album of the […]
Emmet Cohen Trio (Studio TD, FIJM Montreal. 3 July 2023) For anyone who believes in jazz, this gig by the Emmet Cohen Trio must be one of the most heartening sights of […]
With a new album out and his UK live debut soon, the Israeli pianist Uriel Herman explains how a jazz vision that finds room for Bowie and Mozart has won him a […]
With founding members Terry Seabrook (organ) and Peter Fraize (tenor sax) hailing from each side of the pond, naming the band in honour of the ocean that both separates and connects them […]
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