Barb Jungr – Bob, Brel and Me (Kristalyn KLCDO6/Absolute. CD Review by Richard Lee) Barb Jungr‘s readings of (as she’s put it herself) “the men she loves” (male songwriters in this context) […]
Barb Jungr – Bob, Brel and Me
Woody Herman’s Four Brothers Reunion featuring Frank Tiberi and James Pearson Trio (Pizza Express Jazz Club 12 – 15 Sept)
Why was the sound of the Woody Herman Band’s Four Brothers so special – revolutionary even – and why does it still thrill today? With an exclusive Woody Herman’s Four Brothers Reunion happening […]
Scottish Jazz & Beyond at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Scottish Jazz & Beyond: Fergus McCreadie Trio, Graeme Stephen’s The River, The Playtime Trio, and Tom Bancroft’s In Common (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 16 and 17 August 2019. Review by Patrick Hadfield) Scottish […]
Emily Saunders (new single All As One – The Other Palace, 29 Aug)
Emily Saunders has a new single out and will be launching it as well as previewing her next album, Broken, in a series of performances in September and October. But before that […]
Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben – Mister Z
Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben – Mister Z (Between the Lines BTLOHR71248. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Jazz, funk, rock; guitar, trombone, drums. Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben strip away the layers of big band funk to reveal the clean […]
Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution – Won’t Put No Flag Out
Daniel Erdmann’s Velvet Revolution – Won’t Put No Flag Out (BMC CD 282. CD review by Peter Slavid) The term “Chamber Jazz” is much overused, almost as much as as the word […]
Quentin Collins: new sextet album, Road Warrior, and tour
Quentin Collins releases a new album, Road Warrior, on Friday 13 September. It’s an album that reflects on the trumpeter’s 25 years playing jazz and celebrates all the musicians out there who […]
Brian Kellock – Bidin’ My Time
Brian Kellock – Bidin’ My Time (Self-released (*). HHCD1. CD Review by Sebastian Scotney) “When it’s done properly, it does sound simple; sounds like anybody can do it,” the great American pianist […]
Ambleside Days Contemporary Music Festival (29 Aug – 1 Sep)
Preview by Mike Collins: Ambleside Days 2019 will be the third edition of this boutique festival, packed with world class performers appearing over four days (29 August to 1 September) at Zefirrellis […]
JazzFest Berlin (31 Oct – 3 Nov): 1st programme announcement – Anthony Braxton’s Sonic Genome
Sebastian writes: Jazzfest Berlin has announced its first events for the 2019 festival, the second festival under the artistic direction of Nadin Deventer. The opening event on 31 October will be Sonic […]
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