Marsden Jazz Festival has announced its full line-up, including, Cassie Kinoshi’s SEED Ensemble, saxophonist Snake Davis and what is announced as the UK debut of Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos. The full text […]
Adrian Cox – Profoundly Blue (National Jazz Archive/Loughton Methodist Church. 28 September 2019. Review by Sue Carrette) Profoundly Blue celebrates the work of clarinettist Edmond Hall (1901-1967), taking a chronological journey through […]
The Sounds of Denmark Festival at Pizza Express later this month will offer a fresh insight into the state of jazz in a country with a fine tradition of the music. Martin […]
Sun-Mi Hong is a Korean drummer who is currently based in Amsterdam, having studied at Amsterdam Conservatoire, where she graduated in 2017. With her fluent style, switching easily between dramatic but controlled powerhouse outbursts and […]
Andrew McCormack’s Graviton – The Calling (Ubuntu Music: UBU0025CD review by Nick Davies) The Calling is the follow-up to pianist Andrew McCormack’s 2017 album, Graviton. Your reviewer first came across McCormack on the […]
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble – Electric Miles (Mama Records MAA 1005. CD review by Frank Griffith Charles Pillow leads his New York City-based Large Ensemble on his 2018 CD, Electric Miles. In his […]
Dominic Howles Quintet – Along Came Benny (Bopcentric Music BCCD06. CD review by Alison Bentley) The CD cover shows Dominic Howles and his double bass in glorious ’60s black and white, evoking the era […]
Joe Downard Sextet – Seven Japanese Tales (Vortex, 23 September 2019. Review by Dominic Williams) This gig was part of The Shape of Jazz To Come, a Vortex programme supported by the Dave Holland […]
BATL Quartet – LIVE (RT Jazz Records RTJR002 – CD review by Mark McKergow) BATL Quartet – led by tenorist Brandon Allen and pianist Tim Lapthorn – hits the groove and the […]
Peter Bacon reports: Eastside Jazz Club at the Royal Birmingam Conservatoire has a nice new autumn programme out, and a pretty packed one it is. Here is part of their press release: […]
Miles Davis 1959 – Porgy and Bess…Kind of Blue And More (Cadogan Hall, London, 21 September 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) Nothing ventured, nothing gained, so the old adage goes. Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory […]
Jazzmeia Horn – Love & Liberation (Concord CJA 00155. CD Review by Peter Jones) The word “effortless” is an important one when writing about or even just thinking about any kind of performance. […]
Peter Bacon reports: The BBC has this evening announced some new jazz content and a tie-up with Jazz FM. Here is part of the press release: “The BBC today unveiled a number […]
The latest of the Jazz Repertory Company’s Cadogan Hall recreations of defining moments in jazz brings an historic big band battle back to life. Pete Long explained its significance to Peter Vacher: […]
Örjan Hultén’s Orion (NAC, Wolverhampton, 22 September 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) What glorious variety there is in the long history of Swedish jazz – from the early days of musicians […]
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