De Beren Gieren – Less Is Endless (Sdban Ultra. Album review by Peter Slavid) In Europe, in recent times, trios have often struggled to escape the dominating shadow of EST. But De […]
De Beren Gieren – ‘Less Is Endless’
Helena Debono at Pizza Express Holborn
Helena Debono (Pizza Express Holborn. 8 September 2021. Review by Lavender Sutton) Helena Debono released her new album Right Here to a sold-out crowd at Holborn Pizza Express as a part of […]
Marc Johnson – ‘Overpass’
Marc Johnson – Overpass (ECM 3810819. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Overpass is the latest edition to ECM’s subgenre – solo bass recordings. If you’re the kind of gig-goer who goes to […]
Lady Blackbird – ‘Black Acid Soul’
Lady Blackbird – Black Acid Soul (Foundation Music/BMG. Album Review by John Bungey) She’s always had the voice – a soulful instrument that combines the drama of Tina Turner with the bluesy […]
Malik Al Nasir – ‘Letters to Gil: A Memoir’
Malik Al Nasir – Letters to Gil: A Memoir (William Collins, 320pp., £20. Book Review by Chris Parker) At the age of eighteen, semi-literate, destitute, bewildered and directionless after spending his adolescence […]
Soho.Live Jazz Week – 15 – 17 September
10 venues in Soho, more than 100 jazz artists and 17 shows: Soho.Live Jazz Week returns on 15 September, writes Izzy Blankfield This year’s lineup for Soho.Live Jazz Week (see full listing […]
Charlotte Keeffe – ‘Right Here, Right Now’
Charlotte Keeffe – Right Here, Right Now (Discus Records 107CD. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Improvising trumpeter Charlotte Keeffe is an extremely versatile and active player; she leads her own quartet, is one of […]
Shez Raja at Ronnie Scott’s
Shez Raja (Ronnie Scott’s. 5 September 2021. Review by AJ Dehany Punjab means ‘five rivers’. In early 2020 bass player and composer Shez Raja travelled with his father to the Punjab region […]
Acoustic Triangle (20th Anniversary UK tour, starts 18 September)
Acoustic Triangle (the trio of bassist Malcolm Creese, saxophonist/bass clarinettist Tim Garland and pianist Gwilym Simcock) is about to embark on a 20th Anniversary tour. Feature by John Fordham. In June 2001, […]
The Roaring 20s (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 25 September 2021)
On 25 September The Jazz Repertory Company will return to Cadogan Hall, London with The Roaring 20s, a programme originally devised by the much missed Keith Nichols, and featuring a dozen of […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 36. ‘Song and Dance’, Joe Lovano: Quartets – Live at the Village Vanguard, 1994.
The 36th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections features a thrilling encounter between two great horn players. Joe Lovano’s long tenure with Blue Note mostly produced studio recordings, but they had to do […]
ESINAM – ‘Shapes in Twilights of Infinity’
ESINAM Shapes in Twilights of Infinity (W.E.R.F. records. Album Review by Amy Sibley-Allen) Belgian-Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Esinam Dogbatse a.k.a ESINAM creates a gloriously unique sound universe with her debut album Shapes in Twilights […]
Jake Baxendale and Jasmine Lovell-Smith – ‘Sanctuary’
Jake Baxendale and Jasmine Lovell-Smith – Sanctuary (Paintbox Records 003. Available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) A collection of two large-scale suites and two shorter pieces, Sanctuary is a bold work. Through-composed with lots of space […]
Harvey/O’Higgins Project – ‘That’s The Way To Live’
Harvey/O’Higgins Project – That’s The Way To Live (Ubuntu Music UBU0094. Review by Leonard Weinreich) My late chum, Al, an omnivorous jazz fan, often referred wistfully to the kind of music that, if you were […]
‘Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz’
Walking the Changes: Legends of Double Bass in Jazz (Film documentary directed and produced by Nick Wells. Review by Mary James) A labour of love, almost by definition, takes a long time […]
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