Alex Hitchcock – Dream Band: Live In London (Whirlwind Recordings. WR4815. Three-CD set. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) At first glance, it might seem that tenor saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock has pulled together […]
Love Supreme has just announced its first eighteen acts for the 2024 festival at Glynde Place – Friday 5 July to Sunday 7 July . ARTISTS ANNOUUNCED Chaka KhanMahaliaBlack PumasJoss StoneJordan RakeiKool […]
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th Birthday Concert Neon Orchestra, cond. Nick Smart. (Watermill Jazz. 28 November 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Happy 75th Birthday Stan Sulzmann! Today, 30 November, as we publish this review, […]
On 15 December, the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Big Band will be presenting the impressive results of a six-month joint project involving trombonist and composer Dennis Rollins MBE, with phenomenal […]
The fifth International Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Krakow, from which musician/writer Sam Norris reported the results (link below), also gave him the opportunity to meet two of the international judges, Peter […]
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra returns to one of its specialisms, the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, for its latest tour, which takes in Glasgow, St Andrews and Edinburgh from […]
Pianist Ben Shankland (*), a current student at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, has won the 2023 BBC Young Scottish Jazz Musician Award. The competition was held at BBC Scotland’s Studios on Pacific Quay […]
Jocelyn Gould(Frank and Mark’s, Iffley Church Hall, East Oxford. Review by Mark Rowan-Hull) On another damp and dismal evening, I was looking forward to finding out more about Jocelyn Gould, the guest […]
This week’s edition of Mondays with Morgan is an interview between jazz journalist Morgan Enos and Ray Gallon, a revered pianist, composer and arranger who has worked with a number of leading […]
Mothers In Jazz: Kerry Politzer“Mothers In Jazz” (*) this week features pianist, composer, and educator Kerry Politzer. She is a first-call player on Portland, Oregon’s increasingly rich jazz scene, as well as […]
Koma Saxo – Post Koma (We Jazz Records WJCDFIFTY. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Bass player Petter Eldh adds a tremendous punch to any group he plays in. He has played with Django […]
Nigel Price Organ Trio feat. Ross Stanley and Joel Barford – That’s It. Right There(Nervy Nigel Records Nervy CD004. Review by Douglas Strang) As Nigel Price’s helpfully informative sleeve notes say, each […]
Neoteric Ensemble – Volume 1Compositions by Mark Nightingale, Andy Panayi, Charlotte Harding, Dan Jenkins, Misha Mullov-Abbado and members of the ensemble.(Ulysses Arts. Album Review by David Shiers) One of the defining features […]
Charles Mingus – Mingus(Candid Records- CCD35212- 2022. Album review by Frank Griffith) “Mingus” was recorded in 1960 and includes three extra tracks, forty minutes of music, which were recorded at the same […]
Julian Joseph/ Mark Hodgson/ Mark Mondesir, LPO cond. Jader Bignamini(Royal Festival Hall. 22 November 2023. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Mark Mondesir has recently told the story of his miraculous recovery from cancer […]
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