Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey (Queen Elizabeth Hall. 14 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival . Review by Alison Bentley) “Do you feel good?” US pianist Vijay Iyer asked the […]
Marcel Khalifé and Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Mahmoud, Marcel and I (Barbican Centre, 15 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) “Marcel went to Australia for a few days […]
Detroit-born alto saxophonist KENNY GARRETT has won a dozen Downbeat polls – almost all from its readers rather than critics. He will be performing a three-night residency at Ronnie Scott’s from 24-26 November. Charles Rees writes: […]
11 November 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the passing of one of the uniquely, irrepressibly creative figures at the heart of British jazz for over four decades, Michael Garrick (1933-2021). A […]
The 46th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is an early landmark from a great soprano saxophone exponent. Jane Ira Bloom is a brilliant player and composer who has never, to my mind, […]
Ralph Towner(Pizza Express Soho. 14 November 2021. EFG LJF. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) Some other guitarists don’t just plug in the guitar but a whole paraphernalia of other equipment too…. and some […]
Eddie Henderson Quartet Plus Xhosa Cole, Richard Foote and Chris Young (Pizza Express, Brindley Place, Birmingham, 14 November. Review and photos by John Watson) The two greatest challenges facing any jazz trumpeter […]
Robocobra Quartet + Archipelago (Kings Place Hall Two. 13 November 2021. EFG LJF. Live review by Peter Slavid) This was a very enjoyable double-bill from two bands who had a fair bit […]
Joe Fiedler’s ‘Open Sesame’ album launch (The Jazz Gallery, NYC. 12 November 2021. Live Review by Dan Bergsagel) I have coaxed friends to many strange and unpredictable concerts, but this week’s “Sesame […]
Eberhard Weber – Once Upon A Time – Live In Avignon (ECM 2699. Album Review by Chris Wheatley) A wonderfully lyrical bassist who announced himself as a solo artist back in 1973 […]
Fraser Fifield – Piobaireachd / Pipe Music (Available from BandCamp. Album Review by Patrick Hadfield) Scottish multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield, born London, raised in Aberdeenshire and now based in Fife, straddles many genres […]
Moor Mother at the South Bank and Irreversible Entanglements at Kings Place (EFG London Jazz Festival. 12/ 13 November 2021. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans)(Photos are from the Kings Place show) Two […]
Jazz Voice (Royal Festival Hall. 12 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Alison Bentley) Think of all that music, all those songs, (and clothes) locked away for so long […]
Ben Wendel – High Heart (Edition Records EDN 1162. Album review by Jon Turney) We’re all still catching up with stuff after the pandemic pause, aren’t we? So like me you may […]
Giorgos Tabakis – hEre nOw theN (Efkrassis Productions. Album review by Chris Wheatley) Recording a solo jazz album must be a daunting project. With nowhere to hide and no band-mates to rely […]
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