Soho has always had a close connection with jazz – a century ago, Sidney Bechet used to wander round the London district browsing in music shops – and it is fitting that […]
Boulevard Theatre Jazz (Soho Sounds, Wednesdays late)
Jim Beard/Jon Herington – Chunks And Chairknobs
Jim Beard/Jon Herington – Chunks And Chairknobs (Jazzline D 77069. CD review by Peter Bacon) As liner notes man Bill Milkowski explains, pianist Jim Beard and guitarist Jon Herington have been session players […]
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows – Assembly of Shadows
Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly Of Shadows – Assembly of Shadows (SoundSpore Records. Review by Adam Sieff) I generally shy away from jazz orchestras. I know, my loss. But this album has completely […]
Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis – Ow! Live At The Penthouse
Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis – Ow! Live At The Penthouse (Reel To Real RTRCD003 – CD review by Mark McKergow) The two tenor saxophones of Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ […]
Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon at Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham
Jim Rattigan’s Pavillon (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 7 November 2019. Review and photos by John Watson) What a wonderful glow there is in the sound of the French horn. But it takes real […]
JazzFest Berlin Round-Up (Part 3 – hr-Bigband feat. Joachim Kühn & Michel Portal/Ambrose Akinmusire/Brian Marsella/Eve Risser/Late Night Lab 1)
JazzFest Berlin (Haus der Berliner Festspiele 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) hr-Bigband feat. Joachim Kühn & Michel Portal/Ambrose Akinmusire/Brian Marsella/Eve Risser/Late Night Lab 1 This is the third and final part of […]
Fat-Suit – Waifs & Strays
Fat-Suit – Waifs & Strays (Equinox EQX006CD. CD Review by Rob Adams) The fourth album from Glasgow jazz-funk-folk collective Fat-Suit witnesses a significant stride forward in terms of composition as well as […]
ECM at 50 events (EFG London Jazz Festival 15 & 17 Nov)
Peter Bacon reports: The ongoing celebrations that surround ECM Records’ 50th birthday, will, we are reliably informed, continue well into 2020, but are represented In London this month with concerts by ECM […]
JazzFest Berlin 2019 Round-Up (Part 2: Sinikka Langeland/The Australian Art Orchestra/ Late Night Lab 2/ Paul Lovens)
JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October – 3 November 2019. Round-Up Part 2 by Alison Bentley) Sinikka Langeland/The Australian Art Orchestra/Late Night Lab 2/Paul Lovens This is the second part […]
JazzFest Berlin 2019 Round-Up (Part 1 – Christian Lillinger/Angel Bat Dawid/KIM Collective/Anthony Braxton’s ZIM Music / Marc Ribot)
JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October- 3 November 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) This is the first of Alison’s three-part Round-Up of JazzFest Berlin 2019 Christian Lillinger’s Open Form […]
Pancevo Jazz Festival, Serbia
Pancevo Jazz Festival, Serbia (Culture Centre, Pancevo, 31 Oct – 2 Nov. Review and photos by John Watson) The warmth of Paolo Fresu’s flugelhorn sound, and the passion it conveys, has me spellbound… […]
Five things not to miss at the 2019 Cambridge Jazz Festival
Cambridge area resident Matt Pannell tells us his picks from this year’s Cambridge Jazz Festival programme (13-24 November): It is said that in November, you’re never more than one microphone cable’s length from […]
Silje Nergaard/Espen Berg plus more at Crazy Coqs for EFG London Jazz Festival (15-23 Nov)
Crazy Coqs, the cabaret venue at Brasserie Zédel in Piccadilly, has a very strong programme as part of the 2019 EFG London Jazz Festival. The accent is on distinctive singers of the […]
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope
Cross Currents Trio – Good Hope (Edition Records EDN1136. CD Review by Jon Turney) A little late to reviewing this one, but for a good reason: It’s one of those recordings I kept postponing […]
Ikarai’s Muhammad project (tour 13-15 Nov including 2019 EFG LJF)
Dutch sextet Ikarai bring their Muhammad concert programme to EFG London Jazz Festival on Friday 15 November. It’s been described as “a show like no other” – with some justification, as not […]
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