Susheela Raman. Photo credit: Asopum/ Creative CommonsBorn in London, Susheela Raman‘s work unites and draws strength from her South Indian Tamil roots and the ‘western’ culture that she grew up with after […]
Just announced – Michel LegrandUPDATE 1st AUGUST: Ronnie Scott’s has announced: “The legendary Michel Legrand Trio will be stepping in to headline at Ronnie’s next Friday and Saturday as part of International […]
Alison Bentley interviewed Antonello Salis ahead of his gig at Pizza Express Jazz Club on the 12th February. He will be joined by Filomena Campus, Cleveland Watkiss, Orphy Robinson, Steve Lodder and […]
That truly terrible picture (please send me a better one – Andy?) is of Jason Rebello landing the first chord at the album launch of Anything But Look (Lyte Records) at the Vibe […]
Jason Rebello – Anything but Look(Lyte LR021. CD Review by Rob Mallows)“Not before time!”So said the guy behind the counter at Ray’s Jazz in Foyles as I bought a copy of Jason […]
Jean Toussaint/ Julian Siegel Quintet(Ronnie Scott’s. 29th July 2013. Review by Sebastian Scotney)The astonishing bench-strength, the level of talent just waiting there in the wings in the London jazz scene has been […]
Review: Jason Rebello Group feat. Pino Palladino(Ronnie Scott’s, Sat. 9th Mar. 2013. Review by Alison Bentley) Pianist Jason Rebello: self-effacing brilliance. Wayne Shorter championed his music, and in 1990 produced the first […]
Jason Rebello In the maelstrom of the 280-gig London Jazz Festival, a couple of good events at the Guildhall, putting the focus on interesting musicians, which could easily be overlooked. I spoke to […]
This wide-ranging interview with Herbie Hancock appeared in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph. We publish the full length version- Sebastian Scotney worked on the translation with Stefan Hentz. Today is the UK release date […]
John McLaughlin and the Fourth Dimension(Barbican Hall, Tuesday May 11th, 2010, review by Rod Fogg)John McLaughlin may not exactly be a household name in the UK but he is legendary in the […]
Best Contemporary Jazz Album- 75Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul SyndicateBest Jazz Vocal Album- Dedicated To YouKurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And HartmanBest Improvised Jazz Solo -4 Chicken (Terence Blanchard) Watts […]
Okkyung Lee, Steve Beresford, John Butcher and Christian Marclay (Cafe Oto, Saturday 21 May 2011)Okkyung Lee, Phil Minton and Mark Sanders with Steve Noble and Alex Ward (Vortex, Sunday 22 May 2011). […]
