Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Flagey, Brussels. Thursday-Saturday, Jan 12-14 2023. Festival report by Jon Turney) This is the first of two reports from Brussels by Jon Turney (*) Brussels’ cosy indoor jazz […]
Brussels jazz festival 2023 (Part 1)
Open Letter from Scottish cultural figures about BBC Radio Scotland’s decision to axe ‘crucial’ music programmes
“The effect of these cuts will be devastating for Scotland’s classical, jazz and piping scenes.“ Tommy Smith has co-ordinated an open letter from a high-profile list of cultural figures in Scotland, including […]
Jeff Beck. A tribute by Mark Wingfield
Guitarist Mark Wingfield pays tribute to Jeff Beck, “master of tonal nuance and expression”, who passed away on 10 January 2023 aged 78. Mark Wingfield writes: This won’t be an exhaustive run-through […]
Georgia Mancio Quartet: re-opening gig at Hugh & Marion’s / Eltham Jazz Club
Georgia Mancio Quartet (Hugh and Marion’s/Eltham Jazz Club. 12 January 2023. Live review by Rob Mallows) Until last Thursday, Eltham I knew only as a junction on the A2, the location of the […]
Dhafer Youssef – ‘Streets of Minarets’
Dhafer Youssef – Streets of Minarets (Back Beat Edition – Album review by Graham Spry) Over the last two decades, Dhafer Youssef has been one of Europe’s most reliably intriguing and innovative […]
Mothers In Jazz (25): Kim Nazarian
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
jazzahead! 2023: all thirty-six showcase bands announced
In a Press Release issued today, the jazzahead! trade fair (27-30 April) has announced all of the bands who will be appearing at the 2023 event, the world’s largest. We publish the […]
Jo Lawry (new album ‘Acrobats’ with Allison Miller and Linda May Han Oh, and touring UK/Ire/Switz)
South Australia-born singer Jo Lawry’s new album “Acrobats” with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Allison Miller, is released on Whirlwind Recordings on 10 February. There is also a UK/ Ireland/ […]
“Help us Buy Some Time”. Peggy’s Skylight (Nottingham) sets up campaign to postpone sale of premises by City Council.
Paul Deats and Rachel Foster of Peggy’s Skylight have dis covered that Nottingham City Council is planning to sell the Peggy’s Skylight building at auction on 23 February 2023, despite the fact […]
Electric Lady Big Band at Ronnie Scott’s
Denny Ilett’s Electric Lady Big Band play Jimi Hendrix(Ronnie Scott’s, 6-7 January 2023. Review by Lavender Sutton) Jimi Hendrix always expressed an interest in writing music for a big band but sadly […]
Chris Biscoe – ‘Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook’
Chris Biscoe – Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook (Trio Records tr607. Album review by Jane Mann) This new release is the first that I have come across devoted entirely to […]
Claire Martin & Callum Au: Songs and Stories (Cadogan Hall, 20 Jan 2023)
This unique collaboration between Britain’s star jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Callum Au’s 50-piece orchestra and big band was originally set for its Cadogan Hall debut in June 2020. Their Songs and […]
Mothers In Jazz (24): Leonor Falcón
“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating parenthood, and jazz industry […]
World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, SW11. (First season at new concert venue opens 20 Jan.)
Saxophonist Tony Kofi’s award-winning Thelonious Monk tribute quartet, pianists Julian Joseph OBE and Zoe Rahman, Jazz FM Breakthrough Act, drummer Jas Kayser and internationally revered Danish bassist Jasper Høiby…are among the musicians set […]
Jussi Reijonen, ‘Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista’
Jussi Reijonen, Three Seconds/ Kolme Toista (Challenge Records CR 73545. Album review by Rachel Coombes) Resistant to categorisation, Jussi Reijonen’s compositions merge together such a wide range of musical styles and ‘languages’ […]
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