John Bailey – Can You Imagine? (Freedom Road Records FRR 001. CD review by Leonard Weinreich) No hidden sub-text here: the brand name on the label yells it shamelessly. Ever since the […]
John Bailey – “Can You Imagine?”
Quentin Collins Sextet – “Road Warrior”
Quentin Collins Sextet – Road Warrior (Ubuntu Records – UB0027 CD Review by Paul Kelly) Whilst mid-40s Bebop created the seismic break from 30s swing, it was, in reality its slightly less frenetic successor, […]
International Jazzfestival Münster 2020 – Shortcut
International Jazzfestival Münster 2020 – Shortcut Koma Saxo Airelle Besson / Lionel Suarez Duo Pipe Dream (Theater Münster, 5 January 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) What to do in the post-holiday lull […]
Bands Announced for jazzahead! 2020 Showcases (Bremen, 23-25 April)
Sebastian writes: The 40 bands who have been successful and will be performing in the 40 showcase slots have been announced today. 21 of the 40 bands are led by women. They […]
Simon Thacker’s Ritmata – “Tàradh”
Simon Thacker’s Ritmata – Tàradh (Slap The Moon Records. STMRCD05. CD Review by Patrick Hadfield) Guitarist Simon Thacker has an eclectic range of influences. Previous projects have fused Indian, jazz and classical […]
Echoes of Swing – “Winter Days at Schloss Elmau”
Echoes of Swing – Winter Days at Schloss Elmau (ACT 9105-2 CD Review by Peter Vacher) I’ve enjoyed a number of this long-established international quartet’s previous ACT releases. Their neat re-runs of […]
Sarah Thorpe – “Deep Blue Love”
Sarah Thorpe – Deep Blue Love (Dot Time Records DT9087. CD Review by Adam Sieff) There’s something special about jazz music in Paris. Maybe it’s the the beautiful architecture, the atmosphere, the […]
Laurel and Chaplin, as scored by Rahman (Wilton’s, 14-18 Jan)
Peter Bacon reports: It’s called The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, and it’s not only strange but plays loose with reality. As the small print states: “The events in […]
Paul Dunmall Invitation Series (starts 9 Jan, Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham)
Peter Bacon reports: Thursday 9 January sees the launch of the Paul Dunmall Invitation Series in the Eastside Jazz Club at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Promoter Tony Dudley-Evans explained: “The idea and project […]
Carmen Lundy – “Modern Ancestors”
Carmen Lundy – Modern Ancestors (Afrasia AFP 13823. CD Review by Peter Jones) Carmen Lundy treads her own path. Not for her the water-treading predictability of so many jazz singers, forever recycling […]
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