Jamie Leeming – Resynthesis (Sekito.Album review by Tony Dudley Evans) Jamie Leeming is a young London-based guitarist who has been touring, mostly with Alfa Mist, but also with Tom Misch, Jas Kayser […]
Jamie Leeming – ‘Resynthesis’
Jazz in the Birthday Honours: Bill Geldard BEM
As far as we can see, there is just one jazz-related honour in the 2022 Birthday Honours… Congratulations trombonist/arranger Bill Geldard BEM, honoured at the age of 92. Born in 1929, Bill […]
Art Themen (playing a sax owned by Ronnie Scott at the club on 14 June)
Art Themen has recently bought a tenor saxophone, a Selmer Super Balanced Action which was owned by Ronnie Scott, and will play it at the Frith Street club on 14 June. Hats […]
Barney Wilen – ‘Zodiac’
Barney Wilen – Zodiac (We Are Busy Bodies, LP. Review by Phil Johnson) Best-known for his work with Miles Davis on the iconic soundtrack to Louis Malle’s film noir ‘Lift to the […]
Christian McBride & Joshua Redman at Wigmore Hall
Christian McBride & Joshua Redman (Wigmore Hall, 28 May 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Saturday night’s concert concluded bassist Christian McBride‘s tenure as artist-in-residence at Wigmore Hall. During the past year, […]
Chris Batchelor (Zoetic tour, 9 June – 2 July)
After the pandemic twice scuppered the unveiling of some of the most idiomatically diverse new music of his versatile career, trumpeter /composer Chris Batchelor, with the quintet Zoetic, is now finally touring […]
John Scofield – ‘Solo’
John Scofield – Solo(ECM 2727. Album review by Denny Ilett) Ever since Joe Pass’ legendary ‘Virtuoso’ series of unaccompanied albums from the late 1970s, the solo recording has been something of a […]
Christine Jensen joins faculty at Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY)
Saxophonist/composer Christine Jensen is re-locating…. just over 300 miles to the south-west… from Montreal to Rochester, NY, where she will take a post at Eastman School of Music. Here is Eastman’s statement, […]
Helena Kay (crowdfunding for new album ‘Golden Sands’)
Saxophonist Helena Kay went to New York in February 2019 and came back in March 2020. Her forthcoming album Golden Sands draws inspiration from her time there. A crowdfunder for the new […]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas in Norwich
Elina Duni, Rob Luft and Fred Thomas (Octagon Chapel, Norwich. Norfolk and Norwich Festival. 24 May 2022 . Live Review by Bruce Lindsay) The Norfolk and Norwich Festival billed this late-night concert […]
Tomorrow’s New Quartet (Oughton/ Kay/ Gordon/ Moore) – ‘All Together, Now!’
Tomorrow’s New Quartet – All Together, Now! (Ubuntu UBU0110 – Album review by Mark McKergow) British drummer Rod Oughton assembles a top line-up to perform his neat and varied jazz compositions and […]
Jazz Tributes to Bob Blizzard
Jazz needs strong and persuasive advocates in the right places who can make a difference, and former MP Bob Blizzard, who died from cancer on 5 May 2022 at the age of […]
Manel Fortià Trio at The Mediterranean Jazz Festival, NYC
(Manel Fortià trio (The Mediterranean Jazz Festival, Drom NYC, 21 May 2022. Live review by Dan Bergsagel) On Saturday night Manel Fortià returned to New York for the launch of his latest album, […]
FORJ – ‘Our Space’
FORJ – Our Space(Digital release only. Review by AJ Dehany) FORJ play music the way you want it to be played, with a creativity resistant to running orders but respectful to form […]
Judith Owen (new album ‘Come On and Get It’ due Sep 2022)
Welsh-born singer Judith Owen has strong stories to tell in her new album “Come On and Get It”, which will be released in September, and a great team to help her tell […]
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