36th Jazzdor Festival – Opening Weekend (Cite de la Musique, Strasbourg. 6 and 7 November 2021. Round-up by Sebastian Scotney) There is a provocative confidence about the way Philippe Ochem programmes the […]
Jazzdor Festival 2021, Strasbourg
Scottish Jazz Awards 2021 – Nominees Announced
The Scottish Jazz Awards are back with shortlists that reflect a year of strong album releases and the continuing rude good health of a youthfully inventive scene that is learning from the […]
Helena Kay becomes City Music Foundation artist
Saxophonist Helena Kay is joining the City Music Foundation Artist Scheme . The full announcement is HERE The other awardees are: Connaught Brass, Ensemble Hesperi (baroque group), Harriet Burns (soprano) James Larter […]
Ivors Composer Awards 2021 Nominees Announced
The Ivors Composer Awards 2021 Nominees for Jazz Composition are announced Alex Paxton for Bye and Corncrack Dreams (the latter commissioned by Nevis Ensemble and North Uist Distillery) Brigitte Beraha and Dave […]
Festival Report – Jazzfest Berlin 2021
Jazzfest Berlin: Scenes of Now Various Venues, Berlin — 4-7 November 2021. Round-Up by AJ Dehany) Jazzfest Berlin was founded in 1964 in West Berlin as the “Berliner Jazztage” with an activist […]
Kathrine Windfeld (Ronnie Scott’s, 15 November, 2021 EFG LJF)
Danish pianist, composer, and arranger Kathrine Windfeld is a rising star of European jazz. In January 2020 she won the “LetterOne ‘RISING STARS’ Jazz Award” Europe Edition. This prize involves a tour […]
Planck Walker at The Spotted Dog, Birmingham
Planck Walker ( The Spotted Dog. Birmingham . 9 November 2021. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Planck Walker was on this occasion a quartet led by alto saxophonist Sam Norris, a recent graduate […]
‘A Jump Into The Void’ (new documentary film feat. Martin Speake – screening/ Q&A, 13 Nov, EFG LJF, Sands Films Studio)
A new documentary film about Martin Speake’s February 2020 tour with Ethan Iverson, Calum Gourlay and Jeff Willams/ Jorge Rossy will receive its premiere screening this Saturday, 13 November at Sands Films […]
Mark Lewandowski (New Trio Album ‘Under One Sky’)
Nottingham-born bassist Mark Lewandowski left the UK for New York at the invitation of Wynton Marsalis in mid-2017 to join the Juilliard Artist Diploma Ensemble, a group of six jazz musicians, the […]
Alex Hitchcock – ‘dream band’
Alex Hitchcock – dream band (Fresh Sound New Talent FSNT 625. Album review by Graham Spry) It is a tribute to tenor saxophonist Alex Hitchcock that he has become a respected name […]
Emil Viklický, Miroslav Bukovský, John Mackey – ‘Wangaratta’
Emil Viklický, Miroslav Bukovský, John Mackey – Wangaratta(Galen, http://www.galen.cz . Album review by Mike Collins) Wangaratta is the second release this year showcasing a collaboration by Czech composer and pianist Emil Viklický. […]
Sara Colman (new album ‘Ink on a Pin’ and touring until 26 Nov)
British singer Sara Colman is an acclaimed singer-songwriter. Her last album “What We’re Made Of” was praised by US critic Ted Gioia. She won ‘Lyricist of the Year’ in the UK Songwriting […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021. 45. ‘Moon’ – William Parker Quartet, Live at Yoshi’s, 2006
The 45th of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is from a great quartet of the noughties. The first recording by William Parker’s quartet, O’Neal’s Porch from 2001, made it clear they had something […]
Brigitte Beraha – ‘By the Cobbled Path’
Brigitte Beraha – By the Cobbled Path (Let Me Out Records. Review by Sebastian Scotney) Over the past decade and a half, Brigitte Beraha has garnered an undeniable and rather unique respect […]
Han-earl Park – ‘Of Life, Recombinant’
Han-earl Park – Of Life, Recombinant (NEWJAiM9. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Han-earl Park is an active member of the UK improvised music community, appearing in solo guitar contexts as well as […]
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