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 […]
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 (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 (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 (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 […]
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 […]
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 (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 […]
Stefan Aeby – Piano Solo (Intakt Records CD332. CD review by Brian Marley) Stefan Aeby’s 2018 Intakt release, The London Concert, featured a standard piano trio. A very good trio. On Piano […]
Sirkis/Bialas IQ – Our New Earth (MoonJune Records MJR099. CD review by Adrian Pallant) In his liner notes to Our New Earth, esteemed drummer Bill Bruford references the dual basis of this […]
“The Real Thing” – American Jazz Week featuring Kirk Lightsey and Jean Toussaint (Cafe Museum, Passau 28, 29 December 2019. Review by Oliver Weindling) A band including Detroit piano great Kirk Lightsey […]
Andrea Brachfeld – Brazilian Whispers (Origin 82795. CD Review by Sam Norris) Flautist Andrea Brachfeld’s CV reads like a who’s who of Latin jazz. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, […]
Freelance photographer Brian Homer and jazz scholar Dr Pedro Cravinho got together to investigate the “other lives” that jazz musicians have. The result is an exhibition called Jazz Journeys: Everyday Life, a […]
We asked our writers and friends to each submit one Jazz Highlight of 2019. Here are the results: Rob Adams: Pianist Euan Stevenson and saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski (aka New Focus) exploring The […]
Tommy Smith and the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra All Stars (The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 19 December 2019. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) As part of the Queen’s Hall’s 40th anniversary celebrations, […]
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