GoGo Penguin ‘Live From Studio Two’ (Streamed from Abbey Road on 29 October 2020. Review by Lavender Sutton) Blue Note label band GoGo Penguin are originally from Manchester, but have risen quickly […]
Vince Tampio – Adult Children (Self-produced. Review by Julian Maynard-Smith) Vince Tampio is a Philadelphian multi-instrumentalist and educator whose website says he’s firmly rooted in jazz but also ‘comfortable with a wide […]
Nubya Garcia (Live from the Barbican. 29 October 2020. Reviewed from the livestream by Adam Sieff) There’s something immensely satisfying about watching young British jazz musicians develop over time through music colleges […]
Dr. Duncan Heining’s book George Russell: The Story of an American Composer was originally published in 2009. On 15 October 2020 it was published in a substantially revised new edition. Sebastian interviewed […]
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl – Artlessly Falling (Firehouse Records FH12-04-01-034. CD Review by Dan Bergsagel) Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl is a project with defined constraints; a concept album, but not in the […]
“I think it’s a harrowingly beautiful title, just those two words are evocative of what the music’s about,” says London-born saxophonist and composer, Joshua Jaswon of his Octet’s debut album Silent Sea. […]
Andrew Willox and Eileen Mann – I Think We Have a Find: A Biography of Roy Willox (Self-published, 2020. Review by Simon Spillett) Biographies of musicians – of any style – have […]
Suffice to say, there has not been a lot of live music of late. However, online portals have been flooded with live streams, video premieres, and more. So much so, that navigating […]
Pizza Express Live have issued a statement about their four venues (Dean Street, Holborn, Pheasantry, Birmingham): Here is the statement in full: “We’ve taken the difficult decision to cancel all shows at […]
This is an English version of Sebastian’s regular “London Column” from the current issue (Nov-Dec 2020) of the German Magazine JAZZTHETIK, just out today, 28 October 2020: Surprises are normal for jazz, […]
The Jazz FM Awards ceremony (with OANDA) took place via livestream from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club earlier this evening, 27 October 2020, presented by Marcus Brigstocke JAZZ FM AWARDS 2020 WITH OANDA […]
The programme for the 6th Cambridge Jazz Festival has been announced. Most events are free to view and will be streamed online – see below for the full listing and more details […]
Valentina Magaletti solo, and duo with Susumu Mukai (Cafe Oto, 25 October 2020; review and photo and drawing by Geoff Winston) It was rather wonderful to be able to experience high quality, […]
Glasshopper’s long-awaited debut album Fortune Rules is a significant step forward for the trio, expanding and refining the group’s sound, instrumentation and ambition. AJ Dehany spoke with saxophonist Jonathan Chung over Zoom. […]
Andreas Hourdakis – Underworld (Bolero Records BOL5044. CD review by Rob Mallows) Deftness of touch and melodic subtlety is not an adjective one might associate with a guitarist who, among his side-hustles, […]
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