Darius Brubeck at the soundcheckPhoto credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Darius Brubeck Quartet (King’s Place. 21 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ Dehany) Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) is most famous for his […]
Archie Shepp and Amina Claudine MyersPhoto credit: Mark Allan/Barbican Archie Shepp: Art Songs and Spirituals – with Amina Claudine Myers and Carleen Anderson(Barbican. 19 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by […]
Sly & the Family Drone in the round atTufnell Park DomeiPhone snap by AJ Dehany Fire! Orchestra + Sly & The Family Drone(Tufnell Park Dome, 14 November 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) […]
Death and the Maiden by Egon Schiele, 1915Public Domain The Uncertain Hour is a five-concert series including two dates at the London Jazz Festival presented by Club Inégales. AJ Dehany spoke to […]
Jason Moran at the grave of James Reese Europe inArlington National Cemetery, VirginiaPublicity Photo courtesy of 14–18 NOW REVIEW: Jason Moran: The Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin(Barbican, […]
“The Mingus Big Band brought the weekend to an irresistibly energetic finale” Photos courtesy of Ros Rigby Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender (Middlesbrough Town Hall. 19-21 October 2018. Round-up by AJ Dehany) In July […]
A scene from Trench BrothersPhoto credit: Clive Barda Trench Brothers(Brighton Dome, 17 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) As we near the centenary of Armistice Day, arts education organisation HMDT Music’s affecting […]
James Reese Europe and the Harlem HellfightersPhoto credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images(specifically cleared for our use by promoter) Composer, pianist and visual JASON MORAN has produced an original response to the extraordinary story […]
Metamorphic – The Two Fridas(DISCUS 65CD. CD review by AJ Dehany) When she was six, the painter Frida Kahlo contracted polio. Confined to bed for a month, she made up an imaginary […]
Abraham BrodyPublicity picture US-Lithuanian singer/composer ABRAHAM BRODY’s second album, Crossings, comes out on 16 November with an appearance at the London Jazz Festival on 18 November collaborating with innovative string quartet Wooden Elephant, […]
Ben Palmer directing the Covent Garden SinfoniaPhoto by Tom Elkins Max Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed (Covent Garden Sinfonia. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. 9 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) The tension between […]
Donny McCaslin (centre) onstage at ScalaPhone snap by AJ Dehany REVIEW: Donny McCaslin(Scala, London N1, 7 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) I love it when a band opens with their major […]
The Mingus Big Band at Iridium in New YorkPublicity Picture Highlights of the forthcoming Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender, which is a new event in the UK jazz calendar, include the Mingus Big Band, the Big […]
Paul Booth and Bansangu, Margate 2018Photo credit: Martin Goodsmith REVIEW: Margate Jazz Weekend 2018(Olby’s Soul Cafe and other venues in Margate. 21-23 September 2018. Review by AJ Dehany) Since its inception as […]
Paul Booth and the Bansangu OrchestraPublicity Photo/ Pathway Records Ahead of the Margate Jazz Weekend, AJ Dehany interviewed Adam Sieff, one of the Margate Jazz Festival team involved in this year’s event: […]
