The Vortex is offering half price tickets for students (£8) for next Monday’s and Tuesday’s appearances by the great Kenny Wheeler.
Vortex: helping students to Aspire
What’s your favourite London venue?
A few months ago I asked avid jazz fan Patrick Hadfield a very simple question. What, I enquired, is his favourite London venue? His answer, it turns out, is a UK travelogue.Patrick […]
F-Ire Festival at Pizza Express preview
Here’s a preview by musician Peter Horsfall of the F-Ire Festival, from October 14-17 at the Pizza Express.F-Ire Founder Barak Schmool’s Méta Méta to open the 2009 F-IRE FESTIVALEach of the four […]
Review: Kenny Wheeler’s Mirrors Suite
Review: Kenny Wheeler, Mirrors Suite: London Vocal Project/ Norma Winstone/Pete Churchill(Vortex, September 24th , 2009)“Whatever names you give meI amA breath of fresh air,A change for you.” These are the eloquent last […]
Two singer gigs next week
Frank Griffith’s previews of two gigs next week at Ronnie’s :Monday 5th OctoberSalena Jones makes a welcome return to Ronnie Scott’s with the Ronnie Scotts Big Band. Her husband and musical director, […]
Review: Big Band Metheny
Review: Big Band Metheny.(The Bulls Head , September 27th 2009, Review by Luke Pinkstone)You really don’t want to be sitting inside on a beautiful sunny day unless you have very good reason. […]
Review: Spitalfields Summer Stew ’09
Review of the two-day Spitalfields Summer Stew, by guest reviewer Patrick Hadfield- (who also took this photo on Sunday of the great Kenny Wheeler.)Patrick Hadfield writes:Festival curator Mark Holub of Led Bib […]
The Tate, Turner and Tim Whitehead (1)
Saxophonist/bandleader/major figure in British jazz Tim Whitehead has been up to some fascinating stuff at Tate Britain on a Leverhulme Fellowship.He’s been taking inspiration from JMW Turner’s life and work, and developing […]
Theo Travis
Bruce Lindsay has written a full profile of Theo Travis for Allaboutjazz.A detailed and nicely crafted piece of work. Amazing. Definitive? Bookmark.
Sunday Lunchtime Jazz in London: We do requests
Here’s a reader’s request by email:Harry to Sebastian Scotney:Please . Where can I take a family to listen to some good jazz and have something to eat on a Sunday in London […]
Shane Forbes wins Musicians Company Competition
Drummer Shane Forbes won the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ annual young jazz musician competition very convincingly last night. There was a very strong field of finalists (Henry Armburg Jennings, trumpet, George Crowley […]
Review: 606 Club/ Gareth Lockrane Big Band
“Wow!” was LondonJazz’s Mystery Chelsea Shopper’s verdict on the Gareth Lockrane Big Band at the 606 (September 27th 2009, lunchtime, 606 Club)Dear Sebastian,Your mystery shopper had a great time – the band […]
Here we go again.
“It seems like the only reason jazz is referenced in contemporary popular culture is to mock the music and its fans.”More on the above subject from the Twentydollars blog
The UK’s jazz bloggers – a guide
My second post as Telegraph jazz blogger went up today.As ever, I stand to be corrected, but follow this link to what may be the first guide anywhere (?) to the UK’s […]
Keith Jarrett interviews
All you’ll ever need to know about Keith Jarrett, marriage break-up and non-dairy cream from Jarrett’s interview with John Bungey of The Times .But also the positive effects of an emotional crisis […]
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