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 […]
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 […]
Bruce Lindsay has written a full profile of Theo Travis for Allaboutjazz.A detailed and nicely crafted piece of work. Amazing. Definitive? Bookmark.
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“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
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 […]
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 […]
All sorts of interesting things to explore in a playlist from The WireTracks from Michael Garrick, Don Rendell/Ian Carr, Alan Skidmore, Graham Collier, John Surman, Nucleus, Harry Beckett, Keith Tippett. Enjoy
From today I have a new jazz blog at the Telegraph. This is the linkThe first- and so far only – post at the Telegraph blog is a profile of pianist Kit […]
s Photographer Rob Haines , of Grubby Faces in East Twickenham, has just performed a minor miracle, and turned the unacceptable face of jazz blogging…. into an acceptable face.To contact or to […]
The “e17 Jazz large ensemble” which played a Liam Noble premiere, reviewed HERE, on Sunday, tell me they are definitely on the lookout for a more catchy zappier name.A CD for the […]
Review: Jeff Beck (O2 arena, September 21st 2009, review by Geoff Winston) Beck (above, with fan) was brilliant – and, totally unexpectedly, playing his favourite rock and roll, ‘from his record box’, […]
St Pancras Grand is a Searcy’s restaurant, in a magnificently re-furbished room in one of the twin stations of King’s Cross and St. Pancras which form London’s main transport hub. This district […]
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