Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella & Eivind Aarset – Lost River (ECM 774 5607. CD review by Peter Bacon) On What Floats Beneath (track three on this disc released at the end of […]
Michele Rabbia, Gianluca Petrella & Eivind Aarset – Lost River
Zoe Francis with Jim Mullen and Ross Stanley – Blue Town
Zoe Francis with Jim Mullen and Ross Stanley – Blue Town (Zoe Francis Records. CD Review by Brian Blain) No one makes a fortune accompanying UK jazz singers, so the fact that […]
Elbjazz 2019, Hamburg
Elbjazz 2019 (Hamburg, 31 May/1 June 2019. Festival Round-Up by Stefan Hentz*) Hamburg-based writer Stefan Hentz recently won the most prestigious award for writing about jazz in Germany, the Preis für Deutschen […]
Manchester Collective’s Paradise Lost at CLF Arts Cafe
Manchester Collective – Paradise Lost (CLF Arts Cafe. 18 June 2019. Review by AJ Dehany) Manchester Collective’s Paradise Lost reimagines Milton’s great long poem as a soundclash between the Baroque and the […]
Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962-1989) at Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris
Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962-1989) (Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris, to 5 January 2020. Exhibition review by Dan Bergsagel) The story goes something like this: jazz came from the African-American community in […]
Django Bates (Belovèd, with Evan Parker, Wigmore Hall, 14 July)
Could Django Bates be about to say farewell to his long-standing Charlie Parker-dedicated project? If so, it won’t be before he joins his Belovèd trio to that other legendary jazz Parker, Evan, […]
Caiphus Semenya to be celebrated (South African Jazz Night, Vortex 29 June)
Peter Bacon reports: He’s not as well known as Masekela or Ibrahim, but his achievements and influence have been considerable. Which is why his music is being celebrated at the Vortex Jazz […]
Soho Jazz Festival (5-15 July 2019)
Rachel Coombes previews this year’s Soho Jazz Festival: This year the Soho Jazz Festival pays homage to the legacy of Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, who passed away in November last year […]
Radio Jazz Research meeting on Jazz and Festivals in Diersbach, Austria
Sebastian attended a recent meeting of the German Radio Jazz Research group. He writes: RADIO JAZZ RESEARCH The Radio Jazz Research group meets two to three times a year and has the […]
NYJO announces new Jazz Exchange initiative
Peter Bacon reports: The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) has announced what it describes as “the most exciting development in its 54-year history”. It’s the NYJO Jazz Exchange, a two-year national project encouraging […]
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