Mothers In Jazz: Sarah King“Mothers In Jazz” is a new series, started by vocalist Nicky Schrire. The initiative aims to create an online resource for working jazz musicians with children, those contemplating […]
Mothers in Jazz (53): Sarah King
Chuck Sher: Publisher of ‘The Practice Notebooks of Michael Brecker’
Since it was published in 1988, The New Real Book has sold over 100,000 copies, making it the best selling legal fake book of all time. The man behind that venture, publisher […]
606 Club announces programme for 2023 EFG LJF
The 606 Club has just announced its EFG London Jazz Festival 606 dates, noting that 16 November is still TBC, following on from the announcements by the festival organisers, Pizza Express, Ronnie […]
Jonny Liebeck (new album ‘The Next Chapter’ / launch 9 August at Grow, Hackney)
It’s not unusual to meet a church organist, a classical pianist, a jazz musician, an accompanist, or a DJ… what is unusual is to find them all in one person; Jonny Liebeck […]
Herbie Hancock at the Barbican
Herbie Hancock(Barbican Hall. 28 July 2023. First night of two. Review by Lavender Sutton) “Let’s get this right. You are going to ‘review’ Herbie Hancock?” The look of bamboozlement on a musician’s […]
Shakti: ‘This Moment’
Shakti – This Moment (Abstract Logix. Album review by Phil Johnson) The vinyl version of world-fusion supergroup Shakti’s first studio album for, wait for it, forty-six years is something to behold. There’s […]
Christian Muthspiel & OrJAZZstra at Porgy & Bess, Vienna,
Christian Muthspiel & OrJAZZstra ‘La Melodia della Strada – Omaggio a Federico Fellini’(Porgy & Bess, Vienna, 18 July 2023. Review by Oliver Weindling) With the demise of the Vienna Art Orchestra, the […]
EFG LJF 2023 programme: concerts at Piano Smithfield announced
The EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 is gradually taking shape. Following three “waves” of artists being announced by the organisers, programmes for other venues are being announced. We have already looked at […]
Ealing Jazz Festival 2023 (29-30 July)
Sebastian writes: thank you to friend of the site and long-term supporter of the Ealing Jazz Festival for being the first to bring this year’s programme to our attention.. The festival takes […]
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2023
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. (Various venues in Edinburgh, 14-23 July 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival put on over 110 concerts across ten days, requiring […]
Gărâna Jazz Festival 2023, Romania
Gărâna Jazz Festival (Gărâna, Romania. 5-9 July 2023 Festival Round-Up by Oliver Weindling) The Garana festival has now reached its 27th edition. In the Romanian Carpathian mountains, south of Timisoara, which itself […]
Dušan Jevtović – ‘City Hustling’
Dušan Jevtović – City Hustling (Self-published via Bandcamp. Album review by Rob Mallows) Barcelona-based Serbian guitarist Dušan Jevtović was an unknown quantity to me. But sometimes, a shot in the dark can pay […]
‘The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions’ (rec. 1957-61)
The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic MD6-276. Review of 6-CD set by Len Weinreich) It was once generally accepted among jazz aficionados that a talented life cut short (Bix Beiderbecke, […]
James Morrison Quartet at Wigan International Jazz Festival 2023
James Morrison Quartet(Village On The Green- Wigan. 16 July 2023. Live review by Frank Griffith) Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison is a force of nature. He was spellbinding with a “triple-threat” fusillade of […]
Decoy with Joe McPhee at Cafe Oto
Decoy with Joe McPhee (Cafe Oto. 21 July 2023, 3rd night of 4. Live review, drawing and photo by Geoff Winston) “We’re going to do our best to make the biggest mess […]
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