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 […]
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. (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 (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 (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 (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(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 (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 […]
Nils Økland (Hardanger fiddle, violin) , Sigbjørn Apeland (harmonium) – Glimmer (ECM 4841962CD. Album review by Phil Johnson) It’s very rare to encounter music as beautiful as this, that can be returned […]
Biréli Lagrène (Kings Place Hall One. 22 July 2023. Live review by Sebastian Scotney) “Solo guitar, it’s not really my thing”. Biréli Lagrène’s remark really threw me. And of all times, right […]
Jazz singer Ian Shaw writes in tribute to the late Tony Bennett: Tony Bennett was so much more than a popular singer. With a working career of almost seven decades, his unfailingly […]
Ronnie Scott’s has announced its programme for the period of the 2023 EFG London Jazz Festival (10-19 November). The centrepiece is three nights/ six shows by Steve Gadd whose quintet includes Larry […]
Sienna Dahlen and Bill Coon – Balladextrous (Cellar Music CMR060322 – review by Bruce Lindsay) Vocalist Sienna Dahlen and guitarist Bill Coon, both experienced performers on the Canadian jazz scene, bring that […]
Yazz Ahmed, Arun Ghosh, Self Esteem (Sage Gateshead. BBC Proms. 21 July 2023. Review by AJ Dehany) Every year the BBC Proms is accused of watering itself down, a criticism predicated on […]
The multi-award-winning Hamburg-based Tingvall Trio, made up of Swedish pianist Martin Tingvall, Cuban bassist Omar Rodriguez Calvo and German drummer Jürgen Spiegel, will take to the stage at Ronnie Scott’s on 16 […]
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