Archie Shepp and Amina Claudine MyersPhoto credit: Mark Allan/BarbicanArchie Shepp: Art Songs and Spirituals – with Amina Claudine Myers and Carleen Anderson(Barbican. 19 November 2018. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by AJ […]
Sly & the Family Drone in the round atTufnell Park DomeiPhone snap by AJ DehanyFire! Orchestra + Sly & The Family Drone(Tufnell Park Dome, 14 November 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)This is […]
Death and the Maiden by Egon Schiele, 1915Public DomainThe Uncertain Hour is a five-concert series including two dates at the London Jazz Festival presented by Club Inégales. AJ Dehany spoke to director […]
Jason Moran at the grave of James Reese Europe inArlington National Cemetery, VirginiaPublicity Photo courtesy of 14–18 NOW REVIEW: Jason Moran: The Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin(Barbican, […]
“The Mingus Big Band brought the weekend to an irresistibly energetic finale” Photos courtesy of Ros Rigby Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender (Middlesbrough Town Hall. 19-21 October 2018. Round-up by AJ Dehany) In July […]
A scene from Trench BrothersPhoto credit: Clive BardaTrench Brothers(Brighton Dome, 17 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)As we near the centenary of Armistice Day, arts education organisation HMDT Music’s affecting music theatre […]
James Reese Europe and the Harlem HellfightersPhoto credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images(specifically cleared for our use by promoter)Composer, pianist and visual JASON MORAN has produced an original response to the extraordinary story of […]
Metamorphic – The Two Fridas(DISCUS 65CD. CD review by AJ Dehany)When she was six, the painter Frida Kahlo contracted polio. Confined to bed for a month, she made up an imaginary friend […]
Abraham BrodyPublicity pictureUS-Lithuanian singer/composer ABRAHAM BRODY’s second album, Crossings, comes out on 16 November with an appearance at the London Jazz Festival on 18 November collaborating with innovative string quartet Wooden Elephant, who […]
Ben Palmer directing the Covent Garden SinfoniaPhoto by Tom ElkinsMax Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed (Covent Garden Sinfonia. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. 9 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)The tension between familiarity and […]
Donny McCaslin (centre) onstage at ScalaPhone snap by AJ DehanyREVIEW: Donny McCaslin(Scala, London N1, 7 October 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)I love it when a band opens with their major banger. The […]
The Mingus Big Band at Iridium in New YorkPublicity PictureHighlights of the forthcoming Middlesbrough Jazz Weekender, which is a new event in the UK jazz calendar, include the Mingus Big Band, the Big Chris […]
Paul Booth and Bansangu, Margate 2018Photo credit: Martin GoodsmithREVIEW: Margate Jazz Weekend 2018(Olby’s Soul Cafe and other venues in Margate. 21-23 September 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)Since its inception as the Big […]
Paul Booth and the Bansangu OrchestraPublicity Photo/ Pathway RecordsAhead of the Margate Jazz Weekend, AJ Dehany interviewed Adam Sieff, one of the Margate Jazz Festival team involved in this year’s event: Margate […]
Youssou N’DourPhoto credit: BBC/Mark AllanProm 65a: Youssou Ndour & Le Super Étoile de Dakar(Royal Albert Hall, 31 August 2018. Review by AJ Dehany)The music of Senegal has been passed down by families […]
