Alex Western-King Sextet (606 Club. 2 October 2021. Review by Izzy Blankfield) “Hold on to your seats!” tenor saxophonist Alex Western-King told the audience of the packed 606 Club before his Sextet […]
Alex Western-King Sextet at the 606 Club
Deschanel Gordon Quartet at the 606 Club
Deschanel Gordon Quartet (606 Club. 26 June 2021. Review by Peter Jones) This eagerly-anticipated gig was massively over-subscribed, and it’s not difficult to see why. 23-year-old Londoner Deschanel Gordon has already scaled […]
Jim Mullen Trio at the 606 Club: Re-Opening Night (!)
Sebastian writes: Whereas there has been music coming from the 606 – the Chelsea club has been broadcasting a couple of live streams each week throughout the pandemic – last night, 20 […]
David Lewis (Host of the ‘Straight Ahead’ radio show on Solar Radio, and podcast)
David Lewis, the host of the ‘Straight Ahead’ radio show on Solar Radio – also available as a podcast – is interviewed by Laura G Thorne(*) LondonJazz News: You host a radio […]
Gwyneth Herbert (‘Christmas Letters Special’, 606 Club, 20 December)
Singer / composer Gwyneth Herbert will be presenting her “Christmas Letters Special” show on Sunday 20 December at the 606 Club. She gave Sebastian the full picture of a year spent in […]
Gwilym Simcock: Solo (606 Club / 2020 EFG LJF)
Gwilym Simcock: Solo (Live stream performance, presented by The 606 Club, for EFG London Jazz Festival. 19 November 2020. Review by Jon Carvell) Stuck at home in Berlin due to travel restrictions, […]
Pianist Deschanel Gordon (606 Club / EFG London Jazz Festival 16 November)
Pianist Deschanel Gordon, it has just been announced, is a finalist in the 2020 BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020. He has been described by one critic (*) as “a percussive player of […]
A Jazz Musician’s Guide to the 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival
Last year, Sam Leak wrote a Jazz Musician’s Guide to the festival (link below) in which he played the role of ‘in-the-know’ tour guide, helping readers to navigate their way through the […]
Reflections on unlocking live music by Tony Dudley-Evans
Tony Dudley-Evans writes Lockdown has given me the opportunity to relax, to think. And – I’ll admit it – I have enjoyed that… …and I have been enjoying live streamed events such […]
606 Online Portal now open
“With the Club closed and no idea when we will be able to reopen, this new initiative is critical to the 606’s survival.” Steve Rubie has just announced the openig of the […]
Fergus McCreadie Trio coming to the 606 Club (4 March)
Rob Adams previews: Multi-award-winning Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie brings his trio to the 606 Club on Wednesday 4 March, the group’s first London appearance since McCreadie’s debut recording, Turas, won Album of […]
Karen Sharp (new album 7 Feb; 606 Club launch 15 Feb)
Saxophonist/composer Karen Sharp has a new album Another Place with a recently-formed trio featuring Simon Thorpe on bass and Colin Oxley on guitar. Release date is 7 February and the album launch […]
Rachel Sutton interview (album launch, 5 Feb, 606 Club)
Singer and songwriter Rachel Sutton says her new album A Million Conversations is about the “…rich tapestry of life… Lovers meet and they part. The rejected drink and forget. And loved ones […]
Larry Goldings Trio at the 606 Club (2019 EFG LJF)
Larry Goldings Trio (606 Club, EFG London Jazz Festival, 20 November 2019. Review by Peter Jones) Although he has played in London on many occasions, this was the first time organist Larry […]
Ian Shaw (Side By Side Refugees Charity Night at the 606 Club, 1 December)
Ian Shaw will be hosting and compèring a charity night at the 606 Club in Chelsea on Sunday 1 December in aid of Side By Side Refugees. Laura Thorne asked him to […]
