‘We want people to come away feeling like they’ve connected with each other more.’ The Common Room(s) is offering a fresh approach to experiencing music and words. A series of eight events […]
The Common Room(s) – new event series
Ben Crosland (New album ‘Songs of Solace and Reflection’)
Ben Crosland has a new album, Songs of Solace and Reflection, showing his essence as “an unaffectedly lyrical composer of direct and evocative melodies that draw in the uninitiated and the jazz […]
Ryan McCaffrey (Cong-Fusion album ‘The World As We Know It’ – CLF Art Lounge 15 April)
Jazz-funk fusion seven-piece Cong-Fusion’s debut album The World As We Know It is brimming with musical inspirations from Afro-Cuban music, jazz, funk and soul, with deep personal reflections on family, bullying, alcohol, […]
Programme announced for 2022 Swanage Jazz Festival (8-10 July)
The team at the Swanage Jazz Festival has announced its 2022 programme. This year’s festival will be centred around the Mowlem Theatre. The programme will present a very wide cross section of […]
Monday Lunchtime Gigs Resume at the Spice of Life, Soho (from 4 October)
Richard Pite is looking forward to the return of the Monday lunchtime sessions at the Spice of Life in Soho, starting on 4 October with Enrico Tomasso. Richard writes: The Spice (6 […]
Peter King Memorial Concert at Pizza Express (23 August 2021)
The great Peter King (1940-2020) passed away on 23 August, 2020, just a few days after his 80th birthday, To mark the first anniversary of his passing, drummer Stephen Keogh has organised […]
Crazy Coqs – Programme now announced to end-October
Sebastian writes: The Crazy Coqs venue at Brasserie Zedel opened in 2012, so it will be celebrating ten years next year. It’s an intimate venue, right next to Piccadilly Circus tube, and […]
Alan Barnes and Dave Newton (Livestream from The Boileroom, Guildford, 12 Jan 2021)
Guildford Jazz’s first livestream of the new year features the Alan Barnes and Dave Newton Quartet from the Boileroom in Guildford on Tuesday 12 January. The gig is being presented in collaboration […]
A Guide to “The Westbrook Jazz Moving Picture Show”
Mike and Kate Westbrook have created a remarkable and continually expanding archive of films, The Westbrook Jazz Moving Picture Show. The latest addition is Toad’s Washerwoman a brand new animation to a […]
Wood Street Jazz Festival 2019
Wood Street Jazz Festival (Wood Street Village, Surrey, 21 July 2019. Review by Peter Vacher) Picture this quintessentially English scene. A marquee is set up on an ample village green in the heart […]
Daryl Sherman at The Pheasantry
Daryl Sherman (The Pheasantry, 17 July 2019. Review by Lauren Bush) Daryl Sherman at the Pheasantry was met by an audience of friends and fans alike. It had been a while since […]
Alan Barnes – + Eleven
Alan Barnes – + Eleven (Woodville Records WVCD151 – CD review by Mark McKergow) Reeds maestro Alan Barnes celebrates his 60th birthday in vintage style with this collection of tunes from his […]
