International Jazzfestival Münster 2020 – Shortcut Koma Saxo Airelle Besson / Lionel Suarez Duo Pipe Dream (Theater Münster, 5 January 2020. Review by Alison Bentley) What to do in the post-holiday lull […]
Pianist and composer Janette Mason’s new trio album Red Alert, with Tom Mason, bass, and Jack Pollitt, drums, is out on vinyl. She talked to Alison Bentley about the appeal of vinyl; […]
Vanessa Rubin featuring Danny Grissett (Pizza Pheasantry. 23 November 2019. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Alison Bentley) “Every night, I stand up here on the shoulders of every singer that has […]
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (EartH, Hackney Arts Centre. EFG London Jazz Festival, Saturday 16 November. Review by Alison Bentley) “The sound doesn’t lie,” said US trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah in a recent interview. […]
Steve Williamson Experience (Pizza Express Jazz Club. 2019 EFG London Jazz Festival. 15 November 2019. 7pm set. Review by Alison Bentley) “They’re greater than we were.” British saxophonist and composer Steve Williamson, […]
JazzFest Berlin (Haus der Berliner Festspiele 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) hr-Bigband feat. Joachim Kühn & Michel Portal/Ambrose Akinmusire/Brian Marsella/Eve Risser/Late Night Lab 1 This is the third and final part of […]
JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October – 3 November 2019. Round-Up Part 2 by Alison Bentley) Sinikka Langeland/The Australian Art Orchestra/Late Night Lab 2/Paul Lovens This is the second part […]
JazzFest Berlin 2019 (Haus der Berliner Festspiele. 31 October- 3 November 2019. Round-Up by Alison Bentley) This is the first of Alison’s three-part Round-Up of JazzFest Berlin 2019 Christian Lillinger’s Open Form […]
Bassist Calum Gourlay was born in Glasgow, and grew up in Fife, playing in his father’s jazz workshops and Scottish big bands, including Tommy Smith’s Youth Jazz Orchestra. He’s now based in London. His […]
Dominic Howles Quintet – Along Came Benny (Bopcentric Music BCCD06. CD review by Alison Bentley) The CD cover shows Dominic Howles and his double bass in glorious ’60s black and white, evoking the era […]
Marama Café Band – Introducing… (MARAMA RECORDS MR0001. CD Review by Alison Bentley) It’s that feeling of wandering round an old European city – Bucharest, maybe, or Sofia – and suddenly hearing music […]
Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben – Mister Z (Between the Lines BTLOHR71248. CD Review by Alison Bentley) Jazz, funk, rock; guitar, trombone, drums. Röllin-Morgenthaler-Ruben strip away the layers of big band funk to reveal the clean […]
Serena Fisseau, Vincent Peirani – So Quiet (ACT. 9884-2. CD Review by Alison Bentley) In the liner notes to So Quiet, French-Indonesian singer Serena Fisseau and French accordion-player Vincent Peirani “invite us […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 3 (Alto Adige 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) Experimentation is at the heart of jazz and at this Festival. In the brewery basement, with its authentic jazz […]
Südtirol Jazzfestival – Part 2 (Alto Adige 28 June-7 July 2019. Round-up by Alison Bentley) Jazz often looks backwards and forwards at the same time, a kind of nostalgia for the present. Italian trio […]
