Chris Potter, Martin Luther McCoy, Gretchen Parlato, Etienne Charles, David Sanchez, Edward Simon, Warren Wolf, Matt Brewer & Kendrick Scott (Barbican, 25 June 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) In celebration of […]
Avishai Cohen + Nikki Yeoh’s Café Oran (Barbican. 16 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Izzy Blankfield) Nikki Yeoh opened one of the most anticipated nights of the 2021 London […]
Marcel Khalifé and Bachar Mar-Khalifé – Mahmoud, Marcel and I (Barbican Centre, 15 November 2021. EFG London Jazz Festival. Live Review by Rachel Coombes) “Marcel went to Australia for a few days […]
Moses Boyd (Livestream from the Barbican, Sunday 18 April. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Moses Boyd presented a set of material from his Mercury Prize nominated album Dark Matter with an augmented version […]
SEED Ensemble and Guests: Celebrating The Music of Pharoah Sanders (Barbican. 14 November 2020. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review from livestream by Tony Dudley-Evans) ‘Beauty’ and ‘simplicity’ were the two features that […]
Bau.Haus.Klang (1st set – Michael Wollny, piano; Wolfgang Heisig, programmed piano; Émile Parisien, soprano sax; Leafcutter John, electronics; Max Stadtfeld, bass) (Barbican Hall, EFG London Jazz Festival, 24 November 2019.) Battleship Potemkin […]
Art Ensemble of Chicago (Barbican, EFG London Jazz Festival, 23 November 2019. Review by Jon Turney; Drawings by Geoff Winston) Anyone who has heard the Art Ensemble of Chicago live during their […]
Cécile McLorin Salvant & Sullivan Fortner Andrew McCormack & Jason Yarde Duo (Barbican Hall. EFG London Jazz Festival.16 November 2019. Review by Richard Lee) My start to the EFG London Jazz Festival […]
Nik Bärtsch & Sophie Clements (Barbican. EFG London Jazz Festival. 15 November 2019. Review by Leah Williams.) Marooned on an island made for one man and his piano, Nik Bärtsch sat surrounded […]
Reich/Richter and Moor Mother’s The Great Bailout (Barbican complex, 23 October 2019. Review and drawings by Geoff Winston) This was a very busy evening at the Barbican with two must-see concerts of […]
