Multiple artists – Transmissions from Total Refreshment Centre (released 17 Feb)(Blue Note 4536398. Album review by Dan Bergsagel) Blue Note doesn’t often release work from another record label, but Transmissions from Total Refreshment […]
Growing up in Vancouver, Tia Brazda says “singing and writing became like companions” that she still has to this day. Coming to London to promote her new album When I Get Low with […]
Ivo Neame Quartet with special guest Byron Wallen (Ronnie Scott’s. 23 September 2021. Review by Izzy Blankfield) In a set that brought together some of the best musicians on the UK jazz […]
John Watson writes : The fifth Ipswich Jazz Festival was able to go ahead over the weekend (June 26-27), with strict Covid-19 precautions including the audience distanced and masked. Artists who appeared […]
Sebastian writes: One could sense the frustration and disappointment in Buster Birch’s voice today… Buster is Director of the Original UK Jazz Summer School had been hoping to hold this year’s course […]
“Following a year of internal changes to determine the future vision for the charity, we can happily confirm the arrival of a brand-new Chief Executive and an exciting team of Music Directors […]
Binker and Moses – Escape the Flames (Gearbox GB1570. Digital/Vinyl. Album Review by Adam Sieff) The Total Refreshment Centre in Stoke Newington was completely rammed on a warm Sunday night in June […]
Rob Luft – Life is The Dancer (Edition Records EDN1152. Review by Fiona Mactaggart) “Life is the dancer and you are the dance” is a quote from renowned German-Canadian spiritual teacher Eckhart […]
Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet – Live at the Jazz Café 091218 (LyteRecords LR049. CD Review by Jane Mann) This splendid new double live CD from award-winning saxophonist, band leader, composer and educator […]
Trumpeter Byron Wallen has a new album Portrait: Reflections on Belonging, his first as leader for 13 years. He is also about to set off on an extensive tour with his band Four […]
