Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars (Ronnie Scott’s. 19 March 2023. Live review by Charles Rees) Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter talks often of his love for the playing of bebop drummer Philly Joe Jones, which […]
Saxophonist duo, father and son Stan and Matt Sulzmann will play with their quintet at Vortex Jazz Club this Saturday 4 March. The set features some never-before-heard newly commissioned music, as well […]
Reiner Witzel, Richie Beirach, Alex Sipiagin, Joscha Oetz & Tobias Frohnhöfer – The World Within (Jazzsick Records 5165 JS – album review by Charles Rees) If German saxophonist Reiner Witzel is known […]
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner & Veit Huebner – Testaments: Richie Beirachs 75. Birthday Celebration (O-Tone Music OT-053-2. Album review by Charles Rees) American pianist/composer Richie Beirach was 75 in May this year. […]
Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride & Brian Blade (MoodSwing Quartet) (Barbican. 14 November 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) Following its postponement in 2020 and 2021, MoodSwing Quartet finally made their […]
This September would have seen the 80th birthday of pianist and composer John Taylor, who died just two months before his 73rd birthday in 2015. The Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And yet his […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
From the generation of Michael Brecker, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman and Bob Berg, Steve Grossman is frequently thought of as the greatest; he is certainly the most forgotten. And […]
“He had an amazing sound on tenor. He was ahead of everyone…and he was the best one…he was the most advanced and the most… just he had that f…ing sound!” Pianist/composer Richie […]
Charles Rees writes: Monika S. Jakubowska’s photos here perfectly capture the mood at harpist and vocalist Tara Minton‘s debut as headliner at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on 18 July 2022. For the […]
In our growing series in which jazz musicians do a deep (and entirely personal and selective) dive into the music of their idols, composer/arranger, saxophonist and LondonJazz contributor Charles Rees looks at the […]
Buxton International Festival is now in its 43rd year. Traditionally a platform for opera and literature, this year saw the premier of its first ever official jazz series. Most of the performances […]
Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Laurence Cottle & Ian Thomas (Palace Hotel Buxton, 9 July 2022. Live review by Charles Rees) The Impossible Gentlemen‘s performance at Buxton Festival was their first live show […]
