Mike Westbrook Band of Bands(Pizza Express, Dean Street. 23 September 2023. Live Review by Patrick Hadfield) This gig closed in a way that summed up the whole event: with a joyous, witty, […]
Mike Westbrook Band of Bands at Pizza Express Dean Street
Chris Biscoe – ‘Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook’
Chris Biscoe – Music Is: Chris Biscoe plays Mike Westbrook (Trio Records tr607. Album review by Jane Mann) This new release is the first that I have come across devoted entirely to […]
Mike Westbrook – ‘LONDON BRIDGE. Live in Zürich 1990’
Mike Westbrook – LONDON BRIDGE. Live in Zürich 1990 (Westbrook Records 011. Album review by Jon Turney) Mike Westbrook’s wonderfully extended career has covered a range from big bands to small groups […]
Mike Westbrook’s ‘Rossini Re-Loaded’ at West Road, Cambridge
Mike Westbrook & The Uncommon Orchestra. Rossini – Re-Loaded, Cambridge Modern Jazz at West Road Concert Hall , 27 September 2022. Review by Duncan Heining) Gioachino Rossini danced with the Count – […]
Mike Westbrook’s Uncommon Orchestra at Ronnie Scott’s
Mike Westbrook’s Uncommon Orchestra(Ronnie Scott’s, 12 April 2022. Live review by Patrick Hadfield) Ronnie Scott’s was full of anticipation ahead of this long awaited show, originally scheduled for April 2020 (it had […]
Ten Tracks by Charles Mingus (and Dannie Richmond) I Can’t Do Without . . . by Chris Biscoe
For the Centenary of Charles Mingus’ birth, LJN asked saxophonist Chris Biscoe, who has run the Mingus Moves Sextet since 1995 (see details of three forthcoming gig dates below), to reflect on […]
Concerts in the UK to mark the Mingus Centenary
With the Mingus Centenary falling on 22 April 2022, we have attempted to collate UK events to mark the anniversary – please feel free to add to the list – either by […]
52 Jazz Tracks for 2021, 41. ‘La Folia: The Roccella Variations’. From ‘George Russell Living Time Orchestra, The London Concert’, 1989
The 41st of Jon Turney’s weekly selections finds a great composer-arranger getting the best from an Anglo-American ensemble. One of the late John Cumming’s many good deeds was bringing George Russell over […]
‘Mo Foster and Friends In Concert’
Mo Foster and Friends In Concert (RTR171C. Album Review by Adam Sieff) As one of the world’s premier electric bass players, Mo Foster commands the respect and admiration of his peers. Although […]
Birthday Greetings to Tony Haynes at 80
Tony Haynes, co-Founder of Grand Union Orchestra, has made a unique contribution to the music of this country. He is 80 today, 10 July 2021. We invited friends, colleagues and fans to […]
Chris Biscoe – “Wobbly Rail 5”
Chris Biscoe – Wobbly Rail 5 (Bandcamp. Download review by Jane Mann) The Wobbly Rail 5 is a group of eminent jazz musicians led by English virtuoso saxophonist/composer Chris Biscoe. I first […]
